Information Security Management Jobs in the West Midlands

Information Security Management
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Information Security Management skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security Management over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 193 244 249
Rank change year-on-year +51 +5 +1
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Management 7 6 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.16% 0.083% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.100% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 22
10th Percentile £44,344 - £45,250
25th Percentile £53,688 £51,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,594 £54,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.01% +3.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £70,000 £75,938
90th Percentile £80,625 £80,500 £93,375
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +5.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Information Security Management 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 4,072 6,020 6,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.16% 83.15% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1,682 4,530 3,268
10th Percentile £29,250 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the West Midlands

Information Security Management
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Information Security Management in the West Midlands

Information Security Management
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Management in the West Midlands

Information Security Management
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 Security Management within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Staffordshire - 4 £53,688 - 1
Birmingham +35 2 £57,500 +5.50% 3
Warwickshire -24 1 £40,000 - 1
Information Security Management
England

Information Security Management
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 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Network Security
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
General
1 4 (57.14%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Police
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
1 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Information Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Security Advisor
2 1 (14.29%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (28.57%) PKI
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (14.29%) CESG
3 1 (14.29%) Cyberattack
3 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) Information Security
1 7 (100.00%) Security Management
2 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (28.57%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (28.57%) Identity Management
3 2 (28.57%) IT Governance
3 2 (28.57%) Malware Detection/Protection
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Patch Management
3 2 (28.57%) Security Operations
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
4 1 (14.29%) ISMS
4 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) CISM
2 3 (42.86%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) A+ Certification
3 2 (28.57%) APMG
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Certification
3 2 (28.57%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (28.57%) CASP
3 2 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (28.57%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (28.57%) GIAC
3 2 (28.57%) ISACA
3 2 (28.57%) ISEB
3 2 (28.57%) SANS
4 1 (14.29%) CESG Certified Professional
4 1 (14.29%) CIPFA
4 1 (14.29%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft