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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 88 100
Rank change year-on-year -27 +12 -23
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 237 345 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.03% 3.63% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 3.76% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 195 202 243
10th Percentile £36,250 £39,112 £36,250
25th Percentile £43,421 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,650 £60,000 £57,483
Median % change year-on-year -8.92% +4.38% +5.96%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,938 £70,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £85,000 £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 9,635 9,167 10,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.37% 96.58% 94.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7,121 4,618 6,987
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,834 £38,362 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £61,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,325 £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 5 May 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 5 May 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 -34 169 £55,000 -4.35% 27
East Midlands +21 67 £52,500 -23.64% 32
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 6 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.11%) nginx
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.84%) IIS
4 2 (0.84%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 5 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.84%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 47 (19.83%) Azure
2 24 (10.13%) AWS
3 13 (5.49%) Entra ID
3 13 (5.49%) IaaS
3 13 (5.49%) PaaS
4 12 (5.06%) SaaS
5 11 (4.64%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.38%) GCP
7 6 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (2.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (2.11%) Amazon S3
8 5 (2.11%) AWS Fargate
8 5 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (2.11%) Azure Pipelines
8 5 (2.11%) npm
8 5 (2.11%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.11%) Serverless
9 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.84%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 25 (10.55%) Firewall
2 9 (3.80%) VPN
2 9 (3.80%) WAN
3 8 (3.38%) DHCP
3 8 (3.38%) DNS
4 7 (2.95%) SAN
4 7 (2.95%) SD-WAN
5 5 (2.11%) NAS
6 4 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (1.69%) IPsec
6 4 (1.69%) iSCSI
6 4 (1.69%) Kerberos
6 4 (1.69%) SNMP
6 4 (1.69%) SSL
7 2 (0.84%) LAN
7 2 (0.84%) Network Security
7 2 (0.84%) NX-OS
7 2 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.84%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.95%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.11%) DynamoDB
3 5 (2.11%) MySQL
3 5 (2.11%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.69%) Power BI
5 1 (0.42%) Big Data
5 1 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.42%) GIS
5 1 (0.42%) Metadata
5 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.42%) QGIS
5 1 (0.42%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 10 (4.22%) Git
2 7 (2.95%) JIRA
3 5 (2.11%) MSTest
3 5 (2.11%) webpack
4 2 (0.84%) GitLab
General
1 73 (30.80%) Finance
1 73 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 42 (17.72%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (14.35%) Legal
4 19 (8.02%) Organisational Skills
5 15 (6.33%) Retail
6 14 (5.91%) Environmental Health
7 8 (3.38%) Automotive
7 8 (3.38%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.53%) Law
10 4 (1.69%) Aviation
10 4 (1.69%) Avionics
10 4 (1.69%) Marketing
11 3 (1.27%) Aerospace
11 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.84%) Local Government
12 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (18.14%) Analyst
2 33 (13.92%) Security Manager
3 31 (13.08%) Security Analyst
4 25 (10.55%) Senior
5 22 (9.28%) Information Manager
5 22 (9.28%) Lead
6 20 (8.44%) Information Security Manager
7 19 (8.02%) Architect
8 16 (6.75%) Information Analyst
8 16 (6.75%) Information Security Analyst
9 13 (5.49%) Senior Analyst
10 12 (5.06%) IT Manager
10 12 (5.06%) Security Architect
11 11 (4.64%) Developer
11 11 (4.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.38%) Data Manager
12 8 (3.38%) Operations Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Penetration Tester
12 8 (3.38%) Senior Security Analyst
12 8 (3.38%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.95%) .NET
2 6 (2.53%) Middleware
3 5 (2.11%) .NET Core
3 5 (2.11%) Blazor
3 5 (2.11%) CSS
3 5 (2.11%) EDI
3 5 (2.11%) HTML
3 5 (2.11%) HTML5
3 5 (2.11%) jQuery
3 5 (2.11%) JSON
3 5 (2.11%) LAMP
3 5 (2.11%) Laravel
3 5 (2.11%) LEMP Stack
3 5 (2.11%) LESS
3 5 (2.11%) React
3 5 (2.11%) Sass
3 5 (2.11%) Vue
3 5 (2.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 75 (31.65%) Management Information System
2 22 (9.28%) Data Centre
3 18 (7.59%) Security Posture
4 14 (5.91%) NHS
5 11 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 10 (4.22%) Freedom of Information
7 9 (3.80%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (3.80%) Cyberattack
8 8 (3.38%) Taxonomies
9 6 (2.53%) Cloud Native
9 6 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (2.53%) PKI
10 5 (2.11%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.69%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.69%) PMI
11 4 (1.69%) Replication
11 4 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.69%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.27%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 38 (16.03%) Windows
2 20 (8.44%) Linux
3 7 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.53%) Solaris
4 6 (2.53%) Ubuntu
4 6 (2.53%) Unix
5 5 (2.11%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.69%) VMS
6 4 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.27%) zOS
8 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.42%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (45.99%) Cybersecurity
2 50 (21.10%) Risk Management
3 48 (20.25%) Project Management
4 47 (19.83%) Data Protection
5 43 (18.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (14.35%) Agile
7 28 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (10.97%) Incident Response
9 23 (9.70%) Security Operations
10 22 (9.28%) Customer Service
10 22 (9.28%) Penetration Testing
11 20 (8.44%) Security Management
12 19 (8.02%) Business Continuity
12 19 (8.02%) IT Strategy
13 18 (7.59%) Coaching
13 18 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 17 (7.17%) Analytics
14 17 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (7.17%) ITIL
15 16 (6.75%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.80%) SQL
2 8 (3.38%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.11%) C#
3 5 (2.11%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.11%) PHP
3 5 (2.11%) Python
4 2 (0.84%) Java
4 2 (0.84%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (21.94%) CISSP
2 42 (17.72%) CISM
3 25 (10.55%) Degree
4 18 (7.59%) Azure Certification
5 14 (5.91%) CISA
6 13 (5.49%) OSCP
7 12 (5.06%) CRISC
8 11 (4.64%) AWS Certification
9 9 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (3.80%) Security Cleared
10 8 (3.38%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (3.38%) SANS
11 7 (2.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 6 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (2.53%) SC Cleared
13 5 (2.11%) CEH
13 5 (2.11%) PCI QSA
14 4 (1.69%) CISMP
14 4 (1.69%) GIAC
14 4 (1.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (32.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (19.41%) GDPR
3 45 (18.99%) NIST
4 27 (11.39%) PCI DSS
5 25 (10.55%) GRC
6 13 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.38%) QA
8 6 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (2.11%) COBIT
10 4 (1.69%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.27%) NCSC
11 3 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.84%) IASME
12 2 (0.84%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.84%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.84%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.84%) PMO
13 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 16 (6.75%) Active Directory
2 13 (5.49%) Hyper-V
3 11 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.69%) pfSense
5 3 (1.27%) Docker
6 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.84%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (2.53%) WSUS
2 4 (1.69%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.84%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.84%) SCCM
4 2 (0.84%) Terraform
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 33 (13.92%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.49%) Cisco
2 13 (5.49%) VMware
3 8 (3.38%) Dell
3 8 (3.38%) Rapid7
3 8 (3.38%) Veeam
4 7 (2.95%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (2.95%) Proofpoint
5 6 (2.53%) HP
6 5 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.69%) BroadSoft
7 4 (1.69%) Brocade
7 4 (1.69%) Dell Compellent
7 4 (1.69%) QNAP
7 4 (1.69%) Ubiquiti
7 4 (1.69%) Zerto
8 3 (1.27%) IBM
8 3 (1.27%) Meraki
9 2 (0.84%) Oracle
9 2 (0.84%) Sun