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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 104 105
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 27 73 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.16% 1.83% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 2.38% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 21 40 16
10th Percentile £15,704 - £32,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -19.23% +13.04%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £77,813
90th Percentile £57,500 £78,125 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 1,977 3,061 1,613
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.14% 76.89% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 1,477 1,053
10th Percentile £26,246 £29,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security 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 18 September 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 18 September 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
Lincolnshire 0 7 £37,500 -28.57% 1
Nottinghamshire -12 7 £35,000 -36.36% 7
Leicestershire +36 6 £15,704 -73.83% 4
Derbyshire -14 4 £54,000 +35.00% 4
Northamptonshire +5 2 £55,000 -20.00% 4
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
2 4 (14.81%) Apache Spark
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Entra ID
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (18.52%) OneDrive
3 4 (14.81%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (14.81%) Amazon ELB
3 4 (14.81%) Amazon S3
3 4 (14.81%) AWS
3 4 (14.81%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) VoIP
2 4 (14.81%) Firewall
3 1 (3.70%) Network Security
3 1 (3.70%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) Delta Lake
1 4 (14.81%) DynamoDB
1 4 (14.81%) Metadata
1 4 (14.81%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MLflow
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Marketing
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Retail
4 1 (3.70%) Digital Health
4 1 (3.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (25.93%) Analyst
1 7 (25.93%) IT Support
1 7 (25.93%) Security Analyst
1 7 (25.93%) Senior
2 5 (18.52%) IT Support Specialist
2 5 (18.52%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 5 (18.52%) Senior IT Support
2 5 (18.52%) Support Specialist
3 4 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (14.81%) Machine Learning Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Operations Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Information Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Information Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Lead
4 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) 1st Line Support
5 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Enterprise Information Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Information Architect
5 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) Keras
1 4 (14.81%) Lambda Expressions
1 4 (14.81%) Metaflow
1 4 (14.81%) NumPy
1 4 (14.81%) Pandas
1 4 (14.81%) PySpark
1 4 (14.81%) PyTorch
1 4 (14.81%) scikit-learn
1 4 (14.81%) TensorFlow
1 4 (14.81%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (18.52%) Security Posture
2 4 (14.81%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) Logistics
2 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 5 (18.52%) Email Management
3 5 (18.52%) ISMS
3 5 (18.52%) ITSM
3 5 (18.52%) Project Management
3 5 (18.52%) Task Automation
3 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (14.81%) Deployment Automation
4 4 (14.81%) Machine Learning
4 4 (14.81%) Metadata Management
4 4 (14.81%) OO
4 4 (14.81%) OOP
4 4 (14.81%) OWASP
4 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
4 4 (14.81%) Time Management
4 4 (14.81%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) PowerShell
2 4 (14.81%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) CISM
2 4 (14.81%) CISSP
3 3 (11.11%) CISMP
3 3 (11.11%) Master's Degree
4 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
4 2 (7.41%) GSEC
4 2 (7.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.70%) CEH
5 1 (3.70%) CISA
5 1 (3.70%) GIAC
5 1 (3.70%) SANS
5 1 (3.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (11.11%) GDPR
2 3 (11.11%) GRC
3 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
4 1 (3.70%) COBIT
System Software
1 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (14.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (14.81%) Kubeflow
2 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 4 (14.81%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) Meraki
2 5 (18.52%) Sage
2 5 (18.52%) Veeam
3 4 (14.81%) Databricks
4 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike