Information Security Job Trends in Birmingham

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 81 60
Rank change year-on-year +5 -21 -2
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 32 49 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.84% 2.72% 3.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.91% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 21 33 50
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £51,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,000 £57,013
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -25.93% +14.89%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,144 £74,688
90th Percentile £84,375 £79,300 £87,750
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £53,094 £60,750
% change year-on-year +3.59% -12.60% +5.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,381 1,683 1,194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.37% 93.29% 88.05%
Number of salaries quoted 979 784 1,009
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.62%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,875 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Birmingham over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (9.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Azure
2 9 (28.13%) Entra ID
3 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (12.50%) IaaS
4 4 (12.50%) PaaS
4 4 (12.50%) Power Platform
5 2 (6.25%) AWS
5 2 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (6.25%) GCP
5 2 (6.25%) OneDrive
5 2 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) DNS
1 2 (6.25%) Firewall
1 2 (6.25%) HTTP
1 2 (6.25%) SSH
1 2 (6.25%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 15 (46.88%) Social Skills
2 11 (34.38%) Finance
3 6 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (15.63%) Legal
5 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Public Sector
6 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.13%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Architect
3 5 (15.63%) Compliance Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Head of Information
3 5 (15.63%) Head of Information Security
3 5 (15.63%) Head of Security
4 4 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Information Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Information Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Information Security Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Information Security Manager
5 3 (9.38%) IT Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) IT Compliance Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Security Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Security Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Digital Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Information Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Information Security Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Security Compliance Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (34.38%) Security Posture
2 7 (21.88%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (18.75%) Cloud Native
4 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (6.25%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (40.63%) Risk Management
3 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (25.00%) SIEM
5 7 (21.88%) Decision-Making
6 6 (18.75%) Agile
6 6 (18.75%) Data Protection
6 6 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
6 6 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (18.75%) Information Governance
6 6 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (18.75%) TOGAF
7 5 (15.63%) API Management
7 5 (15.63%) Incident Response
7 5 (15.63%) Information Security Management
8 4 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
8 4 (12.50%) Integration Patterns
8 4 (12.50%) Project Delivery
8 4 (12.50%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.25%) Python
1 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) CISSP
2 5 (15.63%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (12.50%) CEH
3 4 (12.50%) CISM
4 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 2 (6.25%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) GSEC
4 2 (6.25%) OSCP
4 2 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.13%) CISMP
5 1 (3.13%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (56.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (43.75%) NIST
3 12 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (21.88%) GRC
5 5 (15.63%) QA
5 5 (15.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (12.50%) COBIT
6 4 (12.50%) PCI DSS
7 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (3.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (3.13%) GDPR
8 1 (3.13%) HIPAA
8 1 (3.13%) ISO 22301
8 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Nessus
1 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Google
2 2 (6.25%) Qualys