Information Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 109 110
Rank change year-on-year -33 +1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 1,438 1,851 2,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.03% 3.08% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 3.22% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,118 1,033 1,313
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,107 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £55,140
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -0.25% +5.03%
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,550 57,521 66,624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.98% 95.64% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 41,216 29,548 40,995
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England 0 427 £52,084 +4.17% 69
South East -25 346 £59,000 +2.53% 72
North West -11 260 £52,084 +4.17% 33
Midlands -32 240 £54,650 -8.92% 61
South West -27 182 £50,000 -9.09% 43
West Midlands -37 171 £55,000 -4.35% 32
Yorkshire +2 137 £50,000 - 28
East of England -8 119 £57,500 -3.36% 34
Scotland -74 91 £50,000 -24.81% 19
East Midlands +16 68 £52,500 -23.64% 29
North East +3 30 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Wales +3 23 £62,500 +38.31% 6
Northern Ireland +7 5 £42,500 -1.73% 5
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 56 (3.89%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.32%) IIS
4 11 (0.76%) WordPress
5 7 (0.49%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.42%) CMS
6 6 (0.42%) Confluence
6 6 (0.42%) nginx
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.14%) Apache
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
8 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.070%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.070%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.070%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.21%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (0.76%) Dynamics NAV
1 11 (0.76%) Endur
2 4 (0.28%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.28%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.21%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.070%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 327 (22.74%) Azure
2 190 (13.21%) Microsoft 365
3 140 (9.74%) AWS
4 70 (4.87%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.24%) Entra ID
6 57 (3.96%) SaaS
7 42 (2.92%) IaaS
8 39 (2.71%) PaaS
9 37 (2.57%) GCP
9 37 (2.57%) Serverless
10 34 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
11 30 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
12 23 (1.60%) Snowflake
13 20 (1.39%) Matillion
14 17 (1.18%) OneDrive
15 16 (1.11%) Power Automate
16 15 (1.04%) PowerApps
17 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
18 11 (0.76%) Azure Functions
18 11 (0.76%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 152 (10.57%) Firewall
2 103 (7.16%) Network Security
3 74 (5.15%) DNS
4 71 (4.94%) WAN
5 44 (3.06%) SD-WAN
6 32 (2.23%) DKIM
6 32 (2.23%) DMARC
6 32 (2.23%) LAN
6 32 (2.23%) TCP/IP
7 29 (2.02%) Internet
7 29 (2.02%) VPN
8 27 (1.88%) Intrusion Detection
9 23 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
9 23 (1.60%) Wireless
10 21 (1.46%) DHCP
11 18 (1.25%) SAN
12 14 (0.97%) Cisco IPT
12 14 (0.97%) Wireshark
13 13 (0.90%) OSPF
14 12 (0.83%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.52%) Power BI
2 44 (3.06%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.60%) Metadata
5 22 (1.53%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.46%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.83%) MySQL
8 10 (0.70%) Big Data
9 8 (0.56%) SAP BW
10 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.35%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.28%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.21%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.21%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.21%) Tableau
14 1 (0.070%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 13 (0.90%) Git
2 12 (0.83%) JIRA
3 5 (0.35%) Burp Suite
3 5 (0.35%) MSTest
3 5 (0.35%) webpack
4 4 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.28%) Toad
5 3 (0.21%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.14%) GDB
6 2 (0.14%) GitLab
7 1 (0.070%) MSI
7 1 (0.070%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.070%) Selenium
7 1 (0.070%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.070%) Subversion
General
1 412 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 271 (18.85%) Finance
3 229 (15.92%) Analytical Skills
4 147 (10.22%) Legal
5 75 (5.22%) Retail
6 74 (5.15%) Military
6 74 (5.15%) Public Sector
7 69 (4.80%) Law
8 67 (4.66%) Organisational Skills
9 55 (3.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 37 (2.57%) Telecoms
11 36 (2.50%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.46%) Marketing
12 21 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
13 19 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.25%) Banking
14 18 (1.25%) Manufacturing
15 15 (1.04%) Automotive
16 14 (0.97%) Aviation
16 14 (0.97%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 300 (20.86%) Analyst
2 187 (13.00%) Security Analyst
3 146 (10.15%) Senior
4 140 (9.74%) Lead
5 124 (8.62%) Architect
6 120 (8.34%) Security Manager
7 117 (8.14%) Information Analyst
8 115 (8.00%) Information Security Analyst
9 98 (6.82%) Consultant
10 82 (5.70%) Security Consultant
11 80 (5.56%) IT Manager
12 76 (5.29%) Security Architect
13 66 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
14 62 (4.31%) Information Manager
15 61 (4.24%) Information Security Manager
16 43 (2.99%) Developer
17 40 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 40 (2.78%) Security Specialist
18 39 (2.71%) Security Engineer
19 35 (2.43%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.85%) .NET
2 32 (2.23%) HTML
3 31 (2.16%) CSS
4 20 (1.39%) React
5 16 (1.11%) ASP.NET
6 14 (0.97%) .NET Framework
6 14 (0.97%) Middleware
7 12 (0.83%) Entity Framework
7 12 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
8 11 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
9 10 (0.70%) Web Services
10 8 (0.56%) ModSecurity
11 7 (0.49%) .NET Core
11 7 (0.49%) ADO
11 7 (0.49%) AngularJS
11 7 (0.49%) XML
12 6 (0.42%) HTML5
12 6 (0.42%) jQuery
12 6 (0.42%) Laravel
12 6 (0.42%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 383 (26.63%) Management Information System
2 78 (5.42%) Data Centre
3 68 (4.73%) Security Posture
4 63 (4.38%) Security Operations Centre
5 56 (3.89%) Cyberattack
6 48 (3.34%) Cyber Threat
7 46 (3.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 43 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
9 39 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
10 38 (2.64%) Cyber Defence
11 37 (2.57%) PMI
12 35 (2.43%) Operational Technology
13 27 (1.88%) Driving Licence
14 22 (1.53%) Onboarding
15 21 (1.46%) Data Structures
16 20 (1.39%) NHS
17 19 (1.32%) Product Ownership
18 17 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
19 16 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
19 16 (1.11%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 159 (11.06%) Windows
2 74 (5.15%) Linux
3 61 (4.24%) Windows Server
4 27 (1.88%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.74%) Unix
6 18 (1.25%) Android
7 16 (1.11%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.11%) Mac OS X
8 9 (0.63%) zOS
9 7 (0.49%) Solaris
9 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
9 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.42%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.28%) VMS
12 3 (0.21%) Kali Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
14 1 (0.070%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 529 (36.79%) Cybersecurity
2 241 (16.76%) Risk Management
3 231 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
4 204 (14.19%) Data Protection
5 188 (13.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 173 (12.03%) Project Management
7 165 (11.47%) Incident Response
8 152 (10.57%) Cloud Security
8 152 (10.57%) Security Operations
9 149 (10.36%) Security Management
10 146 (10.15%) Agile
11 140 (9.74%) Mentoring
12 138 (9.60%) ITIL
12 138 (9.60%) Vulnerability Management
13 132 (9.18%) SIEM
14 113 (7.86%) Coaching
14 113 (7.86%) Information Security Management
15 107 (7.44%) Security Architecture
16 103 (7.16%) Business Continuity
16 103 (7.16%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 90 (6.26%) SQL
2 61 (4.24%) PowerShell
3 59 (4.10%) Python
4 29 (2.02%) T-SQL
5 28 (1.95%) JavaScript
6 25 (1.74%) C#
7 19 (1.32%) TypeScript
8 15 (1.04%) Bash
9 12 (0.83%) PHP
10 11 (0.76%) Java
11 3 (0.21%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.21%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.21%) VB
12 2 (0.14%) AWK
12 2 (0.14%) Korn
12 2 (0.14%) Perl
13 1 (0.070%) Bicep
13 1 (0.070%) Bourne shell
13 1 (0.070%) R
13 1 (0.070%) sed
Qualifications
1 271 (18.85%) CISSP
2 245 (17.04%) Degree
3 218 (15.16%) CISM
4 170 (11.82%) Security Cleared
5 92 (6.40%) Cisco Certification
6 90 (6.26%) SC Cleared
7 87 (6.05%) CISA
8 74 (5.15%) Azure Certification
9 66 (4.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 62 (4.31%) CCSP
11 55 (3.82%) AWS Certification
12 50 (3.48%) CRISC
13 45 (3.13%) DV Cleared
14 42 (2.92%) CCSK
14 42 (2.92%) PMI Certification
15 31 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
16 29 (2.02%) Master's Degree
17 26 (1.81%) CEH
18 25 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
18 25 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 424 (29.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 295 (20.51%) NIST
3 206 (14.33%) GDPR
4 166 (11.54%) Cyber Essentials
5 114 (7.93%) PCI DSS
6 103 (7.16%) GRC
7 58 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 58 (4.03%) NCSC
8 57 (3.96%) NIST 800
9 36 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 32 (2.23%) SLA
11 31 (2.16%) ISO 9001
12 29 (2.02%) COBIT
13 26 (1.81%) QA
14 22 (1.53%) JSP 440
14 22 (1.53%) RMADS
14 22 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 19 (1.32%) SOC 2
16 18 (1.25%) ISO 22301
17 17 (1.18%) Data Quality
System Software
1 107 (7.44%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 38 (2.64%) Docker
4 26 (1.81%) Hyper-V
5 16 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.35%) vSphere
7 4 (0.28%) pfSense
8 3 (0.21%) Firmware
8 3 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.14%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.070%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.070%) Lustre
10 1 (0.070%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.070%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.070%) Snort
10 1 (0.070%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.64%) Single Sign-On
3 37 (2.57%) CASB
4 24 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.25%) Nessus
6 13 (0.90%) Terraform
7 11 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (0.76%) Ansible
8 10 (0.70%) SCCM
8 10 (0.70%) WSUS
9 9 (0.63%) Nmap
10 5 (0.35%) CSIRT
10 5 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.28%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.21%) EMC NetWorker
12 3 (0.21%) Puppet
12 3 (0.21%) QRadar
13 2 (0.14%) DatAdvantage
13 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
13 2 (0.14%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 351 (24.41%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.17%) Cisco
3 58 (4.03%) VMware
4 34 (2.36%) Dell
5 28 (1.95%) Databricks
6 23 (1.60%) Oracle
7 20 (1.39%) Qualys
7 20 (1.39%) Veeam
8 19 (1.32%) Rapid7
9 18 (1.25%) Palo Alto
9 18 (1.25%) SAP
10 14 (0.97%) Google
11 13 (0.90%) CheckPoint
11 13 (0.90%) HP
11 13 (0.90%) Salesforce
12 12 (0.83%) Blue Coat
12 12 (0.83%) Infoblox
12 12 (0.83%) Juniper
12 12 (0.83%) Riverbed
13 11 (0.76%) Splunk