Information Security Jobs in Kent

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 86 37
Rank change year-on-year +25 -49 +46
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 9 18 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 1.08% 1.19% 6.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.46% 6.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 49
10th Percentile - £41,750 -
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +27.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,625 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,750 £59,500 £65,000
South East median annual salary £57,670 £59,500 £57,544
% change year-on-year -3.08% +3.40% -4.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 687 1,229 1,056
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.67% 81.28% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 320 893 505
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,990
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Kent

Information Security
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Kent.

Salary trend for Information Security in Kent

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Kent over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Kent

Information Security
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Kent region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Rochester - 3 - - 3
Dartford +11 1 - - 1
Tunbridge Wells - 1 £70,000 - 1
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (22.22%) Amazon EKS
1 2 (22.22%) AWS
1 2 (22.22%) Route 53
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Private Cloud
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) German Language
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Engineering Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Product Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Security Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Security Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Cloud Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
2 1 (11.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Mentoring
2 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
3 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
3 2 (22.22%) DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) SABSA
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) CISSP
3 3 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (11.11%) CEH
4 1 (11.11%) CISM
4 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (11.11%) GIAC
4 1 (11.11%) OSCP
4 1 (11.11%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) GRC
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
1 2 (22.22%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Okta
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce