Information Security Jobs in the Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 83 93
Rank change year-on-year -44 +10 -12
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 235 380 368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.02% 3.97% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.45% 4.11% 3.59%
Number of salaries quoted 193 208 252
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,558 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,421 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,650 £58,750 £56,242
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +4.46% +3.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £86,625 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,604 9,247 10,242
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.43% 96.63% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 7,106 4,623 6,968
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,750 £38,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,450 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the Midlands

Information Security
Job Locations in the 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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
West Midlands -39 170 £55,000 -4.35% 35
East Midlands +18 64 £52,500 -23.64% 27
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 5 (2.13%) nginx
2 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.85%) IIS
3 2 (0.85%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.43%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 4 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.85%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.57%) Azure
2 24 (10.21%) AWS
3 13 (5.53%) Entra ID
3 13 (5.53%) IaaS
3 13 (5.53%) PaaS
4 12 (5.11%) SaaS
5 10 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.40%) GCP
7 6 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (2.13%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.13%) AWS Fargate
8 5 (2.13%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.13%) Azure Pipelines
8 5 (2.13%) npm
8 5 (2.13%) Serverless
9 4 (1.70%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.28%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.85%) Azure Sentinel
11 2 (0.85%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.21%) Firewall
2 9 (3.83%) VPN
3 8 (3.40%) DHCP
3 8 (3.40%) DNS
3 8 (3.40%) WAN
4 7 (2.98%) SAN
4 7 (2.98%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.13%) NAS
6 4 (1.70%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (1.70%) IPsec
6 4 (1.70%) iSCSI
6 4 (1.70%) Kerberos
6 4 (1.70%) SNMP
6 4 (1.70%) SSL
7 3 (1.28%) Network Security
8 2 (0.85%) NX-OS
8 2 (0.85%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.85%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.43%) LAN
9 1 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.98%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.13%) DynamoDB
3 5 (2.13%) MySQL
3 5 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.85%) Power BI
5 1 (0.43%) Big Data
5 1 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.43%) GIS
5 1 (0.43%) Metadata
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) QGIS
5 1 (0.43%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (4.26%) Git
2 7 (2.98%) JIRA
3 5 (2.13%) MSTest
3 5 (2.13%) webpack
4 2 (0.85%) GitLab
General
1 75 (31.91%) Finance
2 73 (31.06%) Social Skills
3 43 (18.30%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (14.47%) Legal
5 19 (8.09%) Organisational Skills
6 15 (6.38%) Retail
7 14 (5.96%) Environmental Health
8 8 (3.40%) Automotive
8 8 (3.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.40%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.55%) Law
10 4 (1.70%) Aviation
10 4 (1.70%) Avionics
10 4 (1.70%) Marketing
11 3 (1.28%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.28%) Local Government
12 2 (0.85%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 41 (17.45%) Analyst
2 33 (14.04%) Security Manager
3 30 (12.77%) Security Analyst
4 25 (10.64%) Senior
5 23 (9.79%) Information Manager
6 22 (9.36%) Lead
7 21 (8.94%) Information Security Manager
8 18 (7.66%) Architect
9 16 (6.81%) Information Analyst
9 16 (6.81%) Information Security Analyst
10 12 (5.11%) IT Manager
10 12 (5.11%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (4.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.68%) Security Architect
12 10 (4.26%) Developer
13 8 (3.40%) Data Manager
13 8 (3.40%) Operations Analyst
13 8 (3.40%) Penetration Tester
13 8 (3.40%) Senior Security Analyst
13 8 (3.40%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.98%) .NET
2 6 (2.55%) EDI
2 6 (2.55%) Middleware
3 5 (2.13%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.13%) Blazor
3 5 (2.13%) CSS
3 5 (2.13%) HTML
3 5 (2.13%) HTML5
3 5 (2.13%) jQuery
3 5 (2.13%) JSON
3 5 (2.13%) LAMP
3 5 (2.13%) Laravel
3 5 (2.13%) LEMP Stack
3 5 (2.13%) LESS
3 5 (2.13%) React
3 5 (2.13%) Sass
3 5 (2.13%) Vue
3 5 (2.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (31.49%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.94%) Data Centre
3 17 (7.23%) Security Posture
4 14 (5.96%) NHS
5 11 (4.68%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.68%) Freedom of Information
5 11 (4.68%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (3.83%) Cyber Threat
7 8 (3.40%) Cyberattack
7 8 (3.40%) Taxonomies
8 7 (2.98%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.55%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.55%) PKI
10 5 (2.13%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.70%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.70%) PMI
11 4 (1.70%) Replication
11 4 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.70%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.28%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.17%) Windows
2 21 (8.94%) Linux
3 6 (2.55%) Solaris
3 6 (2.55%) Ubuntu
3 6 (2.55%) Unix
3 6 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.70%) VMS
5 4 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.28%) zOS
7 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.43%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (45.96%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (21.28%) Risk Management
3 48 (20.43%) Data Protection
3 48 (20.43%) Project Management
4 42 (17.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (14.04%) Agile
6 27 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (10.64%) Incident Response
8 23 (9.79%) Security Operations
9 22 (9.36%) Penetration Testing
10 21 (8.94%) Customer Service
11 20 (8.51%) Security Management
12 19 (8.09%) Business Continuity
12 19 (8.09%) IT Strategy
13 18 (7.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 17 (7.23%) Analytics
14 17 (7.23%) Coaching
14 17 (7.23%) ITIL
15 16 (6.81%) Change Management
15 16 (6.81%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.83%) SQL
2 8 (3.40%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.13%) C#
3 5 (2.13%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.13%) PHP
3 5 (2.13%) Python
4 2 (0.85%) Java
4 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (21.70%) CISSP
2 40 (17.02%) CISM
3 24 (10.21%) Degree
4 18 (7.66%) Azure Certification
5 13 (5.53%) OSCP
6 12 (5.11%) CISA
6 12 (5.11%) CRISC
7 11 (4.68%) AWS Certification
8 9 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (3.40%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (3.40%) SANS
10 7 (2.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 7 (2.98%) Security Cleared
11 6 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 6 (2.55%) PCI QSA
11 6 (2.55%) SC Cleared
12 5 (2.13%) CISMP
13 4 (1.70%) CEH
13 4 (1.70%) GIAC
13 4 (1.70%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (32.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (19.57%) GDPR
3 44 (18.72%) NIST
4 28 (11.91%) PCI DSS
5 27 (11.49%) GRC
6 13 (5.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.98%) QA
8 6 (2.55%) COBIT
8 6 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (1.28%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.28%) NCSC
10 3 (1.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.85%) IASME
11 2 (0.85%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.85%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.85%) PMO
12 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
12 1 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 15 (6.38%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.53%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.70%) pfSense
5 3 (1.28%) Docker
6 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.55%) WSUS
2 4 (1.70%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.85%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.85%) SCCM
4 2 (0.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 32 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.53%) Cisco
2 13 (5.53%) VMware
3 8 (3.40%) Dell
3 8 (3.40%) Veeam
4 7 (2.98%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (2.98%) Proofpoint
4 7 (2.98%) Rapid7
5 6 (2.55%) HP
6 4 (1.70%) BroadSoft
6 4 (1.70%) Brocade
6 4 (1.70%) Dell Compellent
6 4 (1.70%) Fortinet
6 4 (1.70%) QNAP
6 4 (1.70%) Ubiquiti
6 4 (1.70%) Zerto
7 3 (1.28%) IBM
7 3 (1.28%) Meraki
8 2 (0.85%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.85%) Sun