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 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 100 116
Rank change year-on-year -16 +16 +17
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 49 24 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.08% 1.36% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.51% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 21 18 51
10th Percentile £28,000 - £33,966
25th Percentile £28,125 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -23.64%
75th Percentile £54,750 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £68,525 £72,500
England median annual salary £70,976 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.19% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & 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 3,266 1,585 3,324
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 71.76% 89.65% 79.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,954 914 2,477
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,225
Median % change year-on-year - +1.75% -11.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 6 May 2026.

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 6 May 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
Nottinghamshire -6 20 £51,058 +45.88% 6
Derbyshire -12 15 £40,000 -26.61% 4
Leicestershire -28 13 £45,000 -50.00% 4
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 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (6.12%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Azure
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.20%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (4.08%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.08%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) Power BI
2 3 (6.12%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Burp Suite
1 4 (8.16%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.04%) JIRA
General
1 25 (51.02%) Finance
2 18 (36.73%) Banking
3 14 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 11 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.20%) Marketing
6 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (8.16%) Retail
7 3 (6.12%) Aerospace
7 3 (6.12%) Electronics
7 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.08%) Law
9 1 (2.04%) Automotive
9 1 (2.04%) Health Technology
9 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (10.20%) Analyst
1 5 (10.20%) Security Analyst
1 5 (10.20%) Security Specialist
2 4 (8.16%) 1st Line Support
2 4 (8.16%) IT Support
2 4 (8.16%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 3 (6.12%) Administrator
3 3 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 3 (6.12%) Data Administrator
3 3 (6.12%) Information Manager
3 3 (6.12%) Information Security Manager
3 3 (6.12%) IT Director
3 3 (6.12%) Operations Analyst
3 3 (6.12%) Security Manager
3 3 (6.12%) Security Operations Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (4.08%) IT Operations Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) IT Security Analyst
4 2 (4.08%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Insider Threat
1 4 (8.16%) Security Posture
2 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.04%) NHS
4 1 (2.04%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.04%) SCADA
4 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
1 2 (4.08%) Windows
1 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
1 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (44.90%) Process Improvement
2 20 (40.82%) Due Diligence
3 19 (38.78%) Risk Management
4 18 (36.73%) Business Continuity
4 18 (36.73%) Business Continuity Management
4 18 (36.73%) Operations Management
4 18 (36.73%) Risk Assessment
4 18 (36.73%) Roadmaps
4 18 (36.73%) Supply Chain Management
5 13 (26.53%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (20.41%) Decision-Making
7 9 (18.37%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (18.37%) ITIL
8 8 (16.33%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (16.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (14.29%) Data Protection
9 7 (14.29%) ERP
10 6 (12.24%) Business Strategy
10 6 (12.24%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 5 (10.20%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (53.06%) CISSP
2 19 (38.78%) CISA
3 18 (36.73%) CRISC
4 11 (22.45%) Degree
5 6 (12.24%) CISMP
5 6 (12.24%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (8.16%) CCNA
6 4 (8.16%) CEH
6 4 (8.16%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (8.16%) CREST Certified
6 4 (8.16%) GIAC
6 4 (8.16%) GPEN
6 4 (8.16%) MCSE
6 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (8.16%) OSCP
6 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.16%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.12%) CISM
8 2 (4.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (44.90%) NIST
2 20 (40.82%) PCI DSS
3 10 (20.41%) GDPR
4 8 (16.33%) Actionable Recommendations
5 7 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (8.16%) SLA
7 3 (6.12%) Data Quality
7 3 (6.12%) GRC
8 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (2.04%) COBIT
9 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (2.04%) ISO 9001
9 1 (2.04%) ITGC
9 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 6 (12.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (4.08%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Nmap
Vendors
1 11 (22.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.16%) Cisco
4 3 (6.12%) SAP
5 2 (4.08%) VMware