Information Security Jobs in Merseyside

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 61 55
Rank change year-on-year +12 -6 +22
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 9 34 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.07% 2.61% 4.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 3.23% 5.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7 31 21
10th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £41,875 £40,375 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% -5.05% -17.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £76,500 - -
North West median annual salary £60,000 £52,084 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.20% +4.17% -6.68%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 412 1,052 1,010
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 94.93% 80.67% 92.66%
Number of salaries quoted 181 728 422
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £27,025
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £59,906
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £70,540
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Merseyside over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 13 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
Liverpool +26 9 £55,000 +17.02% 6
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) IaaS
2 2 (22.22%) Mimecast
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) DHCP
1 2 (22.22%) DNS
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (22.22%) SD-WAN
1 2 (22.22%) SNMP
1 2 (22.22%) VSAN
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Information Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Information Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Information Security Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Information
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Head of Security
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
1 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (11.11%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2016
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (22.22%) Data Protection
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) High Availability
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Statistics
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) NIST
3 2 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (22.22%) PMO
4 1 (11.11%) GDPR
4 1 (11.11%) GRC
4 1 (11.11%) ISO 22301
4 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
4 1 (11.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 2 (22.22%) DFS Replication
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Machines
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) FortiGate
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Aderant
2 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
2 2 (22.22%) VMware