Information Security Jobs in Northern Ireland

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 72 71
Rank change year-on-year +53 -1 -15
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 15 5 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 5.93% 0.66% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.44% 0.76% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 18
10th Percentile £65,785 - £28,250
25th Percentile £67,699 £41,250 £34,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,092 £42,500 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +79.04% -3.41% -16.19%
75th Percentile £84,814 £43,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £86,925 - £60,150
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 233 658 797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 92.09% 87.15% 95.79%
Number of salaries quoted 59 314 435
10th Percentile £23,504 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £69,125 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £89,416 £87,500 £70,450
UK median annual salary £56,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +1.82% -9.69% +1.50%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Northern Ireland

Information Security
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Information Security in Northern Ireland

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Northern Ireland

Information Security
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
County Antrim +51 14 £76,092 +79.04% 17
County Tyrone - 1 - - 2
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) AWS
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 13 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 5 (33.33%) Legal
3 2 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Lead
2 4 (26.67%) Operations Manager
2 4 (26.67%) Risk Manager
3 2 (13.33%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Security Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Cloud Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Compliance Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Principal Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Principal Security Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Security Compliance Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (53.33%) Risk Analysis
3 7 (46.67%) Innovative Thinking
3 7 (46.67%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (40.00%) Risk Management
5 4 (26.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (26.67%) Project Management
5 4 (26.67%) Regulatory Change
5 4 (26.67%) Regulatory Compliance
6 3 (20.00%) Information Security Management
6 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Security Management
7 2 (13.33%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (13.33%) Information Assurance
7 2 (13.33%) SABSA
7 2 (13.33%) Security Architecture
7 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
8 1 (6.67%) Cloud Security
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (33.33%) CISSP
2 4 (26.67%) CISA
2 4 (26.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 4 (26.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
3 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.67%) CCSP
4 1 (6.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (26.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (13.33%) NCSC
3 2 (13.33%) NIST
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 14001
4 1 (6.67%) ISO 9001
4 1 (6.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Google
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft