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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	119	121	100
Rank change year-on-year	+2	-21	-1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security	58	24	61
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands	0.86%	1.04%	1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.19%	1.21%	2.16%
Number of salaries quoted	37	18	29
10^th Percentile	£36,750	£15,704	£37,650
25^th Percentile	£46,743	£33,438	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£43,750	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-16.67%	-10.64%
75^th Percentile	£55,000	£53,901	£60,000
90^th Percentile	£62,750	£55,750	£71,500
England median annual salary	£70,000	£65,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	+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.

	6 months to 17 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	4,884	1,991	2,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands	72.31%	86.68%	78.80%
Number of salaries quoted	3,329	1,080	1,203
10^th Percentile	£28,500	£25,875	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£35,000	£29,000	£35,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£40,000	£45,000
Median % change year-on-year	+25.00%	-11.11%	-15.49%
75^th Percentile	£60,000	£57,500	£61,250
90^th Percentile	£75,000	£72,500	£73,750
England median annual salary	£60,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+9.09%	-8.33%	-1.32%

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 Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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 17 October 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 17 October 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	+1	22	£46,743	-8.45%	7
Leicestershire	-29	16	£50,000	+218.39%	5
Derbyshire	0	15	£52,000	-5.45%
Northamptonshire	-10	4	£95,000	-	9
Lincolnshire	-25	1	£38,500	+2.67%	1
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Information Security Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 October 2026, job vacancies citing Information Security also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for Information Security.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	29.3%	17
2	Azure	25.9%	15
3	Data Protection	24.1%	14
3	Risk Management	24.1%	14
5	ISO/IEC 27001	22.4%	13
5	Microsoft	22.4%	13
7	Incident Response	20.7%	12
8	Decision-Making	19.0%	11
8	E-Commerce	19.0%	11
8	Problem-Solving	19.0%	11
11	CISM	17.2%	10
11	CISSP	17.2%	10
11	Degree	17.2%	10
11	Incident Management	17.2%	10
11	SC Cleared	17.2%	10
11	Security Cleared	17.2%	10
11	Threat Intelligence	17.2%	10
18	AWS	15.5%	9
18	ITIL	15.5%	9
18	PowerShell	15.5%	9
21	Cyber Threat Intelligence	13.8%	8
21	GRC	13.8%	8
21	Offensive Security	13.8%	8
21	Roadmaps	13.8%	8
25	Cisco Certification	12.1%	7
25	Cyber Essentials	12.1%	7
25	Project Management	12.1%	7
25	Vulnerability Management	12.1%	7
25	Vulnerability Remediation	12.1%	7
30	Business Continuity	10.3%	6

Information Security Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	29.3%	17
2	Data Protection	24.1%	14
2	Risk Management	24.1%	14
4	Incident Response	20.7%	12
5	Decision-Making	19.0%	11
5	E-Commerce	19.0%	11
5	Problem-Solving	19.0%	11
8	Incident Management	17.2%	10
8	Threat Intelligence	17.2%	10
10	ITIL	15.5%	9
11	Cyber Threat Intelligence	13.8%	8
11	Offensive Security	13.8%	8
11	Roadmaps	13.8%	8
14	Project Management	12.1%	7
14	Vulnerability Management	12.1%	7
14	Vulnerability Remediation	12.1%	7
17	Business Continuity	10.3%	6
17	Cloud Security	10.3%	6
17	Information Security Management	10.3%	6
17	ISMS	10.3%	6