Information Security Governance Jobs

Information Security Governance
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security Governance skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Governance over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 925 1191
Rank change year-on-year +76 +266 -316
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Governance 39 70 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.069% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.072% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 23 58 40
10th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,625 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.31% +18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,688 £73,438
90th Percentile £99,500 £107,500 £88,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £65,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -26.92% +15.56% +29.31%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Governance 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,937 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,853 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Information Security Governance
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Security Governance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Governance in the UK

Information Security Governance
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Governance.

Salary trend for Information Security Governance in the UK

Information Security Governance
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Governance over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Governance in the UK

Information Security Governance
Top 11 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 8 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
England +46 34 £67,500 +3.85% 7
London +109 22 £67,500 -3.57% 6
Work from Home +55 13 £75,000 +15.38% 1
UK excluding London -27 12 £47,500 -26.92% 1
South East +10 7 £85,000 +30.77%
North of England +36 3 £38,000 -41.54% 1
Yorkshire +77 2 £38,000 -41.54% 1
West Midlands +10 1 £31,500 -56.17%
Midlands +2 1 £31,500 -56.17%
North East -2 1 - -
Scotland -59 1 £97,500 +42.86%

Information Security Governance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (5.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 10 (25.64%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Purview
4 3 (7.69%) AWS
5 2 (5.13%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.56%) IaaS
6 1 (2.56%) PaaS
6 1 (2.56%) SaaS
6 1 (2.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.69%) Firewall
2 2 (5.13%) Intranet
3 1 (2.56%) Network Security
3 1 (2.56%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) Metadata
2 2 (5.13%) Power BI
General
1 21 (53.85%) Finance
2 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (20.51%) Legal
4 6 (15.38%) Social Skills
5 4 (10.26%) Law
6 2 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Analyst
2 8 (20.51%) Security Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Information Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) Information Security Analyst
3 7 (17.95%) IT Manager
3 7 (17.95%) IT Security Manager
3 7 (17.95%) Security Analyst
4 6 (15.38%) Data Protection Officer
5 4 (10.26%) Compliance Specialist
5 4 (10.26%) Security Compliance Specialist
5 4 (10.26%) Security Specialist
6 3 (7.69%) Governance Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Audit Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Compliance Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Compliance Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Head of Cybersecurity
7 2 (5.13%) Head of Security
7 2 (5.13%) Information Governance Analyst
7 2 (5.13%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
7 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Security Posture
2 6 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.13%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.13%) Online Gambling
3 2 (5.13%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (2.56%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) Information Security
2 32 (82.05%) Risk Management
3 16 (41.03%) Data Protection
4 12 (30.77%) Internal Audit
5 9 (23.08%) ITIL
5 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.51%) Due Diligence
6 8 (20.51%) E-Discovery
6 8 (20.51%) Remediation Plan
6 8 (20.51%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (17.95%) Data Security
7 7 (17.95%) IT Audit
7 7 (17.95%) Process Improvement
8 6 (15.38%) Compliance Management
8 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (15.38%) Data Governance
8 6 (15.38%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (15.38%) Data Management
8 6 (15.38%) Metadata Management
8 6 (15.38%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) CISSP
2 7 (17.95%) CISM
3 3 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (7.69%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) CRISC
4 2 (5.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (2.56%) CISA
5 1 (2.56%) GIAC
5 1 (2.56%) ISACA
5 1 (2.56%) PCI QSA
5 1 (2.56%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.56%) PMP
5 1 (2.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (61.54%) GRC
2 12 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (20.51%) NIST
4 6 (15.38%) Data Quality
4 6 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 5 (12.82%) GDPR
6 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
7 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (7.69%) IASME
8 2 (5.13%) COBIT
8 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (5.13%) GLBA
9 1 (2.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.56%) Splunk