Information Security Jobs in the Thames Valley

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 132 119
Rank change year-on-year +23 -13 -42
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 149 133 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.21% 2.16% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 2.28% 2.82%
Number of salaries quoted 95 65 113
10th Percentile £33,250 £45,519 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £50,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +12.50% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,614 £95,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,753 5,824 6,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.25% 94.56% 92.90%
Number of salaries quoted 4,042 3,165 3,914
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,725 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +9.45%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 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
Berkshire +20 83 £60,000 -11.11% 32
Oxfordshire +36 42 £49,250 -34.33% 6
Buckinghamshire -16 24 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (4.03%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.34%) CMS
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.67%) Apache
3 1 (0.67%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.15%) Azure
2 25 (16.78%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.07%) AWS
4 10 (6.71%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (4.03%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.03%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.36%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.68%) Azure Storage
7 4 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.68%) GCP
7 4 (2.68%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.01%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.01%) Serverless
8 3 (2.01%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.34%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.34%) GitHub
9 2 (1.34%) IaaS
9 2 (1.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.75%) DNS
2 14 (9.40%) Network Security
3 13 (8.72%) Firewall
4 12 (8.05%) WAN
5 11 (7.38%) LAN
6 10 (6.71%) DKIM
6 10 (6.71%) DMARC
7 8 (5.37%) Internet
8 6 (4.03%) OSPF
8 6 (4.03%) SD-WAN
8 6 (4.03%) Wireless
9 4 (2.68%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.01%) BGP
10 3 (2.01%) SAN
10 3 (2.01%) VPN
11 2 (1.34%) DHCP
11 2 (1.34%) SSL
11 2 (1.34%) VXLAN
11 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.67%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.36%) Power BI
2 4 (2.68%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (2.01%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (2.01%) Big Data
3 3 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.67%) SQL Server
General
1 58 (38.93%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.16%) Finance
3 20 (13.42%) Legal
4 16 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.74%) Telecoms
5 11 (7.38%) Law
6 9 (6.04%) Organisational Skills
6 9 (6.04%) Retail
7 7 (4.70%) Banking
7 7 (4.70%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (4.03%) Marketing
9 3 (2.01%) Social Housing
10 2 (1.34%) Electronics
10 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.67%) Digital Healthcare
11 1 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.67%) Local Government
11 1 (0.67%) Military
11 1 (0.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (13.42%) Analyst
2 16 (10.74%) Architect
2 16 (10.74%) Lead
2 16 (10.74%) Security Architect
2 16 (10.74%) Senior
3 14 (9.40%) Information Architect
3 14 (9.40%) Information Security Architect
4 13 (8.72%) Security Analyst
5 10 (6.71%) Information Analyst
5 10 (6.71%) Information Security Analyst
6 9 (6.04%) Administrator
6 9 (6.04%) Team Leader
7 7 (4.70%) Category Manager
7 7 (4.70%) Consultant
7 7 (4.70%) Head of Information
7 7 (4.70%) Procurement Manager
7 7 (4.70%) Quality Manager
8 6 (4.03%) Data Manager
8 6 (4.03%) Head of Compliance
8 6 (4.03%) Head of Information Assurance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.34%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.67%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.67%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 39 (26.17%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.71%) PMI
2 10 (6.71%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.04%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.37%) Cyberattack
4 8 (5.37%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.03%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (4.03%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (4.03%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (4.03%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.03%) PKI
6 5 (3.36%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.68%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.68%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.34%) Fibre Optics
9 2 (1.34%) Molecular Biology
10 1 (0.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.38%) Windows
2 6 (4.03%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.01%) Linux
4 2 (1.34%) Android
4 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.49%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (14.77%) Security Management
3 21 (14.09%) Business Continuity
3 21 (14.09%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (13.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (13.42%) Mentoring
4 20 (13.42%) SIEM
5 19 (12.75%) ITIL
5 19 (12.75%) Risk Management
5 19 (12.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (12.08%) Project Management
7 17 (11.41%) Incident Response
8 15 (10.07%) Data Protection
9 13 (8.72%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (8.05%) Collaborative Working
10 12 (8.05%) Information Security Management
10 12 (8.05%) SOAR
11 11 (7.38%) Cloud Security
11 11 (7.38%) Information Assurance
11 11 (7.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.70%) Python
2 3 (2.01%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.67%) AWK
3 1 (0.67%) Bash
3 1 (0.67%) Korn
3 1 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (0.67%) PHP
3 1 (0.67%) sed
3 1 (0.67%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (27.52%) Degree
2 17 (11.41%) CISSP
3 12 (8.05%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (7.38%) Security Cleared
5 10 (6.71%) PMI Certification
6 8 (5.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (5.37%) CCSK
6 8 (5.37%) CCSP
7 7 (4.70%) CISM
8 6 (4.03%) AWS Certification
8 6 (4.03%) ISEB
9 5 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.68%) CCNP
10 4 (2.68%) CISA
10 4 (2.68%) SC Cleared
11 3 (2.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.01%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.01%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.01%) MCP
11 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (35.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (20.81%) NIST
3 27 (18.12%) GDPR
4 20 (13.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (11.41%) ISO 9001
6 13 (8.72%) PCI DSS
7 12 (8.05%) ISO 22301
8 10 (6.71%) GRC
9 9 (6.04%) SLA
10 8 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (5.37%) NIST 800
11 7 (4.70%) ISO 14001
11 7 (4.70%) NEBOSH
11 7 (4.70%) QA
12 6 (4.03%) NCSC
13 4 (2.68%) COBIT
13 4 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 4 (2.68%) JSP 440
13 4 (2.68%) RMADS
14 3 (2.01%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (7.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.68%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.67%) Firmware
3 1 (0.67%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (5.37%) CASB
2 6 (4.03%) Nessus
3 4 (2.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (2.01%) Ansible
4 3 (2.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (2.01%) Terraform
5 1 (0.67%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (22.15%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.70%) VMware
3 4 (2.68%) Google
4 2 (1.34%) Citrix
4 2 (1.34%) LogRhythm
4 2 (1.34%) McAfee
4 2 (1.34%) Qualys
4 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.34%) Splunk
5 1 (0.67%) AlienVault
5 1 (0.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.67%) Cisco
5 1 (0.67%) Meraki
5 1 (0.67%) NetApp
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle