Information Assurance Jobs in the West Midlands

Information Assurance
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Information Assurance skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Assurance over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 191 215 262
Rank change year-on-year +24 +47 +27
Permanent jobs citing Information Assurance 7 39 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.52% 0.080%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.64% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 6 25 5
10th Percentile £48,600 £52,325 £54,807
25th Percentile £49,873 £52,500 £68,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,635 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -24.14% +26.09%
75th Percentile £75,752 £57,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,291 £64,685 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,700 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.07% -6.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Information Assurance 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 3,971 6,138 6,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.29% 82.54% 96.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,647 4,554 3,147
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,469 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Assurance
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Information Assurance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Information Assurance in the West Midlands

Information Assurance
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Assurance in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Information Assurance in the West Midlands

Information Assurance
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Assurance in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Assurance in the West Midlands

Information Assurance
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 Information Assurance within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Birmingham +18 3 £72,500 +28.95% 2
Warwickshire - 3 £51,400 - 3
Staffordshire +18 1 - -
Information Assurance
England

Information Assurance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Legal
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Information Security Advisor
1 4 (57.14%) Security Advisor
2 3 (42.86%) Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) CESG
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (85.71%) Information Security
2 5 (71.43%) Security Management
3 4 (57.14%) Internal Audit
4 3 (42.86%) Information Security Management
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
5 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Data Protection
5 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
5 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (28.57%) SABSA
5 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
6 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
6 1 (14.29%) Customer Requirements
6 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) Scala
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) CISM
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
3 1 (14.29%) CISSP
3 1 (14.29%) CRISC
3 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) NIST
3 2 (28.57%) NCSC
4 1 (14.29%) GRC
4 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft