Information Security Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 49 76
Rank change year-on-year -22 +27 -5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 18 55 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 1.35% 5.66% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 5.99% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 10 21 20
10th Percentile £16,250 £42,000 £33,850
25th Percentile £22,500 £56,250 £54,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £57,670 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -14.56% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,250 £70,250
90th Percentile £70,375 £76,009 £91,000
South East median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% +1.69% -1.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,099 918 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 82.63% 94.54% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 648 400 593
10th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £31,050
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,833 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £90,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.48% -4.55%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Buckinghamshire

Information Security
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes -28 10 £65,000 +4.00% 3
Bletchley 0 4 - -
Beaconsfield - 3 £17,500 -
Gerrards Cross - 1 £52,500 -
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (5.56%) GCP
3 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (5.56%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 7 (38.89%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Retail
3 3 (16.67%) Environmental Health
3 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
5 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (33.33%) Procurement Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Information Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Information Security Architect
3 2 (11.11%) IT Procurement Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior IT Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Procurement Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Information Officer
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Officer
4 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Contract Negotiation
1 7 (38.89%) Regulatory Compliance
1 7 (38.89%) Software Licensing
2 6 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 3 (16.67%) Cloud Security
3 3 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 3 (16.67%) Digital Enablement
3 3 (16.67%) PQQ
3 3 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Security Architecture
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
4 2 (11.11%) Design Patterns
4 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (11.11%) SABSA
4 2 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
5 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.56%) OWASP
5 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) CISSP
2 3 (16.67%) CISM
3 2 (11.11%) CISA
3 2 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 2 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.56%) CRISC
4 1 (5.56%) Degree
4 1 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (66.67%) GDPR
2 5 (27.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (22.22%) GRC
4 3 (16.67%) ISO 14001
4 3 (16.67%) ISO 9001
5 2 (11.11%) NIST
6 1 (5.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (5.56%) PCI DSS
6 1 (5.56%) SLA
6 1 (5.56%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) SAP