Information Security Job Trends in Dorset

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 44 65
Rank change year-on-year -4 +21 +15
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 3 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.58% 0.63% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.70% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £28,200
25th Percentile - - £33,094
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.81%
75th Percentile - - £56,875
90th Percentile - - £64,750
South West median annual salary £63,750 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.25% +9.09% +3.77%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 410 287 518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 78.85% 90.54% 86.48%
Number of salaries quoted 281 137 426
10th Percentile £27,707 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £45,000 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £56,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £71,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -3.69%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Dorset

Information Security
Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Information Security

Information Security
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 11 February 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
Bournemouth - 2 £30,000 - 1
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Sales Representative
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CRM
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Lead Generation
1 2 (66.67%) Telesales
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) NIST