Information Assurance Jobs in the South East

Information Assurance
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Information Assurance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Assurance over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 352 431
Rank change year-on-year +28 +79 -102
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 61 54 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.37% 0.36% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% 0.38% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 45 44 30
10th Percentile £42,500 £43,765 £52,738
25th Percentile £43,000 £47,025 £58,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £71,000 £73,963 £77,500
90th Percentile - £81,689 £84,250
England median annual salary £66,275 £68,663 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.48% -1.91% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Information Assurance 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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,091 14,165 18,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.79% 94.47% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,898 8,233 12,131
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East.

Salary trend for Information Assurance in the South East

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the South East

Information Assurance
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Thames Valley +9 28 £69,000 +24.70% 1
Berkshire +22 27 £69,000 +23.93% 1
Hampshire -7 23 £46,250 -36.21% 5
Surrey +18 9 £52,500 - 1
Oxfordshire +15 1 £43,000 -22.29%
Sussex - 1 - -
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) AWS
1 4 (6.56%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.56%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (6.56%) OpenLDAP
Development Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (6.56%) GitLab
2 4 (6.56%) Jenkins
3 3 (4.92%) SonarQube
General
1 10 (16.39%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.20%) Aviation
3 5 (8.20%) Military
3 5 (8.20%) Swedish Language
4 1 (1.64%) Finance
4 1 (1.64%) Legal
4 1 (1.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 20 (32.79%) Consultant
1 20 (32.79%) Security Consultant
2 10 (16.39%) Senior
3 9 (14.75%) Systems Engineer
4 8 (13.11%) Bid Consultant
4 8 (13.11%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 6 (9.84%) Head of Compliance
5 6 (9.84%) Head of Information
5 6 (9.84%) Head of Information Assurance
6 5 (8.20%) Principal Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Senior Software Engineer
6 5 (8.20%) Software Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Coordinator
7 4 (6.56%) Security Assurance Coordinator
7 4 (6.56%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Architect
8 3 (4.92%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Security Assurance Manager
8 3 (4.92%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) Management Information System
2 12 (19.67%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (13.11%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (9.84%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (9.84%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (8.20%) Robotics
6 4 (6.56%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.64%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (1.64%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.64%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.64%) Cyberattack
7 1 (1.64%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (50.82%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (29.51%) Risk Management
3 17 (27.87%) Agile
4 16 (26.23%) Information Security
5 14 (22.95%) Systems Engineering
6 11 (18.03%) Enterprise Architecture
7 9 (14.75%) Security Management
8 8 (13.11%) Cyber Assurance
8 8 (13.11%) Security Testing
9 7 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (11.48%) SABSA
9 7 (11.48%) Security Monitoring
9 7 (11.48%) TOGAF
10 6 (9.84%) Budget Management
10 6 (9.84%) Budgeting
10 6 (9.84%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 6 (9.84%) Decision-Making
10 6 (9.84%) Project Management
10 6 (9.84%) Resource Management
10 6 (9.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.20%) Bash
1 5 (8.20%) Python
Qualifications
1 43 (70.49%) Security Cleared
2 25 (40.98%) SC Cleared
3 16 (26.23%) CISSP
4 13 (21.31%) Degree
5 10 (16.39%) CESG Certified Professional
6 9 (14.75%) CISM
7 7 (11.48%) CISMP
7 7 (11.48%) CREST Certified
8 5 (8.20%) CISA
9 3 (4.92%) CRISC
10 1 (1.64%) CASP
10 1 (1.64%) CCSK
10 1 (1.64%) CEH
10 1 (1.64%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (45.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (32.79%) NIST
3 15 (24.59%) GRC
3 15 (24.59%) RMADS
4 13 (21.31%) JSP 440
5 8 (13.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (11.48%) NCSC
6 7 (11.48%) NIST 800
7 1 (1.64%) Def Stans
7 1 (1.64%) GDPR
7 1 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 5 (8.20%) Firmware
2 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (8.20%) SELinux
2 4 (6.56%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.64%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
1 4 (6.56%) Red Hat
1 4 (6.56%) VMware