Information Security Jobs in Bolton

Information Security (InfoSec)
Manchester > Bolton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bolton 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 8 0 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 5.76% - 11.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.02% - 11.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
75th Percentile £77,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Manchester median annual salary £72,192 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +20.32% +9.09% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bolton

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 Bolton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 133 109 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bolton 95.68% 84.50% 98.58%
Number of salaries quoted 105 75 31
10th Percentile £25,480 £28,500 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,250 £36,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% +15.79% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £53,750
Manchester median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Bolton

Information Security
Salary Trend in Bolton

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Bolton

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Firewall
1 8 (100.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 8 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Architect
1 8 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 8 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 8 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 8 (100.00%) Social Media
1 8 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 8 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 8 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 8 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 8 (100.00%) Ethical Hacking
1 8 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 8 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 8 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 8 (100.00%) Proactive Management
1 8 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 8 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 8 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
1 8 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 8 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 8 (100.00%) CEH
1 8 (100.00%) CISA
1 8 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (100.00%) CISM
1 8 (100.00%) CISSP
1 8 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (100.00%) DBS Check
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
1 8 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (100.00%) GDPR
1 8 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (100.00%) NIST