Information Security Jobs in the North West

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 90 83 104
Rank change year-on-year -7 +21 +9
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 262 320 296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.66% 4.07% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.21% 4.25% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 220 122 230
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,456 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £50,000 £53,576
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -6.68% -2.28%
75th Percentile £65,151 £66,938 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,625 £75,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,168 7,524 8,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 82.81% 95.63% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,196 3,936 5,255
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,831 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
Manchester -16 129 £60,000 +11.63% 25
Lancashire +17 47 £52,084 +51.70% 1
Cheshire +10 41 £40,000 -43.86% 4
Merseyside -6 34 £47,000 -5.05% 2
Cumbria -7 10 £70,000 - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (3.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.44%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.53%) CMS
3 4 (1.53%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.38%) IIS
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 58 (22.14%) Azure
2 30 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (10.31%) AWS
4 9 (3.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 7 (2.67%) SaaS
6 6 (2.29%) GCP
6 6 (2.29%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 4 (1.53%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 4 (1.53%) AWS CloudTrail
7 4 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.53%) Entra ID
7 4 (1.53%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.15%) PaaS
9 2 (0.76%) IaaS
10 1 (0.38%) GitHub
10 1 (0.38%) Mimecast
10 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.40%) Firewall
2 16 (6.11%) SD-WAN
2 16 (6.11%) WAN
3 14 (5.34%) DNS
4 12 (4.58%) DKIM
4 12 (4.58%) DMARC
5 10 (3.82%) Internet
5 10 (3.82%) Network Security
6 6 (2.29%) Broadband
6 6 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.53%) Skype
8 3 (1.15%) Wireless
8 3 (1.15%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.76%) DHCP
9 2 (0.76%) SAN
9 2 (0.76%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.38%) Intranet
10 1 (0.38%) SNMP
10 1 (0.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.91%) Power BI
2 2 (0.76%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (1.91%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.15%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.76%) JIRA
4 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (18.70%) Social Skills
2 27 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (8.78%) Finance
3 23 (8.78%) Law
3 23 (8.78%) Military
4 16 (6.11%) Legal
5 13 (4.96%) Public Sector
6 9 (3.44%) Retail
6 9 (3.44%) Telecoms
7 8 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.91%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.76%) Local Government
10 2 (0.76%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Games
11 1 (0.38%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.38%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.38%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 58 (22.14%) Analyst
2 40 (15.27%) Lead
2 40 (15.27%) Security Analyst
3 33 (12.60%) Information Analyst
3 33 (12.60%) Information Security Analyst
4 31 (11.83%) Security Manager
5 30 (11.45%) Architect
6 25 (9.54%) Senior
7 23 (8.78%) Incident Manager
7 23 (8.78%) Vulnerability Manager
8 22 (8.40%) Security Architect
9 15 (5.73%) Information Manager
9 15 (5.73%) Information Security Manager
10 14 (5.34%) Senior Architect
11 13 (4.96%) Security Specialist
12 12 (4.58%) IT Manager
13 11 (4.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 10 (3.82%) Senior Security Architect
15 9 (3.44%) Head of IT
15 9 (3.44%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.82%) .NET
2 8 (3.05%) React
3 5 (1.91%) CSS
3 5 (1.91%) HTML
4 2 (0.76%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.76%) Web Services
5 1 (0.38%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.38%) HTML5
5 1 (0.38%) jQuery
5 1 (0.38%) SAML
5 1 (0.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 80 (30.53%) Management Information System
2 19 (7.25%) Security Posture
3 17 (6.49%) Cyberattack
4 16 (6.11%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (5.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 14 (5.34%) Data Centre
7 13 (4.96%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.67%) Operational Technology
9 6 (2.29%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.29%) PMI
9 6 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
10 5 (1.91%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.53%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.53%) NHS
12 3 (1.15%) IoT
12 3 (1.15%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.76%) Anti-Spyware
13 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
13 2 (0.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.02%) Windows
2 17 (6.49%) Linux
3 14 (5.34%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.15%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.38%) Android
5 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (41.98%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (16.41%) Incident Response
3 38 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (14.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 37 (14.12%) Data Protection
5 36 (13.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (13.74%) ITIL
5 36 (13.74%) Risk Management
6 35 (13.36%) Incident Management
7 33 (12.60%) Cloud Security
7 33 (12.60%) Coaching
8 32 (12.21%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 28 (10.69%) ISMS
10 27 (10.31%) Project Management
10 27 (10.31%) Risk Assessment
11 24 (9.16%) Security Architecture
12 23 (8.78%) Mentoring
12 23 (8.78%) OWASP
12 23 (8.78%) Root Cause Analysis
13 22 (8.40%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.40%) Python
2 12 (4.58%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.05%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.67%) Bash
5 6 (2.29%) SQL
6 3 (1.15%) Java
7 2 (0.76%) C#
8 1 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (29.77%) CISM
2 68 (25.95%) CISSP
3 54 (20.61%) Degree
4 27 (10.31%) Security Cleared
5 25 (9.54%) CISA
6 21 (8.02%) AWS Certification
6 21 (8.02%) SC Cleared
7 20 (7.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 20 (7.63%) Cisco Certification
7 20 (7.63%) CRISC
8 16 (6.11%) Azure Certification
9 15 (5.73%) CCSK
9 15 (5.73%) CCSP
10 10 (3.82%) OSCP
11 7 (2.67%) PCI QSA
12 6 (2.29%) PMI Certification
13 5 (1.91%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 5 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (1.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (37.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (22.90%) NIST
3 54 (20.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 26 (9.92%) GRC
5 25 (9.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 25 (9.54%) GDPR
6 22 (8.40%) PCI DSS
7 14 (5.34%) SLA
8 11 (4.20%) NCSC
9 8 (3.05%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (2.29%) NIST 800
12 5 (1.91%) ISO 9001
13 4 (1.53%) SOC 2
13 4 (1.53%) TickIT
14 3 (1.15%) ITGC
14 3 (1.15%) QA
15 2 (0.76%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.76%) Def Stans
15 2 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (6.11%) Docker
2 10 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.67%) Active Directory
4 4 (1.53%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.38%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.38%) Lustre
5 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.38%) Snort
Systems Management
1 16 (6.11%) Kubernetes
1 16 (6.11%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (3.82%) CASB
3 5 (1.91%) Nessus
3 5 (1.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.15%) Nmap
5 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.38%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.38%) Icinga
6 1 (0.38%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (19.47%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.58%) VMware
3 9 (3.44%) Cisco
4 8 (3.05%) Databricks
5 6 (2.29%) Veeam
6 5 (1.91%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.53%) Citrix
7 4 (1.53%) Dell
7 4 (1.53%) Qualys
8 3 (1.15%) OneTrust
9 2 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.76%) IBM
9 2 (0.76%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.38%) Aderant
10 1 (0.38%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.38%) Informatica
10 1 (0.38%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.38%) Progress
10 1 (0.38%) SAP
10 1 (0.38%) SolarWinds