Security Auditing Job Trends in the West Midlands

Security Auditing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Security Auditing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 - 214
Rank change year-on-year - - -23
Permanent jobs citing Security Auditing 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.056% - 0.053%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% - 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,800 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,600 - -
75th Percentile £55,400 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £53,600 £81,250 £58,750
% change year-on-year -34.03% +38.30% +14.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Security Auditing 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 6,251 2,843 4,621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.69% 86.92% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 4,558 1,740 2,232
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,009 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,563
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Security Auditing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Security Auditing job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Security Auditing
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

Security Auditing
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 Security Auditing within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 October 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 - 5 £53,600 -
Security Auditing
England

Security Auditing
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 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security Advisor
1 5 (100.00%) Security Advisor
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 5 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 5 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
1 5 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) GRC
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST