Information Security Job Trends in the East Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 103 98
Rank change year-on-year +5 -5 -10
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 32 54 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.46% 1.56% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.98% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24 26 17
10th Percentile £21,868 £34,125 £38,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £47,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £54,213 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,000 £68,250 £76,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,841 2,732 1,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.22% 78.96% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,154 1,164 1,044
10th Percentile £25,750 £30,000 £26,825
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Information Security
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the East Midlands

Information Security
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Nottinghamshire -1 9 £51,058 -7.17% 3
Leicestershire +21 7 £15,704 -73.83% 12
Derbyshire -21 6 £55,000 +37.50% 6
Lincolnshire - 6 £37,500 - 1
Northamptonshire +31 3 £50,000 -13.04% 13
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (12.50%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) AWS
2 5 (15.63%) Azure
3 4 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (12.50%) Amazon ELB
3 4 (12.50%) Amazon S3
4 2 (6.25%) SaaS
5 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.38%) Firewall
1 3 (9.38%) Network Security
2 1 (3.13%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) Delta Lake
1 4 (12.50%) DynamoDB
1 4 (12.50%) Metadata
1 4 (12.50%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MLflow
2 3 (9.38%) Burp Suite
2 3 (9.38%) Metasploit
3 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Retail
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Marketing
4 3 (9.38%) Finance
5 2 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
6 1 (3.13%) Automotive
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Health
6 1 (3.13%) Electronics
6 1 (3.13%) Law
6 1 (3.13%) Legal
6 1 (3.13%) Local Government
6 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Analyst
1 11 (34.38%) Security Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Information Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Information Security Analyst
3 6 (18.75%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Machine Learning Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Operations Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Security Specialist
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Information Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Security Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) IT Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
6 2 (6.25%) 1st Line Support
6 2 (6.25%) Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Information Architect
6 2 (6.25%) IT Change Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) Keras
1 4 (12.50%) Lambda Expressions
1 4 (12.50%) Metaflow
1 4 (12.50%) NumPy
1 4 (12.50%) Pandas
1 4 (12.50%) PySpark
1 4 (12.50%) PyTorch
1 4 (12.50%) scikit-learn
1 4 (12.50%) TensorFlow
1 4 (12.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 4 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (9.38%) Insider Threat
4 2 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.13%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Unix
2 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (28.13%) Decision-Making
4 8 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 6 (18.75%) Information Security Management
5 6 (18.75%) ITIL
5 6 (18.75%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (18.75%) Risk Management
5 6 (18.75%) Security Management
5 6 (18.75%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (15.63%) Data Protection
6 5 (15.63%) Incident Response
7 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 4 (12.50%) Containerisation
7 4 (12.50%) Data Science
7 4 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
7 4 (12.50%) MLOps
7 4 (12.50%) OWASP
7 4 (12.50%) Unit Testing
7 4 (12.50%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) Python
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) CISSP
2 12 (37.50%) Degree
3 9 (28.13%) CISM
4 8 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (18.75%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (18.75%) SC Cleared
5 6 (18.75%) Security Cleared
6 5 (15.63%) CISMP
7 4 (12.50%) CEH
7 4 (12.50%) GIAC
8 3 (9.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (9.38%) AWS Certification
8 3 (9.38%) CCNA
8 3 (9.38%) CREST Certified
8 3 (9.38%) GPEN
8 3 (9.38%) Master's Degree
8 3 (9.38%) MCP
8 3 (9.38%) MCSE
8 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (9.38%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (28.13%) GDPR
3 3 (9.38%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (9.38%) NIST
4 2 (6.25%) GRC
4 2 (6.25%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.13%) COBIT
5 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Docker
2 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Kubeflow
1 4 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 4 (12.50%) Terraform
2 3 (9.38%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Databricks
3 3 (9.38%) Cisco
4 1 (3.13%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) ServiceNow