Information Security Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Information Security (InfoSec)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 74 76
Rank change year-on-year +28 +2 +6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 11 26 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.37% 1.94% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.22% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8 21 14
10th Percentile £61,750 £24,000 £19,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £36,250 £26,281
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £40,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -17.95% +39.29%
75th Percentile £76,563 £82,500 £65,938
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,919 £91,500
North East median annual salary £72,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +81.25% -15.79% +28.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 441 1,172 887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 95.04% 87.53% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 295 987 447
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,125 £36,750 £38,644
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,963 £75,000
North East median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £48,375
% change year-on-year -5.26% -1.81% +13.82%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Tyne and Wear

Information Security
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Information Security in Tyne and Wear

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Tyne and Wear

Information Security
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 15 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +26 11 £70,000 +75.00% 5
Information Security
North East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
2 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Architect
1 4 (36.36%) Security Architect
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Chief Technology Officer
3 2 (18.18%) Compliance Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Governance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Governance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Risk Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Information Security Risk Manager
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Security Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Support
4 1 (9.09%) Technical Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 1 (9.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 1 (9.09%) Learning Management System
3 1 (9.09%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) Business Continuity
3 3 (27.27%) Cyber Assurance
3 3 (27.27%) DevOps
3 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
3 3 (27.27%) SDLC
3 3 (27.27%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Modelling
3 3 (27.27%) Waterfall
4 2 (18.18%) Cloud Security
4 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (18.18%) Incident Response
4 2 (18.18%) IT Strategy
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Supplier Management
4 2 (18.18%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 2 (18.18%) CISA
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) CCDA
3 1 (9.09%) CCNA
3 1 (9.09%) CCNP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (9.09%) CISM
3 1 (9.09%) GIAC
3 1 (9.09%) MCSD
3 1 (9.09%) MCSE
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (36.36%) GDPR
3 3 (27.27%) NCSC
4 2 (18.18%) ISO 9001
4 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (9.09%) GRC
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 14001
5 1 (9.09%) NIST
5 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Cisco
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft