Information Security Jobs in the South East

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 136 112
Rank change year-on-year +21 -24 +2
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 240 339 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 2.48% 1.92% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.31% 2.99%
Number of salaries quoted 89 221 272
10th Percentile £37,250 £36,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £47,000 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,670 £59,000 £57,588
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +2.45% -4.02%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £88,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,915 14,700 13,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 92.05% 83.43% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 4,320 10,114 7,701
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £30,625
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,906 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the South East over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Thames Valley +22 94 £57,670 +15.34% 64
Berkshire +24 68 £39,500 -34.17% 31
Hampshire +32 43 £49,600 -17.33% 45
Middlesex +13 32 - -
Surrey +25 26 £60,000 -15.79% 19
West Sussex +32 15 £70,000 +5.66% 10
Buckinghamshire +26 14 £73,238 +46.48% 20
Kent +29 12 £51,250 -10.87% 18
Oxfordshire +9 12 £41,500 -12.63% 24
East Sussex +24 11 £62,500 +13.64% 10
Isle of Wight - 6 - -
Home Counties - 1 £50,000 -
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 14 (5.83%) IIS
2 9 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.08%) Apache
3 5 (2.08%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.42%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 24 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.92%) Acrobat
3 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.42%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 30 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 28 (11.67%) Azure
3 24 (10.00%) AWS
4 21 (8.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 15 (6.25%) SaaS
6 14 (5.83%) Salsify
7 7 (2.92%) Google Workspace
8 4 (1.67%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.67%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (1.25%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.25%) Route 53
9 3 (1.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (0.83%) GCP
10 2 (0.83%) IaaS
11 1 (0.42%) PaaS
11 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (11.67%) Firewall
2 18 (7.50%) TCP/IP
3 11 (4.58%) DNS
3 11 (4.58%) Network Security
4 8 (3.33%) Intranet
4 8 (3.33%) VLAN
4 8 (3.33%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.92%) SAN
5 7 (2.92%) Wireshark
6 6 (2.50%) LAN
6 6 (2.50%) WAN
7 4 (1.67%) Wireless
8 3 (1.25%) DHCP
8 3 (1.25%) HTTP
8 3 (1.25%) IP Telephony
8 3 (1.25%) SMTP
9 2 (0.83%) SCCP
10 1 (0.42%) IPsec
10 1 (0.42%) VPN
10 1 (0.42%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (5.83%) Metadata
1 14 (5.83%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.08%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.67%) Power BI
4 2 (0.83%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.42%) Metasploit
General
1 124 (51.67%) Social Skills
2 64 (26.67%) Legal
3 62 (25.83%) Law
4 45 (18.75%) Finance
5 38 (15.83%) Marketing
6 27 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (7.50%) Retail
8 9 (3.75%) Telecoms
9 8 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (2.92%) Aviation
10 7 (2.92%) Publishing
11 6 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.50%) Local Government
11 6 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (2.50%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.08%) Back Office
13 4 (1.67%) Automotive
13 4 (1.67%) German Language
14 3 (1.25%) Military
Job Titles
1 45 (18.75%) Senior
2 44 (18.33%) Architect
3 41 (17.08%) Analyst
4 32 (13.33%) Security Manager
5 31 (12.92%) Senior Manager
6 27 (11.25%) Security Analyst
7 22 (9.17%) Enterprise Architect
8 21 (8.75%) Salesforce Architect
9 17 (7.08%) Engineering Manager
9 17 (7.08%) Security Architect
10 15 (6.25%) Product Architect
10 15 (6.25%) Senior Architect
10 15 (6.25%) Senior Security Architect
11 13 (5.42%) Lead
12 11 (4.58%) Programme Manager
13 10 (4.17%) Information Manager
13 10 (4.17%) Information Security Manager
13 10 (4.17%) Risk Manager
14 8 (3.33%) Security Engineer
14 8 (3.33%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (8.75%) Lightning Web Components
1 21 (8.75%) Middleware
1 21 (8.75%) REST
1 21 (8.75%) SOAP
2 9 (3.75%) .NET
3 4 (1.67%) SailPoint
4 2 (0.83%) Leaflet
5 1 (0.42%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 107 (44.58%) Management Information System
2 21 (8.75%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (5.83%) Client/Server
4 14 (5.83%) Taxonomies
5 12 (5.00%) Data Centre
5 12 (5.00%) Security Posture
6 9 (3.75%) Onboarding
6 9 (3.75%) Private Cloud
6 9 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.33%) e-Learning
8 6 (2.50%) Freedom of Information
8 6 (2.50%) Freedom of Information Act
8 6 (2.50%) Operational Technology
8 6 (2.50%) Robotics
9 5 (2.08%) Replication
10 4 (1.67%) CESG
10 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.67%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.25%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.67%) Windows
2 15 (6.25%) Linux
3 13 (5.42%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.17%) Apple iOS
5 8 (3.33%) Android
6 6 (2.50%) CentOS
6 6 (2.50%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.67%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.83%) Unix
9 1 (0.42%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (32.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 75 (31.25%) Agile
3 70 (29.17%) Cybersecurity
4 68 (28.33%) Mentoring
5 65 (27.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 52 (21.67%) Risk Management
7 49 (20.42%) Coaching
8 41 (17.08%) Analytics
9 40 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (16.25%) Computer Science
10 39 (16.25%) Data Privacy
11 38 (15.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 35 (14.58%) Data Management
13 34 (14.17%) Change Management
13 34 (14.17%) Project Management
14 31 (12.92%) Data Modelling
15 30 (12.50%) Information Security Management
15 30 (12.50%) People Management
15 30 (12.50%) Security Management
16 29 (12.08%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.75%) Apex Code
2 8 (3.33%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.92%) Python
3 7 (2.92%) R
4 6 (2.50%) SQL
5 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 82 (34.17%) Degree
2 67 (27.92%) CISSP
3 40 (16.67%) CISM
4 38 (15.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (15.00%) Master's Degree
6 27 (11.25%) CRISC
7 19 (7.92%) Security Cleared
8 15 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (5.42%) CISA
9 13 (5.42%) SC Cleared
10 12 (5.00%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (4.17%) MCSE
12 9 (3.75%) CCNP
13 8 (3.33%) CCNA
14 7 (2.92%) Network+ Certification
15 6 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (2.50%) MCSA
15 6 (2.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (34.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 36 (15.00%) Data Quality
4 27 (11.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 26 (10.83%) GDPR
6 17 (7.08%) SOC 2
7 14 (5.83%) PCI DSS
8 12 (5.00%) SLA
9 9 (3.75%) NIST
10 7 (2.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (2.92%) PERC
11 6 (2.50%) GRC
11 6 (2.50%) HIPAA
12 5 (2.08%) ISO 9001
12 5 (2.08%) QA
12 5 (2.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (1.67%) PMO
14 3 (1.25%) Accessibility
14 3 (1.25%) COBIT
15 2 (0.83%) NCSC
System Software
1 18 (7.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (3.75%) Hyper-V
3 7 (2.92%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (2.92%) SCCM
2 6 (2.50%) ArcSight ESM
2 6 (2.50%) QRadar
3 5 (2.08%) ZABBIX
4 3 (1.25%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.25%) Terraform
5 2 (0.83%) EnCase
5 2 (0.83%) FTK
5 2 (0.83%) RSA Security Analytics
5 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.42%) Nessus
6 1 (0.42%) OpenVAS
Vendors
1 56 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 29 (12.08%) Salesforce
3 21 (8.75%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 18 (7.50%) VMware
5 14 (5.83%) Oracle
6 10 (4.17%) Google
7 9 (3.75%) Cisco
8 8 (3.33%) Splunk
9 7 (2.92%) Adobe
9 7 (2.92%) OneTrust
10 6 (2.50%) ArcSight
10 6 (2.50%) LogLogic
10 6 (2.50%) McAfee
10 6 (2.50%) Palo Alto
10 6 (2.50%) Red Hat
11 5 (2.08%) arcserve
12 4 (1.67%) Okta
13 2 (0.83%) Aruba
13 2 (0.83%) FireEye
13 2 (0.83%) NetWitness