Information Security Job Trends in the North of England

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 69 92
Rank change year-on-year -91 +23 -20
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 99 308 249
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.92% 3.39% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 3.74% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 66 127 210
10th Percentile £36,875 £36,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,563 £41,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,625 £72,000 £65,603
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

All Process & 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 8,582 8,228 7,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.13% 90.69% 88.35%
Number of salaries quoted 4,592 3,663 5,959
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,102
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,890
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -1.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,650 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Information Security job vacancy trend in the North of England

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Information Security

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 13 January 2026.

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 13 January 2026. 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 -53 55 £55,000 +0.38% 47
Yorkshire -76 36 £53,750 -6.52% 29
North East -7 8 £105,000 +90.91% 8
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (3.03%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (2.02%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.01%) CMS
4 1 (1.01%) Confluence
4 1 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (1.01%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.01%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) SAP GRC
1 2 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.18%) Azure
2 16 (16.16%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (10.10%) SaaS
4 8 (8.08%) AWS
5 6 (6.06%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.05%) IaaS
7 3 (3.03%) Boomi
8 2 (2.02%) GitHub
8 2 (2.02%) Power Platform
9 1 (1.01%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.01%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (1.01%) iPaaS
9 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.01%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.11%) Firewall
2 8 (8.08%) TCP/IP
3 7 (7.07%) VPN
4 6 (6.06%) SSL
4 6 (6.06%) VLAN
5 3 (3.03%) DNS
5 3 (3.03%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (2.02%) DHCP
6 2 (2.02%) LAN
6 2 (2.02%) WAN
7 1 (1.01%) HTTP
7 1 (1.01%) Network Security
7 1 (1.01%) VoIP
7 1 (1.01%) Wireless
7 1 (1.01%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.02%) Power BI
3 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (4.04%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) Snyk
General
1 41 (41.41%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.23%) Finance
3 17 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (13.13%) Legal
5 6 (6.06%) Law
6 5 (5.05%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.04%) Retail
8 3 (3.03%) Banking
8 3 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.03%) Marketing
9 2 (2.02%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.02%) Public Speaking
10 1 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.01%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (20.20%) Analyst
2 12 (12.12%) Senior
3 10 (10.10%) Security Analyst
4 9 (9.09%) Architect
4 9 (9.09%) Information Architect
4 9 (9.09%) Information Security Architect
4 9 (9.09%) Security Architect
5 8 (8.08%) Enterprise Architect
5 8 (8.08%) Enterprise Information Architect
5 8 (8.08%) Enterprise Security Architect
6 7 (7.07%) Information Analyst
6 7 (7.07%) Information Security Analyst
7 6 (6.06%) Lead
7 6 (6.06%) Security Specialist
8 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (5.05%) 3rd Line Support Technician
8 5 (5.05%) Consultant
8 5 (5.05%) Security Consultant
8 5 (5.05%) Support Technician
9 4 (4.04%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.02%) Middleware
1 2 (2.02%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.01%) .NET
2 1 (1.01%) OAuth
2 1 (1.01%) PySpark
2 1 (1.01%) React
2 1 (1.01%) SLSA
2 1 (1.01%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 23 (23.23%) Management Information System
2 9 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (6.06%) Onboarding
3 6 (6.06%) Security Posture
4 4 (4.04%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (4.04%) SCADA
5 2 (2.02%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (2.02%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.02%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.02%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.01%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.01%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.01%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.01%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.01%) Social Media
6 1 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.11%) Windows
2 8 (8.08%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.03%) Linux
4 2 (2.02%) Android
5 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.01%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (37.37%) Cybersecurity
2 21 (21.21%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (19.19%) Risk Management
4 18 (18.18%) Data Protection
5 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
6 15 (15.15%) Vulnerability Management
7 14 (14.14%) Cloud Security
8 13 (13.13%) Decision-Making
8 13 (13.13%) Security Management
9 12 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (12.12%) Project Delivery
10 11 (11.11%) Customer Service
10 11 (11.11%) DevOps
10 11 (11.11%) Incident Response
10 11 (11.11%) Information Security Management
11 10 (10.10%) Application Security
11 10 (10.10%) Computer Science
11 10 (10.10%) ITIL
11 10 (10.10%) Security Architecture
11 10 (10.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.02%) Perl
1 2 (2.02%) Python
1 2 (2.02%) Ruby
2 1 (1.01%) Java
2 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.01%) Kotlin
2 1 (1.01%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.01%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (30.30%) Degree
2 26 (26.26%) CISSP
3 19 (19.19%) CISM
4 15 (15.15%) DBS Check
5 8 (8.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (8.08%) CRISC
5 8 (8.08%) TOGAF Certification
6 7 (7.07%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (6.06%) CCNA
8 5 (5.05%) CISA
8 5 (5.05%) CompTIA Security+
8 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (5.05%) SC Cleared
8 5 (5.05%) Security Cleared
9 4 (4.04%) AWS Certification
9 4 (4.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (4.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 4 (4.04%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (4.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (28.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (24.24%) GRC
3 17 (17.17%) NIST
4 16 (16.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (14.14%) GDPR
6 6 (6.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (6.06%) PCI DSS
6 6 (6.06%) QA
7 5 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (5.05%) GLBA
8 3 (3.03%) SOC 2
9 2 (2.02%) Def Stans
9 2 (2.02%) ISO 22301
9 2 (2.02%) NCSC
9 2 (2.02%) SLA
10 1 (1.01%) COBIT
10 1 (1.01%) Data Quality
10 1 (1.01%) ISO 14001
10 1 (1.01%) ISO 9001
10 1 (1.01%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (9.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.01%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (8.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (5.05%) Autotask
3 2 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.01%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 27 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.05%) iManage
3 3 (3.03%) Oracle
3 3 (3.03%) Software AG
3 3 (3.03%) webMethods
4 2 (2.02%) Qualys
4 2 (2.02%) SAP
4 2 (2.02%) UiPath
5 1 (1.01%) Apple
5 1 (1.01%) Checkmarx
5 1 (1.01%) Cisco
5 1 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.01%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.01%) Google
5 1 (1.01%) Meraki
5 1 (1.01%) Rapid7
5 1 (1.01%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.01%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.01%) Ubiquiti