Information Security Management Jobs

Information Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Management over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 710 614 849
Rank change year-on-year -96 +235 -154
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Management 186 392 399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.37% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.39% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 165 208 303
10th Percentile £30,500 £43,477 £42,700
25th Percentile £43,750 £51,250 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +5.04% +8.18%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,625 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Management 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 27 April 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 27 April 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 -59 169 £61,250 -2.00% 37
UK excluding London -44 109 £52,500 -16.00% 29
London -11 65 £72,500 +11.54% 9
Work from Home -63 62 £63,750 -5.56% 21
North of England +72 44 £56,500 -17.82% 6
South East +12 31 £52,500 -9.09% 11
Yorkshire +101 23 £56,500 -19.29% 1
North West +25 20 £50,000 -20.00% 3
South West +1 17 £28,000 -55.20% 2
Midlands -13 8 £60,000 -4.00% 4
West Midlands +9 6 £54,500 +3.81% 2
Scotland -74 4 £22,000 -68.57% 1
Wales +15 3 £32,500 - 1
East of England -16 2 £65,000 +4.00% 3
East Midlands -17 2 £68,750 -8.33% 2
North East -2 1 £37,500 - 2

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%) Apache
1 1 (0.54%) IIS
1 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.54%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.54%) Skype for Business
1 1 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.61%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (5.91%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.08%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.13%) Azure
2 28 (15.05%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (12.90%) PaaS
3 24 (12.90%) SaaS
4 23 (12.37%) IaaS
5 17 (9.14%) Cloud Computing
6 15 (8.06%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (7.53%) AWS
7 14 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (7.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (3.23%) Azure Service Fabric
8 6 (3.23%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.23%) GCP
9 4 (2.15%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.61%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.61%) Serverless
11 2 (1.08%) GitHub
12 1 (0.54%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 32 (17.20%) Network Security
2 27 (14.52%) Firewall
3 17 (9.14%) Wireshark
4 16 (8.60%) TCP/IP
5 15 (8.06%) LAN
5 15 (8.06%) WAN
6 4 (2.15%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.61%) Bluetooth
8 2 (1.08%) DHCP
8 2 (1.08%) DNS
8 2 (1.08%) HTTP
8 2 (1.08%) IPv4
9 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.54%) SAN
9 1 (0.54%) Skype
9 1 (0.54%) VLAN
9 1 (0.54%) VPN
9 1 (0.54%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.15%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.61%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (1.61%) Big Data
3 3 (1.61%) MS Access
4 2 (1.08%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (27.42%) Social Skills
2 32 (17.20%) Finance
3 20 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.22%) Legal
5 7 (3.76%) Retail
6 5 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.69%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.15%) Law
7 4 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.15%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.61%) Marketing
9 2 (1.08%) Advertising
9 2 (1.08%) Banking
9 2 (1.08%) Billing
9 2 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.08%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.08%) Public Speaking
10 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (22.58%) Security Manager
2 36 (19.35%) Analyst
3 25 (13.44%) Information Manager
3 25 (13.44%) Security Analyst
3 25 (13.44%) Senior
4 24 (12.90%) Information Security Manager
5 18 (9.68%) Security Engineer
6 17 (9.14%) Consultant
7 14 (7.53%) Security Consultant
8 13 (6.99%) Engineering Manager
9 11 (5.91%) Information Security Engineer
10 10 (5.38%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 10 (5.38%) Lead
10 10 (5.38%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (4.84%) Architect
11 9 (4.84%) Information Analyst
11 9 (4.84%) Information Security Analyst
11 9 (4.84%) IT Analyst
11 9 (4.84%) IT Security Analyst
11 9 (4.84%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.45%) Web Services
2 8 (4.30%) REST
3 6 (3.23%) Middleware
3 6 (3.23%) SOAP
4 4 (2.15%) .NET
5 3 (1.61%) COM
5 3 (1.61%) HTML
5 3 (1.61%) HTML5
5 3 (1.61%) WinForms
6 2 (1.08%) WebSockets
7 1 (0.54%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.54%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.54%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.54%) CSS
7 1 (0.54%) jQuery
7 1 (0.54%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 98 (52.69%) Management Information System
2 30 (16.13%) Security Posture
3 20 (10.75%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (8.06%) Cyberattack
5 13 (6.99%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (6.99%) Data Centre
6 9 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (4.30%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (3.23%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.15%) Onboarding
9 4 (2.15%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.61%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (1.61%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.08%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.54%) IoT
12 1 (0.54%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.05%) Windows
2 14 (7.53%) Android
2 14 (7.53%) Apple iOS
3 11 (5.91%) Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (100.00%) Information Security
2 183 (98.39%) Security Management
3 90 (48.39%) Cybersecurity
3 90 (48.39%) ISMS
4 55 (29.57%) Risk Management
5 40 (21.51%) Roadmaps
6 38 (20.43%) Vulnerability Management
7 34 (18.28%) Cloud Security
8 31 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
9 29 (15.59%) Security Operations
10 28 (15.05%) Identity Access Management
11 27 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (14.52%) Project Management
12 26 (13.98%) Security Architecture
13 25 (13.44%) Data Loss Prevention
13 25 (13.44%) Risk Assessment
14 24 (12.90%) Incident Response
14 24 (12.90%) SIEM
15 22 (11.83%) Computer Science
15 22 (11.83%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.68%) PowerShell
1 18 (9.68%) Python
2 10 (5.38%) SQL
3 4 (2.15%) C#
4 3 (1.61%) VB
5 2 (1.08%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (41.94%) CISSP
2 47 (25.27%) CISM
3 40 (21.51%) Degree
4 26 (13.98%) CISA
5 24 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (12.37%) SANS
7 22 (11.83%) Master's Degree
8 21 (11.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 21 (11.29%) CCSP
9 16 (8.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 15 (8.06%) CEH
11 14 (7.53%) SSCP
12 13 (6.99%) CRISC
13 10 (5.38%) GIAC
13 10 (5.38%) Security Cleared
14 9 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
15 8 (4.30%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (4.30%) PCI QSA
16 7 (3.76%) CESG Certified Professional
17 5 (2.69%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (60.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (45.70%) NIST
3 38 (20.43%) PCI DSS
4 30 (16.13%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (11.83%) GRC
6 19 (10.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 18 (9.68%) GDPR
8 17 (9.14%) COBIT
9 13 (6.99%) NCSC
10 10 (5.38%) ISO 9001
10 10 (5.38%) NIST 800
11 7 (3.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (3.23%) ISO 22301
12 6 (3.23%) RMADS
12 6 (3.23%) Web Application Security Consortium
13 5 (2.69%) ISO 14001
14 4 (2.15%) JSP 440
14 4 (2.15%) TickIT
15 3 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (1.61%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.53%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.53%) Nmap
3 7 (3.76%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (2.15%) QRadar
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 44 (23.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.14%) Splunk
3 15 (8.06%) Qualys
4 14 (7.53%) Rapid7
4 14 (7.53%) Thycotic
5 12 (6.45%) Cisco
6 6 (3.23%) CA
7 5 (2.69%) Dell
8 4 (2.15%) Citrix
8 4 (2.15%) VMware
9 3 (1.61%) Google
9 3 (1.61%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.61%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.61%) Quadient
9 3 (1.61%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.61%) Xero
10 2 (1.08%) AlienVault
10 2 (1.08%) SAP
11 1 (0.54%) Symantec
11 1 (0.54%) Varonis