Information Security Jobs in the North of England

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 92 95
Rank change year-on-year -105 +3 +40
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 160 454 592
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.38% 2.51% 3.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 3.06% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 105 378 257
10th Percentile £40,016 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £39,353 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,084 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% +4.17% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £69,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £84,919 £83,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,913 14,844 16,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.30% 81.98% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,415 11,360 7,881
10th Percentile £25,250 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £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 £62,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
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 Security within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 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 -116 91 £56,500 +8.48% 107
Yorkshire -15 53 £55,000 +10.00% 52
North East +28 16 £70,000 +68.53% 23
Information Security
England

Information Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.50%) Confluence
1 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.25%) IIS
2 2 (1.25%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (13.13%) AWS
2 15 (9.38%) Azure
3 12 (7.50%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.00%) GitHub
5 6 (3.75%) SaaS
6 4 (2.50%) Nutanix
6 4 (2.50%) Serverless
7 3 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.88%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.88%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.25%) GCP
8 2 (1.25%) IaaS
8 2 (1.25%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.63%) Amazon SQS
9 1 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.63%) Cloudflare
9 1 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.63%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.13%) Firewall
2 13 (8.13%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (7.50%) Network Security
4 9 (5.63%) VPN
5 8 (5.00%) DNS
5 8 (5.00%) HTTP
6 4 (2.50%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (2.50%) SSH
6 4 (2.50%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.25%) DMZ
7 2 (1.25%) SMTP
7 2 (1.25%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.13%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.50%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.25%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.25%) MySQL
3 2 (1.25%) Power BI
3 2 (1.25%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.63%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.63%) Looker
4 1 (0.63%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (6.88%) Jenkins
2 8 (5.00%) JIRA
3 6 (3.75%) Git
4 5 (3.13%) GitLab
5 4 (2.50%) Cucumber
5 4 (2.50%) Selenium
General
1 71 (44.38%) Social Skills
2 37 (23.13%) Finance
3 30 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (10.63%) Legal
5 12 (7.50%) Law
6 7 (4.38%) Banking
6 7 (4.38%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.50%) Local Government
9 4 (2.50%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.25%) Advertising
10 2 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (1.25%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.63%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (21.25%) Security Manager
2 30 (18.75%) Architect
2 30 (18.75%) Security Architect
3 26 (16.25%) Senior
4 15 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 13 (8.13%) Security Engineer
6 12 (7.50%) Analyst
6 12 (7.50%) Security Analyst
7 11 (6.88%) Lead
7 11 (6.88%) Risk Manager
8 10 (6.25%) Senior Manager
9 9 (5.63%) Engineering Manager
9 9 (5.63%) Information Manager
9 9 (5.63%) Product Architect
9 9 (5.63%) Senior Architect
9 9 (5.63%) Senior Security Architect
10 8 (5.00%) Consultant
10 8 (5.00%) Information Security Manager
11 7 (4.38%) Information Analyst
11 7 (4.38%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.00%) SailPoint
2 5 (3.13%) Kafka
2 5 (3.13%) Spring
3 4 (2.50%) .NET
3 4 (2.50%) LDAP
3 4 (2.50%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.88%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.88%) Laravel
4 3 (1.88%) Vue
5 2 (1.25%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.25%) CSS
5 2 (1.25%) HTML
5 2 (1.25%) YAML
6 1 (0.63%) ADO
6 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET MVC
6 1 (0.63%) EDI
6 1 (0.63%) J2EE
6 1 (0.63%) Node.js
6 1 (0.63%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 59 (36.88%) Management Information System
2 21 (13.13%) Security Posture
3 10 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (5.00%) Cyberattack
4 8 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.00%) Social Media
4 8 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 6 (3.75%) Operational Technology
6 4 (2.50%) Anti-Spyware
6 4 (2.50%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.50%) Wiki
7 3 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.25%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (1.25%) Smart Energy
9 1 (0.63%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.25%) Windows
2 8 (5.00%) Windows Vista
3 4 (2.50%) Android
4 3 (1.88%) Linux
4 3 (1.88%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (46.25%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (38.13%) Risk Management
3 34 (21.25%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (20.63%) Incident Response
4 33 (20.63%) Vulnerability Management
5 29 (18.13%) Mentoring
6 27 (16.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 23 (14.38%) Data Protection
7 23 (14.38%) Risk Assessment
7 23 (14.38%) Security Architecture
8 22 (13.75%) Computer Science
8 22 (13.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 21 (13.13%) CI/CD
9 21 (13.13%) Cloud Security
10 20 (12.50%) Agile
11 19 (11.88%) Incident Management
12 18 (11.25%) DevOps
13 17 (10.63%) Business Continuity
14 16 (10.00%) Project Management
14 16 (10.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.38%) PowerShell
2 5 (3.13%) Python
2 5 (3.13%) SQL
3 4 (2.50%) C#
3 4 (2.50%) Java
3 4 (2.50%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.50%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.88%) PHP
5 2 (1.25%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.63%) Bash
6 1 (0.63%) Bicep
6 1 (0.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (34.38%) CISSP
2 46 (28.75%) Degree
3 39 (24.38%) CISM
4 23 (14.38%) CISA
5 13 (8.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (8.13%) CEH
5 13 (8.13%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (7.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 12 (7.50%) Security Cleared
7 11 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (6.25%) CRISC
9 9 (5.63%) DBS Check
10 8 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (5.00%) Master's Degree
11 6 (3.75%) SC Cleared
12 4 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (1.88%) CISMP
13 3 (1.88%) GIAC
13 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (41.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (26.88%) NIST
3 31 (19.38%) GDPR
4 16 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 14 (8.75%) NCSC
7 10 (6.25%) GRC
8 7 (4.38%) PCI DSS
9 6 (3.75%) COBIT
9 6 (3.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.88%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.88%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.88%) QA
12 2 (1.25%) Data Quality
12 2 (1.25%) Def Stans
12 2 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 2 (1.25%) ITGC
13 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (3.13%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.13%) Docker
2 4 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.63%) NFS
Systems Management
1 14 (8.75%) Ansible
2 10 (6.25%) Terraform
3 6 (3.75%) Kubernetes
4 4 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.63%) cPanel
5 1 (0.63%) Grafana
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.63%) Cisco
3 4 (2.50%) Okta
3 4 (2.50%) Perforce
3 4 (2.50%) ServiceNow
3 4 (2.50%) VMware
4 3 (1.88%) Tenable
5 2 (1.25%) CrowdStrike
5 2 (1.25%) Varonis
6 1 (0.63%) Google
6 1 (0.63%) Qualys