Information Security Governance Jobs

Information Security Governance
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Information Security Governance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security Governance over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 689 855 881
Rank change year-on-year +166 +26 +318
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Governance 22 40 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.040% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.047% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 59
10th Percentile £60,768 £47,375 £46,250
25th Percentile £68,053 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £67,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% +3.08% +18.18%
75th Percentile £98,438 £77,500 £76,375
90th Percentile £125,375 £99,250 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £47,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +63.16% -26.92% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,519 85,552 94,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.79% 84.77% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 25,295 60,063 55,402
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

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 24 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Governance in the UK

Information Security Governance
Top 9 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 24 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
England +132 20 £76,250 +12.96% 22
London +115 16 £76,250 +12.96% 16
Work from Home +117 11 £77,500 +3.33% 5
UK excluding London +177 5 £77,500 +63.16% 7
North of England +46 2 £76,250 +100.66% 1
North West - 2 £76,250 -
Scotland +120 1 - -
South East +80 1 £77,500 -8.82% 6
South West - 1 - -

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:

Applications
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.55%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.55%) GitHub
2 1 (4.55%) PaaS
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) Broadband
2 1 (4.55%) LAN
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Git
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (13.64%) Legal
5 3 (13.64%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (9.09%) Banking
7 1 (4.55%) French Language
7 1 (4.55%) German Language
7 1 (4.55%) Law
7 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Security Manager
2 7 (31.82%) Information Manager
2 7 (31.82%) Information Security Manager
3 4 (18.18%) Head of Compliance
3 4 (18.18%) Head of Security
4 3 (13.64%) Head of Information
4 3 (13.64%) Head of Information Security
5 2 (9.09%) Head of Cybersecurity
5 2 (9.09%) Information Officer
5 2 (9.09%) Information Security Officer
5 2 (9.09%) Security Officer
6 1 (4.55%) Compliance Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Governance Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Head of Infrastructure
6 1 (4.55%) Lead
6 1 (4.55%) Risk Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Software Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) EDI
2 2 (9.09%) Leaflet
3 1 (4.55%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 8 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 5 (22.73%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.55%) Housing Association
4 1 (4.55%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Information Security
2 17 (77.27%) Risk Management
3 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
5 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (22.73%) Incident Response
6 5 (22.73%) Information Security Management
6 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
6 5 (22.73%) Security Management
7 4 (18.18%) Agile
7 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (18.18%) ISMS
7 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (13.64%) Computer Science
8 3 (13.64%) Incident Management
8 3 (13.64%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
8 3 (13.64%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) C#
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
1 1 (4.55%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) CISSP
2 11 (50.00%) CISM
3 10 (45.45%) CRISC
4 6 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (13.64%) CISA
5 3 (13.64%) CISMP
6 2 (9.09%) CESG Certified Professional
6 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (9.09%) Master's Degree
6 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.55%) ISACA
7 1 (4.55%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
7 1 (4.55%) PMP
7 1 (4.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (68.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (59.09%) GRC
2 13 (59.09%) NIST
3 9 (40.91%) PCI DSS
4 8 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (27.27%) GDPR
6 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (13.64%) SOC 2
8 2 (9.09%) NIST 800
9 1 (4.55%) ISAE 3402
9 1 (4.55%) SOC 1
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) RSA Archer
2 1 (4.55%) CASB
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Juniper
3 1 (4.55%) OneTrust