Information Security Governance Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Information Security Governance
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Information Security Governance skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 543 553
Rank change year-on-year +38 +10 +203
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Governance 5 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.044% 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.015% 0.050% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £59,622 £57,250 £46,900
25th Percentile £63,514 £60,625 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +23.81% -12.50%
75th Percentile - £68,125 £63,750
90th Percentile - £69,250 £78,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £66,410 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.93% -16.99% +10.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Information Security Governance 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,001 32,118 30,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.62% 88.87% 88.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,958 14,487 22,822
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Information Security Governance
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Information Security Governance job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Information Security Governance
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Information Security Governance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Information Security Governance

Information Security Governance
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Governance in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security Governance in the UK excluding London

Information Security Governance
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Governance within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
North of England +14 2 £57,028 -8.76%
South East - 2 £70,000 -
North West +22 1 - -
Yorkshire -18 1 £57,028 -18.53%
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Information Security Governance
UK

Information Security Governance
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (40.00%) Legal
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Risk Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Information Security Management
2 4 (80.00%) ISMS
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
4 2 (40.00%) Due Diligence
4 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
4 2 (40.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (40.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (40.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Culture Change
5 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
5 1 (20.00%) Information Management
5 1 (20.00%) Product Management
5 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Change
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISM
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) CRISC
2 2 (40.00%) CISMP
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GRC
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) NIST
3 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (40.00%) GDPR
3 2 (40.00%) ISO 22301
4 1 (20.00%) NCSC