Information Security Jobs

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 95 149
Rank change year-on-year -23 +54 -28
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2,363 3,178 4,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.24% 3.36% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.68% 3.52% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,820 2,043 2,834
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,417 £37,599
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £98,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 88,012 90,290 162,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.51% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,295 54,552 83,502
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,909
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Top 19 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 3 June 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
England -17 2,158 £60,000 -7.69% 617
UK excluding London -26 1,492 £53,500 -2.73% 389
Work from Home -8 939 £60,000 -4.76% 282
London -14 776 £75,000 +7.14% 232
North of England +2 457 £52,084 +4.17% 95
South East -19 341 £59,500 +2.59% 99
North West -8 275 £52,084 +4.17% 42
Midlands -24 264 £54,650 -8.92% 85
South West -13 196 £50,000 -9.09% 47
West Midlands -33 184 £55,000 -3.08% 51
Yorkshire +9 146 £50,000 -4.76% 42
East of England -34 106 £57,500 -3.36% 33
Scotland -68 94 £50,000 -23.95% 24
East Midlands +31 79 £52,500 -20.75% 34
North East +5 36 £41,536 -12.56% 11
Wales +10 24 £62,500 +35.87% 6
Northern Ireland -2 5 £42,500 -3.41% 3
Isle of Man -14 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 71 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 66 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.14%) IIS
4 15 (0.63%) SAS
4 15 (0.63%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.55%) WordPress
6 12 (0.51%) CMS
7 10 (0.42%) Confluence
8 8 (0.34%) nginx
9 6 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.21%) Apache
10 5 (0.21%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (0.13%) Drupal
11 3 (0.13%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.085%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.085%) IBM Domino
13 1 (0.042%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.042%) WebSphere
Applications
1 82 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 27 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 15 (0.63%) SPSS
5 14 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.085%) Notion
Business Applications
1 12 (0.51%) Endur
2 11 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.25%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.21%) Shopify
5 4 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.17%) Relativity
5 4 (0.17%) SAP GRC
6 3 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.085%) Farmplan
7 2 (0.085%) KEYPrime
7 2 (0.085%) Ripple
7 2 (0.085%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.085%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.085%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.085%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 1 (0.042%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.042%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 560 (23.70%) Azure
2 311 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
3 288 (12.19%) AWS
4 151 (6.39%) Entra ID
5 106 (4.49%) Power Platform
6 102 (4.32%) SaaS
7 98 (4.15%) GCP
8 67 (2.84%) IaaS
9 62 (2.62%) PaaS
10 50 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
11 49 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
12 43 (1.82%) Serverless
13 34 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
14 22 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (0.93%) OneDrive
14 22 (0.93%) Snowflake
15 18 (0.76%) Matillion
16 17 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
17 16 (0.68%) PowerApps
18 14 (0.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 342 (14.47%) Firewall
2 195 (8.25%) Network Security
3 118 (4.99%) WAN
4 104 (4.40%) DNS
5 91 (3.85%) LAN
6 75 (3.17%) TCP/IP
7 74 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
8 62 (2.62%) SD-WAN
9 59 (2.50%) VPN
10 42 (1.78%) Internet
11 41 (1.74%) Wireless
12 34 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (1.40%) SSL
14 30 (1.27%) DHCP
14 30 (1.27%) VoIP
15 27 (1.14%) DKIM
15 27 (1.14%) DMARC
16 25 (1.06%) SAN
17 23 (0.97%) OSPF
17 23 (0.97%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.02%) Power BI
2 76 (3.22%) SQL Server
3 41 (1.74%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (1.65%) Relational Database
5 27 (1.14%) Metadata
6 24 (1.02%) Big Data
7 21 (0.89%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.72%) EDRMS
9 16 (0.68%) MySQL
10 13 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
11 11 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 9 (0.38%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.30%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.30%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.25%) Data Mining
14 6 (0.25%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.21%) BigQuery
15 5 (0.21%) DynamoDB
15 5 (0.21%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 42 (1.78%) Burp Suite
2 41 (1.74%) JIRA
2 41 (1.74%) Metasploit
3 23 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 21 (0.89%) Git
5 9 (0.38%) GitLab
6 6 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.25%) Toad
7 5 (0.21%) CircleCI
7 5 (0.21%) MSTest
7 5 (0.21%) webpack
8 4 (0.17%) git-flow
9 3 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (0.13%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.085%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.085%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.085%) GDB
10 2 (0.085%) Selenium
10 2 (0.085%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.042%) TeamCity
General
1 718 (30.39%) Social Skills
2 523 (22.13%) Finance
3 381 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 330 (13.97%) Legal
5 179 (7.58%) Law
6 119 (5.04%) Public Sector
7 118 (4.99%) Retail
8 117 (4.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 105 (4.44%) Banking
10 97 (4.10%) Military
11 96 (4.06%) Organisational Skills
12 65 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
13 58 (2.45%) Marketing
14 41 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 38 (1.61%) Aerospace
16 36 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
17 30 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
18 27 (1.14%) Advertising
19 26 (1.10%) Manufacturing
20 15 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 541 (22.89%) Analyst
2 337 (14.26%) Senior
3 328 (13.88%) Security Analyst
4 229 (9.69%) Security Manager
5 223 (9.44%) Lead
6 187 (7.91%) Architect
7 171 (7.24%) Information Analyst
8 169 (7.15%) Information Security Analyst
9 156 (6.60%) Senior Analyst
10 136 (5.76%) Consultant
11 130 (5.50%) Information Manager
12 128 (5.42%) Information Security Manager
13 127 (5.37%) Security Architect
14 118 (4.99%) IT Manager
15 111 (4.70%) Security Consultant
16 106 (4.49%) Security Engineer
17 67 (2.84%) IT Analyst
18 63 (2.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
19 62 (2.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 58 (2.45%) Governance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.07%) .NET
2 29 (1.23%) HTML
3 28 (1.18%) CSS
4 22 (0.93%) React
5 21 (0.89%) REST
6 20 (0.85%) ASP.NET
6 20 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
7 16 (0.68%) SAML
8 14 (0.59%) Web Services
9 13 (0.55%) Middleware
10 12 (0.51%) 802.1X
11 11 (0.47%) .NET Framework
12 9 (0.38%) Entity Framework
12 9 (0.38%) HTML5 Canvas
12 9 (0.38%) ModSecurity
13 8 (0.34%) ADO
13 8 (0.34%) ASP.NET MVC
13 8 (0.34%) EDI
13 8 (0.34%) JSON
13 8 (0.34%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 645 (27.30%) Management Information System
2 176 (7.45%) Security Posture
3 120 (5.08%) Data Centre
4 98 (4.15%) Security Operations Centre
5 87 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
6 75 (3.17%) Cyberattack
7 66 (2.79%) Cyber Defence
8 65 (2.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 62 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
10 55 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
10 55 (2.33%) Onboarding
11 45 (1.90%) PMI
12 38 (1.61%) Operational Technology
13 35 (1.48%) Product Ownership
14 34 (1.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 32 (1.35%) Driving Licence
15 32 (1.35%) PKI
16 28 (1.18%) Cloud Native
17 27 (1.14%) Data Structures
18 24 (1.02%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 268 (11.34%) Windows
2 158 (6.69%) Linux
3 109 (4.61%) Windows Server
4 42 (1.78%) Unix
5 40 (1.69%) Apple iOS
6 36 (1.52%) Windows 10
7 35 (1.48%) Android
8 31 (1.31%) Kali Linux
9 16 (0.68%) Mac OS X
10 12 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
11 11 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (0.47%) Solaris
11 11 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
12 10 (0.42%) zOS
13 9 (0.38%) Mac OS
13 9 (0.38%) Ubuntu
14 5 (0.21%) VMS
15 4 (0.17%) Windows XP
16 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
16 3 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 972 (41.13%) Cybersecurity
2 426 (18.03%) Risk Management
3 412 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
4 307 (12.99%) Security Operations
5 295 (12.48%) Data Protection
6 294 (12.44%) Incident Response
7 287 (12.15%) Agile
8 262 (11.09%) SIEM
9 255 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 249 (10.54%) Cloud Security
11 244 (10.33%) Project Management
11 244 (10.33%) Roadmaps
12 241 (10.20%) Security Management
13 240 (10.16%) Vulnerability Management
14 230 (9.73%) ITIL
15 220 (9.31%) Security Architecture
16 206 (8.72%) Computer Science
17 194 (8.21%) Coaching
17 194 (8.21%) Incident Management
18 191 (8.08%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 184 (7.79%) SQL
2 176 (7.45%) PowerShell
3 128 (5.42%) Python
4 38 (1.61%) Bash
5 34 (1.44%) T-SQL
6 32 (1.35%) Java
7 27 (1.14%) C#
7 27 (1.14%) JavaScript
8 18 (0.76%) PHP
8 18 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.38%) Go
10 8 (0.34%) Perl
11 6 (0.25%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.17%) Ruby
13 3 (0.13%) Korn
13 3 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.13%) VB
14 2 (0.085%) C++
14 2 (0.085%) R
14 2 (0.085%) Rust
Qualifications
1 569 (24.08%) CISSP
2 463 (19.59%) Degree
3 414 (17.52%) CISM
4 239 (10.11%) Security Cleared
5 196 (8.29%) CISA
6 157 (6.64%) Cisco Certification
7 129 (5.46%) SC Cleared
8 111 (4.70%) Azure Certification
9 108 (4.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 98 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
11 97 (4.10%) CCSP
12 94 (3.98%) CRISC
13 92 (3.89%) AWS Certification
14 78 (3.30%) CEH
15 72 (3.05%) Master's Degree
16 67 (2.84%) DV Cleared
17 62 (2.62%) GIAC
18 54 (2.29%) CCSK
18 54 (2.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 54 (2.29%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 693 (29.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 474 (20.06%) NIST
3 294 (12.44%) GDPR
4 257 (10.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 194 (8.21%) GRC
6 173 (7.32%) PCI DSS
7 101 (4.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 82 (3.47%) NCSC
9 69 (2.92%) NIST 800
10 65 (2.75%) COBIT
11 47 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 42 (1.78%) QA
12 42 (1.78%) SLA
13 37 (1.57%) ISO 9001
14 35 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 31 (1.31%) Data Quality
15 31 (1.31%) SOC 2
16 29 (1.23%) JSP 440
17 26 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 26 (1.10%) RMADS
System Software
1 244 (10.33%) Active Directory
2 58 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (2.16%) Docker
4 50 (2.12%) RACF
5 32 (1.35%) Hyper-V
6 24 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
7 23 (0.97%) vSphere
8 20 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.17%) Firmware
10 4 (0.17%) pfSense
11 2 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.085%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.042%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.042%) Lustre
12 1 (0.042%) LXC
12 1 (0.042%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.042%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.042%) Snort
12 1 (0.042%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 82 (3.47%) Kubernetes
1 82 (3.47%) Single Sign-On
2 67 (2.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (1.82%) CASB
4 34 (1.44%) Ansible
5 32 (1.35%) Terraform
6 29 (1.23%) SCCM
7 25 (1.06%) Nmap
8 21 (0.89%) vCenter Server
9 20 (0.85%) Microsoft Clustering
10 14 (0.59%) Nessus
11 13 (0.55%) WSUS
12 11 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 10 (0.42%) QRadar
14 8 (0.34%) CSIRT
14 8 (0.34%) Puppet
15 7 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
16 6 (0.25%) logstash
17 5 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 623 (26.36%) Microsoft
2 101 (4.27%) VMware
3 96 (4.06%) Cisco
4 65 (2.75%) CyberArk
5 52 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 49 (2.07%) Google
7 40 (1.69%) Oracle
8 33 (1.40%) Dell
8 33 (1.40%) Rapid7
9 32 (1.35%) Qualys
9 32 (1.35%) Splunk
10 28 (1.18%) Databricks
11 27 (1.14%) SAP
12 25 (1.06%) SolarWinds
13 24 (1.02%) CheckPoint
14 23 (0.97%) Commvault
14 23 (0.97%) Palo Alto
15 22 (0.93%) Salesforce
15 22 (0.93%) Veeam
16 20 (0.85%) Sun