Information Security Jobs in the North East

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 85 86
Rank change year-on-year +27 +1 +11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 15 30 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 1.98% 1.62% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.86% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 11 25 18
10th Percentile £62,500 £26,400 £19,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £36,250 £38,111
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +81.25% -15.79% +28.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £64,418 £53,438
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,919 £83,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 678 1,612 1,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 89.56% 86.85% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 370 1,313 596
10th Percentile £25,000 £28,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £27,813 £36,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £48,375
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -1.81% +13.82%
75th Percentile £65,577 £63,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,425 £75,772 £73,125
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North East

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the North East

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the North East over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North East

Information Security
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Tyne and Wear +28 11 £70,000 +75.00% 12
Durham +16 4 £80,000 +84.82% 11
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
2 1 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (6.67%) VPN
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Finance
2 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Legal
2 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Architect
1 5 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Risk Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Chief Technology Officer
3 2 (13.33%) Compliance Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Governance Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Information Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Information Security Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Lead
4 1 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Information Governance Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Information Risk Manager
4 1 (6.67%) IT Support
4 1 (6.67%) IT Technical Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) .NET Core
1 1 (6.67%) .NET Framework
1 1 (6.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (13.33%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (6.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (6.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (26.67%) Agile
3 4 (26.67%) Business Continuity
3 4 (26.67%) DevOps
4 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security
4 3 (20.00%) Cyber Assurance
4 3 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (20.00%) SDLC
4 3 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 3 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
4 3 (20.00%) Waterfall
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (13.33%) IT Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Offensive Security
5 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) Bash
1 1 (6.67%) Bicep
1 1 (6.67%) C#
1 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (26.67%) CISA
3 3 (20.00%) CISM
3 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) CCDA
4 1 (6.67%) CCNA
4 1 (6.67%) CCNP
4 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
4 1 (6.67%) GIAC
4 1 (6.67%) MCSD
4 1 (6.67%) MCSE
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (33.33%) GDPR
3 4 (26.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (26.67%) NCSC
3 4 (26.67%) NIST
4 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (13.33%) ISO 9001
6 1 (6.67%) GRC
6 1 (6.67%) ISO 14001
6 1 (6.67%) PCI DSS
6 1 (6.67%) QA
6 1 (6.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Cisco
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft