Information Security Jobs in West Yorkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 65 99 136
Rank change year-on-year +34 +37 -30
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 101 175 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 3.33% 3.32% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% 3.39% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 97 78 66
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% +13.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,688 £66,298
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £84,375
Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,624 5,157 4,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.63% 97.91% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,887 2,346 3,127
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,625 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,890 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,393 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +8.42%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds +30 77 £52,500 -4.55% 19
Huddersfield +34 11 £32,500 -
Bradford +17 6 £56,500 -13.08% 2
Halifax +67 3 £49,000 -62.54% 1
Information Security
Yorkshire

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 9 (8.91%) WordPress
2 1 (0.99%) Confluence
2 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.98%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 34 (33.66%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (14.85%) Azure
3 8 (7.92%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (5.94%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (4.95%) AWS
7 1 (0.99%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 1 (0.99%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.99%) IaaS
7 1 (0.99%) PaaS
7 1 (0.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.91%) Firewall
1 9 (8.91%) WAN
2 8 (7.92%) LAN
3 7 (6.93%) Network Security
4 6 (5.94%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.94%) Wireshark
5 3 (2.97%) Intrusion Detection
5 3 (2.97%) VPN
6 2 (1.98%) WLAN
7 1 (0.99%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.98%) Metadata
3 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.99%) MySQL
3 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) JIRA
General
1 36 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 25 (24.75%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.86%) Legal
4 13 (12.87%) Public Sector
5 11 (10.89%) Finance
6 9 (8.91%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (7.92%) Law
8 4 (3.96%) Banking
9 2 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (18.81%) Analyst
2 17 (16.83%) Consultant
2 17 (16.83%) IT Manager
2 17 (16.83%) Security Consultant
3 14 (13.86%) Information Security Consultant
4 11 (10.89%) Architect
5 10 (9.90%) Data Architect
5 10 (9.90%) Security Analyst
6 8 (7.92%) IT Assistant
7 7 (6.93%) Information Analyst
7 7 (6.93%) Information Security Analyst
7 7 (6.93%) IT Analyst
7 7 (6.93%) Lead
8 6 (5.94%) Information Security Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Security Engineer
8 6 (5.94%) Team Leader
9 5 (4.95%) Security Manager
9 5 (4.95%) Senior
10 3 (2.97%) Business Development Executive
10 3 (2.97%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.99%) JSON
1 1 (0.99%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 30 (29.70%) Management Information System
2 11 (10.89%) Data Centre
3 10 (9.90%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (8.91%) Cyberattack
4 9 (8.91%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (5.94%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (4.95%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.97%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.99%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.99%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.99%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.90%) Windows
2 6 (5.94%) Android
2 6 (5.94%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.98%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.99%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (41.58%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (32.67%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (24.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 21 (20.79%) Roadmaps
5 20 (19.80%) Data Governance
5 20 (19.80%) Security Operations
6 18 (17.82%) Vulnerability Management
7 17 (16.83%) Data Protection
7 17 (16.83%) Information Security Management
7 17 (16.83%) Security Management
8 15 (14.85%) Incident Response
9 14 (13.86%) Project Management
9 14 (13.86%) SIEM
10 13 (12.87%) Business Continuity
10 13 (12.87%) Information Management
10 13 (12.87%) Threat Intelligence
11 12 (11.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 12 (11.88%) People Management
11 12 (11.88%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 10 (9.90%) Security Auditing
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.92%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.93%) Python
3 4 (3.96%) SQL
4 1 (0.99%) Bash
4 1 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (7.92%) CISSP
2 7 (6.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 7 (6.93%) CCSP
2 7 (6.93%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (5.94%) CEH
3 6 (5.94%) SANS
3 6 (5.94%) SSCP
4 3 (2.97%) CISA
4 3 (2.97%) Degree
5 2 (1.98%) CISM
5 2 (1.98%) CRISC
5 2 (1.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.98%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.98%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.99%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.99%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.99%) CCSK
6 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (31.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (27.72%) GDPR
3 23 (22.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (14.85%) NIST
4 15 (14.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 13 (12.87%) PCI DSS
6 12 (11.88%) GRC
7 11 (10.89%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 5 (4.95%) COBIT
9 4 (3.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (3.96%) NCSC
10 2 (1.98%) Data Quality
11 1 (0.99%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (5.94%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.99%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (5.94%) Nmap
2 1 (0.99%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (38.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.92%) Splunk
3 6 (5.94%) Qualys
3 6 (5.94%) Rapid7
3 6 (5.94%) Thycotic
4 2 (1.98%) SAP
4 2 (1.98%) VMware
5 1 (0.99%) Meraki
5 1 (0.99%) Oracle
5 1 (0.99%) Xero
5 1 (0.99%) Zoho