Information Assurance Jobs in the North of England

Information Assurance
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Information Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Assurance 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 322 371 413
Rank change year-on-year +49 +42 +5
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 19 26 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.16% 0.15% 0.099%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.18% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 18 26 10
10th Percentile £68,750 - £42,150
25th Percentile £72,500 £52,500 £63,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £68,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -15.75% -24.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,419 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,283 £74,782 -
England median annual salary £64,627 £65,700 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.63% -6.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Information Assurance 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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,957 14,590 16,592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.99% 83.40% 96.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,706 11,215 7,943
10th Percentile £25,480 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the North of England

Information Assurance
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the North of England.

Salary trend for Information Assurance in the North of England

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the North of England

Information Assurance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Assurance within the North of England 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
North West -7 18 £75,000 +30.43% 6
North East - 1 £81,764 - 3
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 14 (73.68%) Firewall
1 14 (73.68%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (10.53%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) GIS
General
1 16 (84.21%) Social Skills
2 14 (73.68%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (10.53%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 16 (84.21%) Architect
1 16 (84.21%) Security Architect
2 2 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) Principal Architect
2 2 (10.53%) Principal Security Architect
2 2 (10.53%) Security Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) Senior
2 2 (10.53%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 2 (10.53%) Senior Security Specialist
3 1 (5.26%) IT Manager
3 1 (5.26%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (5.26%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 17 (89.47%) Management Information System
2 14 (73.68%) Security Posture
2 14 (73.68%) Self-Motivation
2 14 (73.68%) Social Media
2 14 (73.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
1 14 (73.68%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Cybersecurity
1 18 (94.74%) Information Security
1 18 (94.74%) Risk Management
1 18 (94.74%) Security Architecture
2 16 (84.21%) Risk Analysis
2 16 (84.21%) TOGAF
3 14 (73.68%) Cloud Security
3 14 (73.68%) Collaborative Working
3 14 (73.68%) Computer Science
3 14 (73.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (73.68%) Data Protection
3 14 (73.68%) DevSecOps
3 14 (73.68%) Ethical Hacking
3 14 (73.68%) Identity Management
3 14 (73.68%) Incident Response
3 14 (73.68%) Proactive Management
3 14 (73.68%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (73.68%) SIEM
3 14 (73.68%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (15.79%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 17 (89.47%) Degree
2 14 (73.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 14 (73.68%) CEH
2 14 (73.68%) CISA
2 14 (73.68%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (73.68%) CISM
2 14 (73.68%) CISSP
2 14 (73.68%) Computer Science Degree
2 14 (73.68%) DBS Check
2 14 (73.68%) Master's Degree
3 2 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (94.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 18 (94.74%) NIST
2 14 (73.68%) GDPR
3 4 (21.05%) NCSC
4 2 (10.53%) NIST 800
4 2 (10.53%) QA