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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 95 99
Rank change year-on-year +11 +4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 52 33 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 2.07% 1.49% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.59% 1.69% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 26 12 18
10th Percentile £36,875 £34,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £47,500 £47,533
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £56,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.83% -5.88% -0.83%
75th Percentile £53,951 £60,688 £65,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £66,500 £74,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 2,007 1,954 1,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.77% 88.42% 85.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,259 822 1,277
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,525 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £71,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +23 20 £51,058 -8.83% 6
Derbyshire -7 17 £55,000 -16.67% 6
Leicestershire +6 11 £45,000 - 10
Northamptonshire +5 2 £50,000 - 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 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.69%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (23.08%) Azure
2 10 (19.23%) AWS
3 3 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (3.85%) IaaS
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (1.92%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) Firewall
1 3 (5.77%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Burp Suite
1 7 (13.46%) Metasploit
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 20 (38.46%) Finance
2 18 (34.62%) Banking
3 13 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 10 (19.23%) Retail
5 7 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.69%) Aerospace
6 4 (7.69%) Electronics
6 4 (7.69%) Manufacturing
6 4 (7.69%) Marketing
7 2 (3.85%) Automotive
7 2 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.85%) Law
7 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.92%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (17.31%) Security Specialist
2 7 (13.46%) Analyst
2 7 (13.46%) Security Analyst
2 7 (13.46%) Threat Intelligence Specialist
3 6 (11.54%) Senior
4 5 (9.62%) Information Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Information Security Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) IT Director
6 3 (5.77%) IT Manager
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Information Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Information Security Analyst
6 3 (5.77%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (3.85%) Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Change Manager
7 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Information Architect
7 2 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.85%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 7 (13.46%) Insider Threat
3 5 (9.62%) Management Information System
4 4 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.92%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Linux
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
1 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
1 2 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (44.23%) Risk Management
2 21 (40.38%) Risk Assessment
3 20 (38.46%) Due Diligence
4 19 (36.54%) Business Continuity
5 18 (34.62%) Business Continuity Management
5 18 (34.62%) Operations Management
5 18 (34.62%) Process Improvement
5 18 (34.62%) Roadmaps
5 18 (34.62%) Supply Chain Management
6 17 (32.69%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (30.77%) Decision-Making
8 10 (19.23%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (15.38%) ITIL
9 8 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (13.46%) Actionable Insight
10 7 (13.46%) Anomaly Detection
10 7 (13.46%) Data Protection
10 7 (13.46%) Ethical Hacking
10 7 (13.46%) Open Source
10 7 (13.46%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 34 (65.38%) CISSP
2 18 (34.62%) CISA
2 18 (34.62%) CRISC
3 15 (28.85%) Degree
4 12 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
5 10 (19.23%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (19.23%) SC Cleared
5 10 (19.23%) Security Cleared
6 9 (17.31%) CISM
6 9 (17.31%) CISMP
7 7 (13.46%) CCNA
7 7 (13.46%) CEH
7 7 (13.46%) CREST Certified
7 7 (13.46%) GIAC
7 7 (13.46%) GPEN
7 7 (13.46%) MCP
7 7 (13.46%) MCSE
7 7 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (13.46%) OSCP
8 3 (5.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (40.38%) NIST
2 20 (38.46%) PCI DSS
3 13 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (17.31%) GDPR
5 7 (13.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (3.85%) GRC
6 2 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.92%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (13.46%) Nmap
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.46%) Cisco
3 4 (7.69%) SAP
4 2 (3.85%) VMware
5 1 (1.92%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow