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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 92 111
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 +1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 56 29 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 1.87% 1.51% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.67% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 30 11 30
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £33,569
25th Percentile £34,563 £47,500 £35,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £55,000 £51,125
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +7.58% -16.87%
75th Percentile £53,951 £66,500 £59,875
90th Percentile £62,000 £68,525 £67,575
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +4.00% -3.85%

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 2,324 1,734 2,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 77.57% 90.03% 84.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,424 797 1,999
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,750 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -5.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +18 22 £51,058 -8.83% 4
Derbyshire -8 17 £55,000 -16.67%
Leicestershire 0 13 £41,250 - 5
Northamptonshire 0 2 £50,000 - 3
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 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.43%) Azure
2 10 (17.86%) AWS
3 7 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.57%) IaaS
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.36%) Firewall
1 3 (5.36%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
1 2 (3.57%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Burp Suite
1 7 (12.50%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.79%) JIRA
General
1 24 (42.86%) Finance
2 18 (32.14%) Banking
3 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
4 10 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (17.86%) Retail
5 7 (12.50%) Marketing
6 4 (7.14%) Aerospace
6 4 (7.14%) Electronics
6 4 (7.14%) Manufacturing
7 3 (5.36%) Law
8 2 (3.57%) Automotive
8 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.79%) Legal
9 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (16.07%) Security Specialist
2 8 (14.29%) Analyst
2 8 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 7 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
4 6 (10.71%) Senior
5 5 (8.93%) 1st Line Support
5 5 (8.93%) Information Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) Information Security Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) IT Support
6 4 (7.14%) IT Director
7 3 (5.36%) IT Manager
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Information Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Information Security Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Senior Security Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) IT Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) IT Change Manager
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Information Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) Security Posture
2 7 (12.50%) Insider Threat
3 4 (7.14%) Management Information System
4 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.57%) Linux
1 2 (3.57%) Windows
1 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
1 2 (3.57%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) Process Improvement
1 22 (39.29%) Risk Management
2 21 (37.50%) Risk Assessment
3 20 (35.71%) Due Diligence
4 19 (33.93%) Business Continuity
4 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (32.14%) Business Continuity Management
5 18 (32.14%) Operations Management
5 18 (32.14%) Roadmaps
5 18 (32.14%) Supply Chain Management
6 16 (28.57%) Decision-Making
7 11 (19.64%) ITIL
8 10 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (16.07%) Actionable Insight
10 8 (14.29%) Data Protection
10 8 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
10 8 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 7 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 7 (12.50%) Ethical Hacking
11 7 (12.50%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (57.14%) CISSP
2 18 (32.14%) CISA
2 18 (32.14%) CRISC
3 16 (28.57%) Degree
4 12 (21.43%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
5 10 (17.86%) Security Cleared
6 9 (16.07%) CISMP
7 7 (12.50%) CCNA
7 7 (12.50%) CEH
7 7 (12.50%) CISM
7 7 (12.50%) CREST Certified
7 7 (12.50%) GIAC
7 7 (12.50%) GPEN
7 7 (12.50%) MCSE
7 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 7 (12.50%) OSCP
8 3 (5.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (37.50%) NIST
2 20 (35.71%) PCI DSS
3 12 (21.43%) GDPR
3 12 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (16.07%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (7.14%) SLA
6 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.57%) Data Quality
6 2 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.79%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.57%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (3.57%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) Nmap
Vendors
1 13 (23.21%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.50%) Cisco
3 5 (8.93%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.14%) SAP
5 2 (3.57%) VMware
6 1 (1.79%) CrowdStrike