Information Security Jobs in the Thames Valley

Information Security (InfoSec)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 138 112
Rank change year-on-year +27 -26 -45
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 146 122 190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.19% 2.03% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.14% 2.93%
Number of salaries quoted 91 59 122
10th Percentile £32,750 £46,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £57,125 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £69,076 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.62% +15.13% -4.00%
75th Percentile £71,000 £83,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £78,410 £95,500 £80,000
South East median annual salary £59,000 £57,794 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.09% -3.68% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,668 5,706 6,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 84.90% 94.74% 92.82%
Number of salaries quoted 3,915 3,100 3,897
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the Thames Valley

Information Security
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire +33 81 £60,000 -11.11% 25
Oxfordshire +36 42 £49,250 -34.33% 7
Buckinghamshire -21 23 £50,000 -13.04% 4
Information Security
South East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.37%) CMS
2 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) Apache
3 1 (0.68%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 33 (22.60%) Azure
2 25 (17.12%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (10.27%) AWS
4 10 (6.85%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (4.11%) Entra ID
5 6 (4.11%) Power Platform
6 5 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.74%) Azure Storage
7 4 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (2.74%) GCP
7 4 (2.74%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.05%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (2.05%) Serverless
8 3 (2.05%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.37%) AWS Direct Connect
9 2 (1.37%) GitHub
9 2 (1.37%) IaaS
9 2 (1.37%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 19 (13.01%) DNS
2 14 (9.59%) Network Security
3 13 (8.90%) Firewall
4 12 (8.22%) WAN
5 11 (7.53%) LAN
6 10 (6.85%) DKIM
6 10 (6.85%) DMARC
7 8 (5.48%) Internet
8 6 (4.11%) OSPF
8 6 (4.11%) SD-WAN
8 6 (4.11%) Wireless
9 4 (2.74%) TCP/IP
10 3 (2.05%) BGP
10 3 (2.05%) SAN
10 3 (2.05%) VPN
11 2 (1.37%) DHCP
11 2 (1.37%) SSL
11 2 (1.37%) VXLAN
11 2 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.42%) Power BI
2 4 (2.74%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (2.05%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (2.05%) Big Data
3 3 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
General
1 57 (39.04%) Social Skills
2 36 (24.66%) Finance
3 21 (14.38%) Legal
4 16 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (10.96%) Telecoms
5 11 (7.53%) Law
6 10 (6.85%) Retail
7 9 (6.16%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (4.79%) Banking
8 7 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.11%) Marketing
10 3 (2.05%) Social Housing
11 2 (1.37%) Electronics
11 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.68%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Local Government
12 1 (0.68%) Military
12 1 (0.68%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (14.38%) Analyst
2 16 (10.96%) Architect
2 16 (10.96%) Security Architect
2 16 (10.96%) Senior
3 15 (10.27%) Lead
4 14 (9.59%) Information Architect
4 14 (9.59%) Information Security Architect
5 13 (8.90%) Security Analyst
6 10 (6.85%) Information Analyst
6 10 (6.85%) Information Security Analyst
7 9 (6.16%) Administrator
7 9 (6.16%) Team Leader
8 7 (4.79%) Category Manager
8 7 (4.79%) Consultant
8 7 (4.79%) Head of Information
8 7 (4.79%) Procurement Manager
8 7 (4.79%) Quality Manager
9 6 (4.11%) Head of Compliance
9 6 (4.11%) Head of Information Assurance
9 6 (4.11%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.37%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.68%) ARM Templates
2 1 (0.68%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 38 (26.03%) Management Information System
2 10 (6.85%) PMI
2 10 (6.85%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.16%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.48%) Cyberattack
4 8 (5.48%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.11%) Cyber Defence
5 6 (4.11%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (4.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.42%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.74%) Data Structures
7 4 (2.74%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.74%) PKI
8 2 (1.37%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.37%) Fibre Optics
8 2 (1.37%) Molecular Biology
8 2 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.16%) Windows
2 6 (4.11%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.05%) Linux
4 2 (1.37%) Android
4 2 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (23.97%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (15.07%) Security Management
3 21 (14.38%) Business Continuity
3 21 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (13.70%) Mentoring
4 20 (13.70%) Risk Management
5 19 (13.01%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (13.01%) ITIL
5 19 (13.01%) SIEM
5 19 (13.01%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (12.33%) Project Management
7 16 (10.96%) Data Protection
7 16 (10.96%) Incident Response
8 13 (8.90%) Collaborative Working
9 12 (8.22%) Information Security Management
9 12 (8.22%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (7.53%) Cloud Security
10 11 (7.53%) Information Assurance
10 11 (7.53%) SOAR
11 10 (6.85%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.42%) Python
2 1 (0.68%) AWK
2 1 (0.68%) Bash
2 1 (0.68%) Korn
2 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (0.68%) PHP
2 1 (0.68%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.68%) sed
2 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (27.40%) Degree
2 17 (11.64%) CISSP
3 12 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (6.85%) PMI Certification
5 9 (6.16%) Security Cleared
6 8 (5.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 8 (5.48%) CCSK
6 8 (5.48%) CCSP
7 7 (4.79%) CISM
8 6 (4.11%) AWS Certification
8 6 (4.11%) ISEB
9 5 (3.42%) CISA
9 5 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (2.74%) CCNP
11 3 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.05%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.05%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.05%) MCP
11 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (1.37%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (35.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (21.23%) NIST
3 27 (18.49%) GDPR
4 20 (13.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (10.96%) ISO 9001
6 12 (8.22%) PCI DSS
7 11 (7.53%) ISO 22301
8 10 (6.85%) GRC
9 9 (6.16%) SLA
10 8 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (5.48%) NIST 800
11 7 (4.79%) ISO 14001
11 7 (4.79%) NEBOSH
11 7 (4.79%) QA
12 6 (4.11%) NCSC
13 5 (3.42%) COBIT
14 4 (2.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (2.74%) JSP 440
14 4 (2.74%) RMADS
15 3 (2.05%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (6.16%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.74%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.68%) Firmware
4 1 (0.68%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (5.48%) CASB
2 4 (2.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (2.74%) Nessus
3 3 (2.05%) Ansible
3 3 (2.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (2.05%) Terraform
4 1 (0.68%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.68%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (21.23%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.42%) VMware
3 4 (2.74%) Google
4 2 (1.37%) Citrix
4 2 (1.37%) LogRhythm
4 2 (1.37%) McAfee
4 2 (1.37%) Qualys
4 2 (1.37%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.37%) Splunk
5 1 (0.68%) AlienVault
5 1 (0.68%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco
5 1 (0.68%) Meraki
5 1 (0.68%) NetApp
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle