Information Security (InfoSec)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 100 80 115
Rank change year-on-year -20 +35 -8
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 1,691 4,949 4,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.13% 3.93% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 4.11% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,361 2,834 2,450
10th Percentile £40,750 £40,716 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.14% +9.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year - +8.49% +0.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security 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 50,908 120,439 123,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.71% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,868 73,620 81,568
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,459 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,045
Median % change year-on-year - +1.62% +7.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,825 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +3.63%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the UK

Information Security
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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 -18 1,527 £65,000 -1.14% 743
UK excluding London -40 915 £57,500 - 528
Work from Home -6 718 £65,000 -3.70% 385
London 0 676 £75,000 - 314
South East +20 262 £60,000 - 139
North of England -50 243 £57,500 +2.74% 126
Midlands -28 149 £60,000 - 67
North West -41 124 £55,000 -4.35% 76
West Midlands -12 115 £60,000 - 41
Yorkshire -25 112 £60,000 +12.15% 42
South West -64 107 £51,716 -9.88% 74
East of England +28 64 £72,500 +26.09% 54
Scotland -60 58 £55,000 -15.38% 50
East Midlands -9 31 £60,000 - 26
Wales -23 18 £52,500 -12.50% 14
Northern Ireland +33 13 £45,000 -35.71% 13
North East +14 7 £45,250 -16.78% 8
Isle of Man +1 2 £72,500 -30.95%

Information Security
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 54 (3.19%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.77%) MS Exchange
3 9 (0.53%) Confluence
4 7 (0.41%) CMS
5 4 (0.24%) IIS
6 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Drupal
7 1 (0.059%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.059%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.059%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.47%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.18%) 1Password
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
2 4 (0.24%) SAP GRC
2 4 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.12%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (0.12%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.059%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.059%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.059%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.059%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.059%) Quorum
5 1 (0.059%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 461 (27.26%) Azure
2 239 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
3 224 (13.25%) AWS
4 103 (6.09%) SaaS
5 101 (5.97%) Entra ID
6 72 (4.26%) IaaS
7 69 (4.08%) Power Platform
8 67 (3.96%) PaaS
9 60 (3.55%) GCP
10 44 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
11 43 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
11 43 (2.54%) Serverless
12 41 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
13 29 (1.71%) PowerApps
14 21 (1.24%) Power Automate
15 13 (0.77%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (0.71%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (0.71%) Azure Logic Apps
16 12 (0.71%) WhatsApp
17 11 (0.65%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 277 (16.38%) Firewall
2 165 (9.76%) Network Security
3 79 (4.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 70 (4.14%) VPN
5 46 (2.72%) TCP/IP
6 44 (2.60%) LAN
7 39 (2.31%) DNS
8 38 (2.25%) Wireless
9 36 (2.13%) WAN
10 32 (1.89%) DHCP
11 23 (1.36%) SAN
11 23 (1.36%) SD-WAN
12 21 (1.24%) Internet
13 12 (0.71%) HTTP
13 12 (0.71%) IPv4
14 11 (0.65%) SSL
15 10 (0.59%) Cisco IPT
16 8 (0.47%) BGP
16 8 (0.47%) IPv6
17 7 (0.41%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 49 (2.90%) Power BI
3 20 (1.18%) Metadata
4 17 (1.01%) Data Lake
5 15 (0.89%) NoSQL
6 13 (0.77%) MySQL
7 11 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.53%) GIS
9 8 (0.47%) DB2
9 8 (0.47%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.35%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.30%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.30%) Redis
13 4 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
13 4 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.24%) Big Data
13 4 (0.24%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 33 (1.95%) Git
2 32 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.48%) JIRA
4 8 (0.47%) Visual Studio
5 6 (0.35%) Burp Suite
5 6 (0.35%) Cucumber
5 6 (0.35%) GitLab
5 6 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (0.35%) TestRail
6 5 (0.30%) CircleCI
6 5 (0.30%) git-flow
6 5 (0.30%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.30%) Visual Studio Team System
7 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.18%) Grunt
8 3 (0.18%) gulp
8 3 (0.18%) Karma Test Runner
8 3 (0.18%) PhantomJS
8 3 (0.18%) Protractor
8 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 480 (28.39%) Social Skills
2 372 (22.00%) Finance
3 234 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
4 145 (8.57%) Legal
5 122 (7.21%) Law
6 114 (6.74%) Public Sector
7 79 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 63 (3.73%) Banking
9 55 (3.25%) Retail
10 44 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
11 40 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (1.71%) Marketing
13 29 (1.71%) Telecoms
14 27 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 23 (1.36%) Financial Institution
16 21 (1.24%) Advertising
17 17 (1.01%) Military
18 14 (0.83%) Investment Banking
19 13 (0.77%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 382 (22.59%) Analyst
2 254 (15.02%) Security Analyst
3 210 (12.42%) Senior
4 203 (12.00%) Security Manager
5 152 (8.99%) Lead
6 146 (8.63%) Security Engineer
7 126 (7.45%) Information Analyst
8 123 (7.27%) Information Security Analyst
9 114 (6.74%) Consultant
10 112 (6.62%) Architect
11 105 (6.21%) Information Security Manager
12 101 (5.97%) Information Manager
13 87 (5.14%) Security Consultant
14 82 (4.85%) IT Manager
15 75 (4.44%) Security Architect
16 72 (4.26%) Security Officer
17 62 (3.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 62 (3.67%) IT Engineer
18 61 (3.61%) Site Controller
19 57 (3.37%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (4.32%) ModSecurity
2 28 (1.66%) HTML
3 26 (1.54%) .NET
4 23 (1.36%) CSS
5 21 (1.24%) ASP.NET
6 20 (1.18%) JSON
6 20 (1.18%) Middleware
7 18 (1.06%) .NET Framework
8 14 (0.83%) HTML5
9 11 (0.65%) SAML
9 11 (0.65%) YAML
10 10 (0.59%) AngularJS
10 10 (0.59%) Web Services
11 9 (0.53%) ASP.NET MVC
11 9 (0.53%) EDI
11 9 (0.53%) Entity Framework
11 9 (0.53%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (0.53%) WebSockets
12 8 (0.47%) SailPoint
13 7 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 491 (29.04%) Management Information System
2 86 (5.09%) Greenfield Project
3 78 (4.61%) Security Operations Centre
4 77 (4.55%) Security Posture
5 73 (4.32%) Cyber Threat
6 59 (3.49%) Data Centre
7 55 (3.25%) Onboarding
8 52 (3.08%) Cyberattack
9 44 (2.60%) Operational Technology
10 40 (2.37%) Data Protection Act
11 34 (2.01%) Cybercrime
12 29 (1.71%) Virtual Team
13 28 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
14 27 (1.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 27 (1.60%) PKI
15 26 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
16 25 (1.48%) Product Ownership
17 21 (1.24%) Public Cloud
18 20 (1.18%) Cyber Kill Chain
19 19 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 209 (12.36%) Windows
2 112 (6.62%) Linux
3 61 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 46 (2.72%) Unix
5 24 (1.42%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 11 (0.65%) Apple iOS
7 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.59%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.35%) Android
9 6 (0.35%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.12%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 766 (45.30%) Cybersecurity
2 392 (23.18%) Risk Management
3 262 (15.49%) Security Management
4 244 (14.43%) Incident Response
5 242 (14.31%) SIEM
6 240 (14.19%) Security Operations
7 236 (13.96%) Information Security Management
8 219 (12.95%) Cloud Security
9 212 (12.54%) Data Protection
10 179 (10.59%) ITIL
11 178 (10.53%) ISMS
12 171 (10.11%) Roadmaps
13 155 (9.17%) Vulnerability Management
14 153 (9.05%) Problem-Solving
15 150 (8.87%) Agile
16 141 (8.34%) Security Architecture
17 140 (8.28%) Penetration Testing
18 134 (7.92%) Business Continuity
18 134 (7.92%) DevOps
19 124 (7.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (5.97%) Python
2 99 (5.85%) PowerShell
3 91 (5.38%) SQL
4 49 (2.90%) Bash
5 33 (1.95%) C#
6 23 (1.36%) Java
7 22 (1.30%) JavaScript
8 21 (1.24%) Ruby
9 16 (0.95%) T-SQL
10 13 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.71%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.59%) Go
12 10 (0.59%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.53%) Search Processing Language
14 8 (0.47%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.41%) Korn
16 5 (0.30%) Shell Script
17 4 (0.24%) PHP
18 2 (0.12%) COBOL
18 2 (0.12%) R
Qualifications
1 512 (30.28%) CISSP
2 363 (21.47%) Degree
3 324 (19.16%) CISM
4 275 (16.26%) Security Cleared
5 186 (11.00%) CISA
6 163 (9.64%) CRISC
7 159 (9.40%) SC Cleared
8 78 (4.61%) Cisco Certification
9 68 (4.02%) CompTIA Security+
10 65 (3.84%) CEH
11 63 (3.73%) OSCP
12 58 (3.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 58 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
13 51 (3.02%) CISMP
14 48 (2.84%) CCSP
15 47 (2.78%) GIAC
16 42 (2.48%) Azure Certification
17 40 (2.37%) ISACA
18 39 (2.31%) DV Cleared
19 37 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 583 (34.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 401 (23.71%) NIST
3 230 (13.60%) GRC
4 209 (12.36%) GDPR
5 175 (10.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 117 (6.92%) PCI DSS
7 91 (5.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 75 (4.44%) NCSC
9 74 (4.38%) ISO 22301
10 59 (3.49%) COBIT
11 31 (1.83%) QA
12 30 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 29 (1.71%) SOC 2
14 27 (1.60%) NIST 800
15 21 (1.24%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 20 (1.18%) SLA
17 16 (0.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
18 15 (0.89%) IASME
18 15 (0.89%) PMO
18 15 (0.89%) RMADS
System Software
1 215 (12.71%) Active Directory
2 76 (4.49%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (2.84%) Docker
4 17 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
6 8 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.30%) vSphere
8 3 (0.18%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.18%) XenApp
8 3 (0.18%) XenDesktop
9 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.059%) DFS Replication
10 1 (0.059%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (2.60%) Ansible
1 44 (2.60%) Terraform
2 39 (2.31%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (1.60%) Nessus
5 24 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
6 18 (1.06%) Puppet
7 17 (1.01%) CASB
8 15 (0.89%) SCCM
9 11 (0.65%) Progress Chef
10 10 (0.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 6 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
11 6 (0.35%) QRadar
12 5 (0.30%) Stealthwatch
13 4 (0.24%) Backup Exec
13 4 (0.24%) CSIRT
13 4 (0.24%) WSUS
14 3 (0.18%) Host Intrusion Detection System
14 3 (0.18%) Nmap
14 3 (0.18%) WMI
Vendors
1 360 (21.29%) Microsoft
2 99 (5.85%) VMware
3 89 (5.26%) Cisco
4 67 (3.96%) CA
5 34 (2.01%) Splunk
6 32 (1.89%) Google
7 25 (1.48%) Palo Alto
8 23 (1.36%) SAP
9 22 (1.30%) Oracle
10 20 (1.18%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.01%) CyberArk
12 16 (0.95%) Qualys
13 15 (0.89%) Citrix
13 15 (0.89%) F5
13 15 (0.89%) McAfee
14 14 (0.83%) HP
15 13 (0.77%) CheckPoint
16 12 (0.71%) Meraki
17 11 (0.65%) IBM
18 9 (0.53%) Salesforce