Information Security Jobs in Birmingham

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 73 47 83
Rank change year-on-year -26 +36 -7
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 75 98 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.72% 5.08% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 5.29% 3.75%
Number of salaries quoted 61 71 96
10th Percentile £51,750 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £43,118
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.11% +5.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £86,250 £93,125
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +6.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,259 1,852 3,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 81.94% 95.96% 97.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,829 1,363 2,269
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £34,450
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,725 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (6.67%) nginx
2 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (5.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.33%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.67%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.00%) Azure
2 12 (16.00%) AWS
3 9 (12.00%) IaaS
3 9 (12.00%) PaaS
3 9 (12.00%) SaaS
4 8 (10.67%) GCP
5 5 (6.67%) npm
6 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.33%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.33%) Firewall
1 7 (9.33%) SD-WAN
1 7 (9.33%) WAN
2 4 (5.33%) DHCP
2 4 (5.33%) DNS
2 4 (5.33%) Fibre Channel
2 4 (5.33%) iSCSI
2 4 (5.33%) SNMP
3 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.67%) MySQL
3 2 (2.67%) Power BI
4 1 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.33%) GIS
4 1 (1.33%) Metadata
4 1 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.33%) QGIS
4 1 (1.33%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Git
1 5 (6.67%) JIRA
1 5 (6.67%) webpack
General
1 26 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 23 (30.67%) Finance
3 20 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (18.67%) Legal
5 7 (9.33%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.00%) Law
7 3 (4.00%) Marketing
8 1 (1.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (14.67%) Architect
2 9 (12.00%) Lead
3 8 (10.67%) Data Manager
3 8 (10.67%) Head of IT
3 8 (10.67%) Security Manager
3 8 (10.67%) Senior
4 7 (9.33%) Analyst
4 7 (9.33%) Cloud Architect
4 7 (9.33%) Information Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Data Governance Analyst
5 6 (8.00%) Data Governance Manager
5 6 (8.00%) Governance Manager
6 5 (6.67%) Developer
6 5 (6.67%) Full Stack Developer
6 5 (6.67%) Full Stack PHP Developer
6 5 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (6.67%) PHP Developer
7 4 (5.33%) Security Architect
7 4 (5.33%) Senior Technical Analyst
7 4 (5.33%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.33%) Middleware
2 5 (6.67%) CSS
2 5 (6.67%) HTML
2 5 (6.67%) HTML5
2 5 (6.67%) jQuery
2 5 (6.67%) LAMP
2 5 (6.67%) Laravel
2 5 (6.67%) LEMP Stack
2 5 (6.67%) LESS
2 5 (6.67%) React
2 5 (6.67%) Sass
2 5 (6.67%) Vue
3 1 (1.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 35 (46.67%) Management Information System
2 11 (14.67%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (10.67%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (10.67%) Taxonomies
4 7 (9.33%) Cloud Native
4 7 (9.33%) Data Centre
5 5 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.67%) Mobile App
6 4 (5.33%) PMI
7 3 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (4.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (4.00%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (2.67%) Product Ownership
9 1 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (20.00%) Windows
2 12 (16.00%) Linux
3 7 (9.33%) Solaris
3 7 (9.33%) Ubuntu
3 7 (9.33%) Unix
4 4 (5.33%) VMS
4 4 (5.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (26.67%) Agile
2 20 (26.67%) Project Management
3 17 (22.67%) IT Strategy
4 14 (18.67%) Risk Management
5 13 (17.33%) Analytics
6 12 (16.00%) Security Management
7 11 (14.67%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (14.67%) Data Protection
7 11 (14.67%) Server Management
8 10 (13.33%) Coaching
8 10 (13.33%) Computer Science
8 10 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
9 9 (12.00%) Business Continuity
9 9 (12.00%) Data Governance
9 9 (12.00%) Decision-Making
9 9 (12.00%) Information Management
9 9 (12.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 9 (12.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 5 (6.67%) PHP
2 4 (5.33%) SQL
3 3 (4.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (18.67%) Azure Certification
2 13 (17.33%) CISSP
2 13 (17.33%) Degree
3 11 (14.67%) CISM
4 10 (13.33%) AWS Certification
5 7 (9.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 6 (8.00%) CISA
7 5 (6.67%) PCI QSA
8 4 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (5.33%) PMI Certification
9 3 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (4.00%) CCSK
9 3 (4.00%) CCSP
9 3 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (2.67%) CEH
10 2 (2.67%) GCFA
10 2 (2.67%) GCFE
10 2 (2.67%) GCIH
10 2 (2.67%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (2.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (17.33%) NIST
3 9 (12.00%) PCI DSS
4 6 (8.00%) GDPR
5 5 (6.67%) GRC
6 2 (2.67%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (5.33%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.33%) Hyper-V
1 4 (5.33%) pfSense
1 4 (5.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 7 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) BroadSoft
2 4 (5.33%) Brocade
2 4 (5.33%) Cisco
2 4 (5.33%) Dell
2 4 (5.33%) Dell Compellent
2 4 (5.33%) Fortinet
2 4 (5.33%) QNAP
2 4 (5.33%) Ubiquiti
2 4 (5.33%) Veeam
2 4 (5.33%) VMware
2 4 (5.33%) Zerto
3 2 (2.67%) Oracle
3 2 (2.67%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.67%) SAP
3 2 (2.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.67%) Sun
4 1 (1.33%) Google