Information Security Jobs in Durham

Information Security (InfoSec)
North East > Durham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 48 46
Rank change year-on-year +20 -2 -6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 6 4 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 2.27% 0.92% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 1.06% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 4
10th Percentile £65,705 £37,900 £38,233
25th Percentile £67,500 £40,375 £39,332
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,500 £43,286 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +74.42% +4.94% +10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £45,250 £45,469
90th Percentile £84,066 - £48,563
North East median annual salary £70,000 £41,536 £47,500
% change year-on-year +68.53% -12.56% +30.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 212 377 305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 80.30% 86.27% 97.76%
Number of salaries quoted 65 266 127
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 £45,000 £40,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.89% +11.11% +7.34%
75th Percentile £48,750 £58,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £74,258 £70,000 £61,700
North East median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
% change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +12.17%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Durham

Information Security
Salary Trend in Durham

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Durham

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Durham over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Durham

Information Security
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Durham region over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
Stockton-on-Tees - 3 £75,000 - 5
Darlington +5 2 £75,574 +73.73% 1
Information Security
North East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Information Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Cloud Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Security Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Core
1 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (16.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) CAFM
3 3 (50.00%) Offensive Security
4 2 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
4 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
4 2 (33.33%) Energy Management
4 2 (33.33%) Information Assurance
4 2 (33.33%) Information Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) ISMS
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Operations Management
4 2 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (33.33%) SABSA
4 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Security Management
4 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bash
1 1 (16.67%) Bicep
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISA
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) NIST
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (33.33%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (33.33%) NCSC
4 1 (16.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform