Information Security Job Trends in Plymouth

Information Security (InfoSec)
Devon > Plymouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Plymouth requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 0.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70,400 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,600 - -
75th Percentile £78,800 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £74,600 £67,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.52% +50.00% +17.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 199 48 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 81.56% 87.27% 81.97%
Number of salaries quoted 112 25 138
10th Percentile £27,300 £31,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,637 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% +7.85%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,272 £55,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £70,500 £61,250
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £45,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -1.10% +1.11% +12.50%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Information Security
Salary Trend in Plymouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Information Security

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001