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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 106 126
Rank change year-on-year -34 +20 -15
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 274 350 633
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.82% 3.02% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 3.18% 3.01%
Number of salaries quoted 165 237 362
10th Percentile £40,500 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £48,500 £46,298 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £79,364 £89,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £61,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.15% - +8.33%

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 12,301 10,994 21,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.50% 94.87% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,138 7,007 11,964
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,620 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.01%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 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
Thames Valley +12 105 £60,000 -4.00% 15
Hampshire -29 89 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Berkshire +7 76 £67,500 +8.00% 9
Surrey -42 33 £75,000 +27.12% 7
Oxfordshire -7 18 £47,500 -35.59% 1
Kent -42 18 £57,500 +19.17% 3
West Sussex +15 16 £67,500 +28.57% 6
East Sussex +22 11 £55,000 +24.29%
Buckinghamshire 0 11 £50,000 -16.67% 5
Sussex - 3 £66,250 - 2
Middlesex - 2 - -
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 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.09%) CMS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.73%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.73%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.73%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.73%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 58 (21.17%) Azure
2 40 (14.60%) AWS
3 27 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (5.84%) Power Platform
5 13 (4.74%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 9 (3.28%) IaaS
6 9 (3.28%) PaaS
6 9 (3.28%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.92%) GCP
8 7 (2.55%) Serverless
9 6 (2.19%) Matillion
10 5 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (1.46%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.09%) Amazon S3
12 3 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (1.09%) GitHub
12 3 (1.09%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.73%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (11.31%) Firewall
2 26 (9.49%) Network Security
3 17 (6.20%) WAN
4 16 (5.84%) LAN
5 12 (4.38%) Wireless
6 11 (4.01%) Intrusion Detection
7 10 (3.65%) TCP/IP
8 9 (3.28%) HTTP
8 9 (3.28%) OSPF
8 9 (3.28%) VPN
8 9 (3.28%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (2.92%) DNS
10 7 (2.55%) SSL
11 6 (2.19%) BGP
11 6 (2.19%) SAN
12 5 (1.82%) NGFW
12 5 (1.82%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.46%) IPsec
13 4 (1.46%) VLAN
14 3 (1.09%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.74%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (4.38%) Power BI
3 7 (2.55%) Data Lake
4 6 (2.19%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.19%) Metadata
4 6 (2.19%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.09%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.09%) Big Data
7 2 (0.73%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.36%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.19%) Git
2 5 (1.82%) Artifactory
2 5 (1.82%) Selenium
2 5 (1.82%) SonarQube
3 2 (0.73%) GitLab
4 1 (0.36%) GDB
4 1 (0.36%) MSI
4 1 (0.36%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.36%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.36%) Subversion
4 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (32.48%) Social Skills
2 52 (18.98%) Legal
3 46 (16.79%) Finance
4 42 (15.33%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (8.39%) Telecoms
6 15 (5.47%) Retail
7 12 (4.38%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.01%) Law
8 11 (4.01%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (3.28%) Public Sector
10 6 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (2.19%) Marketing
11 5 (1.82%) Automotive
11 5 (1.82%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.46%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.46%) Banking
12 4 (1.46%) Billing
13 3 (1.09%) Advertising
13 3 (1.09%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.09%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 56 (20.44%) Analyst
2 38 (13.87%) Senior
3 35 (12.77%) Security Analyst
4 29 (10.58%) Security Manager
5 22 (8.03%) Information Analyst
5 22 (8.03%) Information Security Analyst
6 17 (6.20%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 17 (6.20%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (5.84%) Infrastructure Manager
8 15 (5.47%) Architect
8 15 (5.47%) Consultant
8 15 (5.47%) Lead
8 15 (5.47%) Security Consultant
9 14 (5.11%) Data Protection Officer
10 10 (3.65%) IT Manager
10 10 (3.65%) Senior Security Analyst
11 9 (3.28%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 9 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (3.28%) Security Assurance Manager
11 9 (3.28%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.73%) .NET
1 2 (0.73%) 802.1X
1 2 (0.73%) ADO
2 1 (0.36%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.36%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (0.36%) CSS
2 1 (0.36%) HTML
2 1 (0.36%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 57 (20.80%) Management Information System
2 27 (9.85%) Data Centre
3 18 (6.57%) Self-Motivation
4 12 (4.38%) Operational Technology
5 10 (3.65%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (3.65%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.92%) Cyberattack
6 8 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (2.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (2.55%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (2.55%) PMI
7 7 (2.55%) Security Operations Centre
8 6 (2.19%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.46%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.46%) Data Structures
9 4 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.09%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.09%) PKI
10 3 (1.09%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 24 (8.76%) Linux
2 21 (7.66%) Windows
3 12 (4.38%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.19%) Android
5 6 (2.19%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (32.12%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (28.83%) Risk Management
3 50 (18.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (17.52%) Security Management
5 43 (15.69%) Information Security Management
6 42 (15.33%) Data Protection
7 31 (11.31%) Business Continuity
7 31 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (10.95%) Incident Response
8 30 (10.95%) ITIL
9 29 (10.58%) Mentoring
10 26 (9.49%) Service Delivery
11 25 (9.12%) Project Management
11 25 (9.12%) SIEM
12 24 (8.76%) Security Operations
13 23 (8.39%) Penetration Testing
13 23 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (8.39%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 22 (8.03%) DevOps
14 22 (8.03%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.11%) Python
2 12 (4.38%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.65%) SQL
4 6 (2.19%) Bash
4 6 (2.19%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.36%) C#
5 1 (0.36%) Java
5 1 (0.36%) Korn
5 1 (0.36%) PHP
5 1 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (16.06%) Degree
2 30 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.85%) CISSP
4 18 (6.57%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (6.57%) CISM
5 17 (6.20%) SC Cleared
6 14 (5.11%) CISA
7 13 (4.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (4.01%) Azure Certification
9 7 (2.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (2.55%) CCNP
9 7 (2.55%) CCSP
9 7 (2.55%) CRISC
9 7 (2.55%) ISEB
9 7 (2.55%) PMI Certification
10 6 (2.19%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.19%) CCIE
10 6 (2.19%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.19%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (27.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (18.61%) GDPR
3 41 (14.96%) NIST
4 25 (9.12%) GRC
5 24 (8.76%) NCSC
6 22 (8.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 19 (6.93%) PCI DSS
8 12 (4.38%) NIST 800
9 11 (4.01%) COBIT
10 10 (3.65%) ISO 22301
11 9 (3.28%) SLA
12 8 (2.92%) ISO 9001
13 7 (2.55%) ISO 14001
13 7 (2.55%) JSP 440
13 7 (2.55%) NEBOSH
13 7 (2.55%) QA
14 6 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (2.19%) RMADS
14 6 (2.19%) SOC 2
15 5 (1.82%) ITGC
System Software
1 11 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 10 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.73%) Docker
3 2 (0.73%) Firmware
3 2 (0.73%) vSphere
4 1 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.36%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 15 (5.47%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.65%) Terraform
3 9 (3.28%) Ansible
3 9 (3.28%) Puppet
4 6 (2.19%) Nessus
5 3 (1.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.73%) Argo
6 2 (0.73%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.36%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.36%) QRadar
7 1 (0.36%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.36%) WMI
7 1 (0.36%) WSUS
Vendors
1 67 (24.45%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.20%) VMware
3 13 (4.74%) Cisco
4 8 (2.92%) Palo Alto
5 6 (2.19%) Databricks
6 5 (1.82%) Google
6 5 (1.82%) Veracode
7 4 (1.46%) Qualys
7 4 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.09%) LogRhythm
8 3 (1.09%) McAfee
8 3 (1.09%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.73%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.73%) Concur
9 2 (0.73%) Darktrace
9 2 (0.73%) iManage
9 2 (0.73%) Meraki
9 2 (0.73%) Nimble Storage
9 2 (0.73%) Workday
9 2 (0.73%) Zerto