Information Security Officer
UK
The median Information Security Officer salary in the UK is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 706 | 869 | 932 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +163 | +63 | +199 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Officer | 5 | 26 | 47 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.009% | 0.026% | 0.047% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.010% | 0.028% | 0.052% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 5 | 16 | 37 |
| 10th Percentile | £43,900 | £38,750 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £51,250 | £43,563 | £53,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £67,500 | £65,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.85% | -7.14% | +30.23% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £75,000 | £86,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £73,750 | £108,125 | £115,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,750 | £47,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.16% | -20.83% | +14.29% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.
| Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,303 | 93,916 | 91,216 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.69% | 91.48% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,096 | 67,168 | 57,442 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,886 | £71,250 | £80,559 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +5.64% |
Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Information Security Officer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Officer.
Information Security Officer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Officer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.
Information Security Officer
Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 |
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| England | +137 | 5 | £67,500 | +3.85% | 30 |
| UK excluding London | +174 | 2 | £53,750 | +13.16% | 19 |
| Work from Home | +114 | 2 | £60,000 | -7.69% | 16 |
| South West | +110 | 2 | £53,750 | -20.37% | 2 |
| London | +100 | 2 | £71,250 | +9.62% | 12 |
Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Information Security Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.
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Information Security Officer Skill Set
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: