Information Security Jobs in the South West

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 105 105
Rank change year-on-year -19 0 +41
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 184 191 256
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.98% 2.83% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.00% 3.34%
Number of salaries quoted 139 153 154
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,250 £37,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,904
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £107,500 £84,500 £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
South 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,760 6,372 7,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.57% 94.43% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 5,572 3,563 5,004
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,325 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the South West

Information Security
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the South West

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the South West

Information Security
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Bristol +9 88 £60,101 +20.20% 23
Wiltshire -10 39 £30,250 -55.19% 3
Dorset -10 16 £45,000 -15.09% 3
Gloucestershire -42 13 £46,000 -34.29% 5
Somerset +14 11 £60,000 +20.00% 7
Devon -13 11 £45,000 +63.64% 2
Cornwall - 6 £45,000 - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 12 (6.52%) IIS
2 8 (4.35%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.17%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (5.98%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (2.17%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 31 (16.85%) Azure
2 24 (13.04%) AWS
3 10 (5.43%) GCP
4 8 (4.35%) Entra ID
5 7 (3.80%) IaaS
6 5 (2.72%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (2.72%) PaaS
7 4 (2.17%) SaaS
7 4 (2.17%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.09%) OCI
8 2 (1.09%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.09%) Rubrik
9 1 (0.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.33%) Network Security
2 14 (7.61%) Cisco IPT
3 8 (4.35%) Firewall
4 2 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (1.09%) VPN
5 1 (0.54%) DHCP
5 1 (0.54%) DNS
5 1 (0.54%) LAN
5 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.54%) VoIP
5 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.43%) Relational Database
2 6 (3.26%) MySQL
2 6 (3.26%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.17%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.09%) Big Data
5 1 (0.54%) Power BI
5 1 (0.54%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 4 (2.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 4 (2.17%) Toad
General
1 59 (32.07%) Social Skills
2 43 (23.37%) Analytical Skills
3 35 (19.02%) Military
4 29 (15.76%) Finance
5 28 (15.22%) Retail
6 14 (7.61%) Public Sector
7 12 (6.52%) Aerospace
8 10 (5.43%) Aviation
9 9 (4.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.63%) Law
10 3 (1.63%) Legal
10 3 (1.63%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.09%) Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.09%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.09%) Publishing
11 2 (1.09%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.54%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (22.28%) Consultant
2 40 (21.74%) Security Consultant
3 39 (21.20%) Analyst
4 36 (19.57%) Senior
5 23 (12.50%) Security Analyst
6 22 (11.96%) Senior Analyst
7 19 (10.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 16 (8.70%) IT Support
8 16 (8.70%) Lead
9 15 (8.15%) IT Support Technician
9 15 (8.15%) IT Technician
9 15 (8.15%) Support Technician
10 12 (6.52%) Cyber Defence Consultant
10 12 (6.52%) Senior Consultant
10 12 (6.52%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
10 12 (6.52%) Senior Security Consultant
11 11 (5.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 11 (5.98%) IT Analyst
11 11 (5.98%) IT Security Analyst
11 11 (5.98%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.35%) ModSecurity
2 6 (3.26%) AngularJS
2 6 (3.26%) CSS
2 6 (3.26%) HTML
2 6 (3.26%) React
2 6 (3.26%) Symfony
3 1 (0.54%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.54%) Middleware
3 1 (0.54%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 58 (31.52%) Management Information System
2 29 (15.76%) Security Operations Centre
3 19 (10.33%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (8.15%) Driving Licence
6 13 (7.07%) CESG
7 9 (4.89%) PMI
8 6 (3.26%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.26%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (2.17%) Data Centre
10 3 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.63%) IBM Mainframe
10 3 (1.63%) Mainframe
11 2 (1.09%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 1 (0.54%) Distributed Systems
12 1 (0.54%) Insider Threat
12 1 (0.54%) PropTech
12 1 (0.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.50%) Windows
2 17 (9.24%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.63%) zOS
5 2 (1.09%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.09%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.54%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (46.74%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (20.65%) Risk Management
3 32 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (16.85%) Mentoring
4 31 (16.85%) Security Operations
5 30 (16.30%) Agile
5 30 (16.30%) SIEM
6 28 (15.22%) Cloud Security
7 26 (14.13%) Coaching
8 25 (13.59%) Data Protection
9 23 (12.50%) Security Architecture
10 22 (11.96%) Configuration Management
10 22 (11.96%) ISMS
11 19 (10.33%) Information Assurance
11 19 (10.33%) ITIL
11 19 (10.33%) Programme Management
11 19 (10.33%) Project Management
12 18 (9.78%) ITSM
12 18 (9.78%) Resource Management
12 18 (9.78%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.26%) PHP
1 6 (3.26%) SQL
1 6 (3.26%) TypeScript
2 5 (2.72%) Bash
2 5 (2.72%) Java
2 5 (2.72%) Python
3 3 (1.63%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.54%) Bicep
4 1 (0.54%) Julia
4 1 (0.54%) Perl
4 1 (0.54%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 81 (44.02%) Security Cleared
2 44 (23.91%) CISSP
3 43 (23.37%) SC Cleared
4 33 (17.93%) Degree
5 27 (14.67%) DV Cleared
6 23 (12.50%) CISM
7 15 (8.15%) A+ Certification
8 13 (7.07%) CISA
8 13 (7.07%) CISMP
9 12 (6.52%) IISP
10 11 (5.98%) Cisco Certification
10 11 (5.98%) CompTIA CySA+
11 10 (5.43%) Azure Certification
11 10 (5.43%) Master's Degree
12 9 (4.89%) PMI Certification
13 8 (4.35%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (3.80%) CEH
15 6 (3.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (3.26%) CCSP
15 6 (3.26%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (36.41%) NIST
2 43 (23.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 31 (16.85%) NIST 800
4 22 (11.96%) PCI DSS
5 20 (10.87%) Cyber Essentials
6 18 (9.78%) GDPR
6 18 (9.78%) RMADS
7 17 (9.24%) JSP 440
8 14 (7.61%) NCSC
9 12 (6.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 10 (5.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (4.35%) GRC
12 4 (2.17%) Data Quality
12 4 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 3 (1.63%) SOC 2
14 2 (1.09%) HIPAA
14 2 (1.09%) SLA
15 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (13.59%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.80%) Docker
3 3 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (5.98%) CASB
2 7 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.09%) Terraform
5 1 (0.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.54%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (26.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.35%) Google
3 7 (3.80%) Oracle
4 6 (3.26%) Cisco
5 4 (2.17%) Civica
5 4 (2.17%) NEC
6 3 (1.63%) IBM
6 3 (1.63%) VMware
7 2 (1.09%) Canon
7 2 (1.09%) Citrix
7 2 (1.09%) HP
7 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.09%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.54%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.54%) CA
8 1 (0.54%) Okta
8 1 (0.54%) SAP
8 1 (0.54%) ServiceNow