Computer Security Job Trends in the West Midlands

Computer Security (COMPUSEC)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Computer Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Computer Security 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.038% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £63,250 - -
25th Percentile £64,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £69,375 - -
90th Percentile £69,750 - -
England median annual salary £60,240 - £42,500
% change year-on-year - - -25.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Computer Security 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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,351 3,803 3,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 82.03% 91.64% 87.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,275 1,690 2,742
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,719 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Computer Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Computer Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Computer Security job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Computer Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Computer Security

Computer Security
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Computer Security within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
Warwickshire - 2 £67,500 -
Computer Security
England

Computer Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) CSOC
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Trend Analysis
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) CSIRT