Information Security Jobs in Belfast

Information Security (InfoSec)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Belfast requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 86
Rank change year-on-year - - -44
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 10 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 5.78% - 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.13% - 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile £65,785 - -
25th Percentile £67,699 - £28,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,092 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.93%
75th Percentile £84,814 - £52,500
90th Percentile £86,925 - £58,500
County Antrim median annual salary £76,092 £42,500 £44,000
% change year-on-year +79.04% -3.41% -18.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 163 448 737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 94.22% 87.84% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 37 223 396
10th Percentile £42,500 £30,000 £31,625
25th Percentile £50,000 £33,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £74,258 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £68,750
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Belfast

Information Security
Salary Trend in Belfast

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Belfast

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Belfast

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Belfast over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Belfast

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) AWS
1 1 (10.00%) Azure
1 1 (10.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Legal
3 5 (50.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Operations Manager
1 4 (40.00%) Risk Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Associate Director
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Risk Assessment
2 6 (60.00%) Risk Management
3 5 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (40.00%) Project Management
4 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Change
4 4 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security Management
5 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Risk Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Security Management
5 3 (30.00%) Security Monitoring
6 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (20.00%) Information Assurance
6 2 (20.00%) Innovative Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) SABSA
6 2 (20.00%) Security Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) SIEM
6 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (50.00%) CISSP
2 4 (40.00%) CISA
2 4 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (40.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (30.00%) NIST
4 2 (20.00%) NCSC
5 1 (10.00%) COBIT
5 1 (10.00%) FISMA
5 1 (10.00%) GDPR
5 1 (10.00%) GLBA
5 1 (10.00%) GRC
5 1 (10.00%) HIPAA
5 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
5 1 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Google