Information Security Jobs in the North West

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 81 112
Rank change year-on-year -9 +31 -7
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 259 329 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.66% 4.16% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 4.35% 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 217 128 229
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,125 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £65,603 £68,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,750 £75,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,082 7,568 8,978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 83.10% 95.72% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,147 3,939 5,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the North West.

Salary trend for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -18 129 £60,000 +9.09% 33
Lancashire +12 45 £52,084 +51.70% 3
Cheshire +3 39 £40,000 -42.86% 9
Merseyside -9 34 £47,000 -5.05% 4
Cumbria -7 11 £70,000 +33.33% 3
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.47%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.54%) CMS
3 4 (1.54%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.39%) Apache
4 1 (0.39%) IIS
4 1 (0.39%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.86%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 57 (22.01%) Azure
2 30 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.42%) AWS
4 8 (3.09%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (2.70%) SaaS
6 6 (2.32%) GCP
7 5 (1.93%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 4 (1.54%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 4 (1.54%) AWS CloudTrail
8 4 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (1.54%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.54%) OneDrive
9 3 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.16%) PaaS
10 2 (0.77%) IaaS
11 1 (0.39%) GitHub
11 1 (0.39%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.39%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 23 (8.88%) Firewall
2 16 (6.18%) SD-WAN
2 16 (6.18%) WAN
3 13 (5.02%) DNS
4 12 (4.63%) DKIM
4 12 (4.63%) DMARC
5 10 (3.86%) Internet
6 9 (3.47%) Network Security
7 6 (2.32%) Broadband
7 6 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.54%) Skype
9 3 (1.16%) Wireless
9 3 (1.16%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.77%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.39%) DHCP
11 1 (0.39%) Intranet
11 1 (0.39%) SAN
11 1 (0.39%) SNMP
11 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.93%) Power BI
2 2 (0.77%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.93%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.16%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.77%) JIRA
4 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (19.69%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.88%) Law
3 23 (8.88%) Military
4 22 (8.49%) Finance
5 15 (5.79%) Legal
6 13 (5.02%) Public Sector
7 9 (3.47%) Retail
7 9 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 8 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.77%) Local Government
11 2 (0.77%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Games
12 1 (0.39%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 59 (22.78%) Analyst
2 40 (15.44%) Security Analyst
3 38 (14.67%) Lead
4 32 (12.36%) Information Analyst
4 32 (12.36%) Information Security Analyst
5 30 (11.58%) Architect
6 29 (11.20%) Security Manager
7 25 (9.65%) Senior
8 23 (8.88%) Incident Manager
8 23 (8.88%) Vulnerability Manager
9 22 (8.49%) Security Architect
10 14 (5.41%) Security Specialist
10 14 (5.41%) Senior Architect
11 13 (5.02%) Information Manager
11 13 (5.02%) Information Security Manager
12 12 (4.63%) IT Manager
13 10 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.86%) Senior Security Architect
14 9 (3.47%) Head of IT
14 9 (3.47%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.86%) .NET
2 8 (3.09%) React
3 5 (1.93%) CSS
3 5 (1.93%) HTML
4 2 (0.77%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.77%) Web Services
5 1 (0.39%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.39%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.39%) HTML5
5 1 (0.39%) jQuery
5 1 (0.39%) SAML
5 1 (0.39%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 81 (31.27%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.34%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.56%) Cyberattack
4 16 (6.18%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (5.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 14 (5.41%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (5.41%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.70%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.70%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.32%) PMI
8 6 (2.32%) Video Conferencing
9 5 (1.93%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.54%) NHS
11 3 (1.16%) IoT
11 3 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 2 (0.77%) Anti-Spyware
12 2 (0.77%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.77%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.49%) Windows
2 18 (6.95%) Linux
3 14 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.16%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.16%) Unix
5 1 (0.39%) Android
5 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (42.08%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (16.60%) Incident Response
3 38 (14.67%) Vulnerability Management
4 37 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (13.90%) ITIL
5 36 (13.90%) Risk Management
6 35 (13.51%) Data Protection
6 35 (13.51%) Incident Management
7 34 (13.13%) Coaching
8 32 (12.36%) Cloud Security
8 32 (12.36%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 27 (10.42%) ISMS
9 27 (10.42%) Project Management
10 26 (10.04%) Risk Assessment
11 24 (9.27%) Mentoring
11 24 (9.27%) OWASP
12 23 (8.88%) Root Cause Analysis
12 23 (8.88%) Security Architecture
13 22 (8.49%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.49%) Python
2 12 (4.63%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.09%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.70%) Bash
5 5 (1.93%) SQL
6 3 (1.16%) Java
7 2 (0.77%) C#
8 1 (0.39%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (30.12%) CISM
2 68 (26.25%) CISSP
3 55 (21.24%) Degree
4 28 (10.81%) Security Cleared
5 25 (9.65%) CISA
6 21 (8.11%) AWS Certification
6 21 (8.11%) SC Cleared
7 20 (7.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 20 (7.72%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (7.72%) CRISC
8 16 (6.18%) Azure Certification
9 15 (5.79%) CCSK
9 15 (5.79%) CCSP
10 10 (3.86%) OSCP
11 7 (2.70%) PCI QSA
12 6 (2.32%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.93%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.93%) DV Cleared
13 5 (1.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (37.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (23.55%) NIST
3 54 (20.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (10.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 26 (10.04%) GRC
5 25 (9.65%) GDPR
6 23 (8.88%) PCI DSS
7 14 (5.41%) SLA
8 11 (4.25%) NCSC
9 9 (3.47%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (2.32%) ISO 9001
11 6 (2.32%) NIST 800
12 4 (1.54%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.54%) TickIT
13 3 (1.16%) ITGC
13 3 (1.16%) QA
14 2 (0.77%) Data Quality
14 2 (0.77%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (6.18%) Docker
2 10 (3.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.70%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.54%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.39%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.39%) Lustre
5 1 (0.39%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.39%) Snort
Systems Management
1 16 (6.18%) Kubernetes
1 16 (6.18%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (4.25%) CASB
3 5 (1.93%) Nessus
3 5 (1.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.16%) Nmap
5 2 (0.77%) CSIRT
5 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.39%) Icinga
6 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.39%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (19.31%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.25%) VMware
3 9 (3.47%) Cisco
4 8 (3.09%) Databricks
5 6 (2.32%) Veeam
6 5 (1.93%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.54%) Citrix
7 4 (1.54%) Dell
7 4 (1.54%) Qualys
8 3 (1.16%) OneTrust
9 2 (0.77%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.77%) IBM
10 1 (0.39%) Aderant
10 1 (0.39%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.39%) Informatica
10 1 (0.39%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.39%) Progress
10 1 (0.39%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.39%) SAP
10 1 (0.39%) SolarWinds