Information Security Officer Job Trends in the North West

Information Security Officer
England > North West

The median Information Security Officer salary in the North West is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 - 180
Rank change year-on-year - - +134
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.017% - 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% - 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.65%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £75,000 £64,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +16.73% -8.21% -9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 5,074 5,102 3,362
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.74% 93.46% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,670 2,767 2,570
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,309 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% -8.53% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,842
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Officer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Information Security Officer job vacancy trend in the North West

Information Security Officer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Officer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Officer job vacancies in the North West

Information Security Officer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Officer within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Cheshire - 1 £42,500 - 2
Information Security Officer
England

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Information Security Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft