Information Security Jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne

Information Security (InfoSec)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 60 71
Rank change year-on-year +24 +11 -7
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 11 23 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 3.43% 2.24% 1.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 2.54% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8 19 13
10th Percentile £61,750 £23,700 £19,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £36,250 £21,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -20.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £76,563 £83,709 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,919 £93,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £70,000 £40,000 £48,750
% change year-on-year +75.00% -17.95% +39.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 302 906 742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 94.08% 88.39% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 213 753 391
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,603 £64,125
90th Percentile £83,300 £77,500 £76,000
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +10.53%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Information Security
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary trend for Information Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Newcastle upon Tyne

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Security Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Chief Technology Officer
3 2 (18.18%) Compliance Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Governance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Governance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Risk Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Risk Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (9.09%) Learning Management System
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Assurance
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) SDLC
3 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
4 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) CISA
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CCDA
3 1 (9.09%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) GIAC
3 1 (9.09%) MCSD
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (36.36%) GDPR
3 3 (27.27%) NCSC
4 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
4 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (9.09%) GRC
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 14001
5 1 (9.09%) NIST
5 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft