Information Security Engineer Job Trends in Birmingham

Information Security Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Information Security Engineer salary in Birmingham is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.12% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,547 1,812 1,066
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 94.82% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,110 917 922
10th Percentile £31,175 £37,060 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,185 £45,000 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -2.65%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,563
90th Percentile £84,375 £88,000 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Information Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Information Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Information Security Engineer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Engineer job vacancies in Birmingham

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Information Security Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Information Security Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Qualys
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (100.00%) SSH

Information Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) SSH
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
1 2 (100.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Nessus
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Qualys