Information Security Management Jobs

Information Security Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Information Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 658 558 846
Rank change year-on-year -100 +288 -94
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Management 185 358 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.44% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.47% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 155 190 303
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,125 £46,350 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -0.50%
75th Percentile £77,375 £77,500 £75,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,625 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.40% +13.64% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Management 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 73,969 76,929 168,958
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.84% 95.34% 96.40%
Number of salaries quoted 48,628 50,249 85,709
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Management within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 -92 171 £62,500 - 32
UK excluding London -101 111 £58,500 -6.40% 25
London -12 65 £77,500 +40.91% 8
Work from Home -94 59 £62,500 -10.71% 18
South East +2 43 £62,500 +8.70% 2
North of England +6 28 £55,000 -15.38% 9
Midlands -31 17 £60,000 -20.00% 2
South West -20 16 £36,500 -49.66% 5
North West -9 14 £50,000 +8.11% 4
Yorkshire +55 13 £58,750 -9.62% 4
West Midlands -5 12 £59,250 -21.00% 2
East Midlands -33 5 £60,000 -20.00%
Wales +27 4 £32,500 -30.70% 2
East of England -19 2 £50,000 -20.00% 5
Scotland -57 1 £52,500 -19.23%
North East - 1 £37,500 - 1

Information Security Management
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 1 (0.54%) Confluence
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.62%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (3.78%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.08%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (14.59%) AWS
2 16 (8.65%) Azure
3 15 (8.11%) SaaS
4 14 (7.57%) PaaS
5 13 (7.03%) Amazon EC2
5 13 (7.03%) IaaS
6 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (3.24%) GCP
8 4 (2.16%) Snowflake
9 3 (1.62%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (1.62%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (1.62%) Serverless
10 2 (1.08%) Azure Service Fabric
10 2 (1.08%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.03%) Firewall
2 10 (5.41%) Network Security
3 9 (4.86%) HTTP
4 4 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.62%) Bluetooth
5 3 (1.62%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.08%) DHCP
6 2 (1.08%) DNS
7 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.54%) LAN
7 1 (0.54%) SAN
7 1 (0.54%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.54%) VLAN
7 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.03%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.62%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (1.62%) Big Data
3 3 (1.62%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.08%) Metadata
4 2 (1.08%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (0.54%) JIRA
1 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 55 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 22 (11.89%) Legal
3 21 (11.35%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.81%) Finance
5 8 (4.32%) Retail
6 6 (3.24%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.16%) Law
7 4 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.62%) Marketing
8 3 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.62%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.08%) Advertising
9 2 (1.08%) Billing
10 1 (0.54%) Back Office
10 1 (0.54%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.54%) Front Office
10 1 (0.54%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 45 (24.32%) Security Manager
2 31 (16.76%) Information Manager
3 30 (16.22%) Analyst
3 30 (16.22%) Information Security Manager
4 22 (11.89%) Consultant
5 20 (10.81%) Security Analyst
5 20 (10.81%) Senior
6 17 (9.19%) Security Consultant
7 12 (6.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 10 (5.41%) Infrastructure Manager
8 10 (5.41%) Lead
9 9 (4.86%) Information Analyst
9 9 (4.86%) Information Security Analyst
9 9 (4.86%) Security Officer
10 8 (4.32%) Architect
11 7 (3.78%) Engineering Manager
11 7 (3.78%) Information Security Officer
11 7 (3.78%) Security Architect
11 7 (3.78%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (3.78%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.16%) .NET
1 4 (2.16%) REST
2 3 (1.62%) COM
2 3 (1.62%) WinForms
3 2 (1.08%) SOAP
3 2 (1.08%) Web Services
4 1 (0.54%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.54%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.54%) CSS
4 1 (0.54%) HTML
4 1 (0.54%) HTML5
4 1 (0.54%) jQuery
4 1 (0.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 78 (42.16%) Management Information System
2 31 (16.76%) Security Posture
3 24 (12.97%) Data Centre
4 22 (11.89%) Cyber Threat
5 17 (9.19%) Cyberattack
6 8 (4.32%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.32%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (3.24%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.70%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.62%) CESG
9 3 (1.62%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.62%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.62%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.62%) Raspberry Pi
10 2 (1.08%) Digital Media
10 2 (1.08%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.54%) IoT
11 1 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.73%) Linux
2 13 (7.03%) Windows
3 9 (4.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (100.00%) Information Security
2 177 (95.68%) Security Management
3 91 (49.19%) ISMS
4 83 (44.86%) Cybersecurity
5 68 (36.76%) Risk Management
6 33 (17.84%) Incident Response
7 31 (16.76%) Roadmaps
8 28 (15.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (15.14%) Data Protection
9 25 (13.51%) ITIL
10 22 (11.89%) Cloud Security
10 22 (11.89%) Decision-Making
10 22 (11.89%) Project Management
11 21 (11.35%) Security Operations
12 19 (10.27%) Computer Science
12 19 (10.27%) Line Management
13 18 (9.73%) Risk Assessment
13 18 (9.73%) Security Architecture
14 17 (9.19%) Incident Management
15 16 (8.65%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.24%) SQL
2 4 (2.16%) C#
2 4 (2.16%) PowerShell
2 4 (2.16%) Python
3 3 (1.62%) VB
4 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 71 (38.38%) CISSP
2 61 (32.97%) CISM
3 34 (18.38%) Degree
4 24 (12.97%) CISA
5 19 (10.27%) Master's Degree
6 15 (8.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 14 (7.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 12 (6.49%) Security Cleared
9 11 (5.95%) CRISC
9 11 (5.95%) ISACA
10 10 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (4.86%) CESG Certified Professional
12 8 (4.32%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (3.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (3.78%) CCSP
13 7 (3.78%) GIAC
14 6 (3.24%) PCI QSA
14 6 (3.24%) SC Cleared
15 5 (2.70%) CCSK
15 5 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (51.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (37.84%) NIST
3 36 (19.46%) GDPR
4 33 (17.84%) Cyber Essentials
5 30 (16.22%) GRC
6 19 (10.27%) PCI DSS
7 18 (9.73%) COBIT
8 13 (7.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (5.41%) NIST 800
10 9 (4.86%) NCSC
11 7 (3.78%) ISO 22301
11 7 (3.78%) ISO 9001
11 7 (3.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 7 (3.78%) RMADS
12 5 (2.70%) JSP 440
13 4 (2.16%) ISO 14001
14 3 (1.62%) HIPAA
14 3 (1.62%) QA
14 3 (1.62%) SLA
14 3 (1.62%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (3.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.86%) Puppet
3 6 (3.24%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.16%) QRadar
5 2 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.54%) DatAdvantage
6 1 (0.54%) SCCM
6 1 (0.54%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.54%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (12.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.49%) Cisco
3 6 (3.24%) CA
4 4 (2.16%) Citrix
4 4 (2.16%) Dell
4 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.16%) VMware
5 3 (1.62%) Google
5 3 (1.62%) LogRhythm
5 3 (1.62%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.62%) Red Hat
5 3 (1.62%) Splunk
6 2 (1.08%) Quadient
6 2 (1.08%) SAP
7 1 (0.54%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.54%) Qualys
7 1 (0.54%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.54%) Symantec
7 1 (0.54%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.54%) Varonis