Information Security Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Information Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 44 77
Rank change year-on-year -47 +33 -3
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 28 65 68
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 1.54% 4.34% 3.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.87% 4.96% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 18 27 59
10th Percentile £33,000 £40,750 £46,250
25th Percentile £37,456 £49,375 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,617 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.49% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £64,531 £72,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £84,700
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +15.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Information 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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,496 1,311 1,824
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 82.24% 87.52% 93.35%
Number of salaries quoted 875 659 1,381
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,028 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.60% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.34%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Leeds -48 23 £41,075 -30.09% 7
Pontefract 0 2 £58,250 +45.63%
Bradford -13 2 £77,500 +82.35%
Knottingley - 1 £65,000 -
Information Security
Yorkshire

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (7.14%) SAP GRC
1 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.57%) GitHub
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) HTTP
2 1 (3.57%) LAN
2 1 (3.57%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
2 1 (3.57%) Wireless
2 1 (3.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) JIRA
2 1 (3.57%) Snyk
General
1 9 (32.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 5 (17.86%) Legal
4 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Marketing
5 2 (7.14%) Public Speaking
5 2 (7.14%) Retail
6 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (25.00%) Senior
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Administrator
3 4 (14.29%) Consultant
3 4 (14.29%) Security Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (7.14%) Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Information Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Information Security Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (7.14%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) SAP GRC Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) SAP Security Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Security Consultant
5 2 (7.14%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.57%) .NET
2 1 (3.57%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Management Information System
2 4 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 2 (7.14%) SCADA
3 2 (7.14%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.57%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Linux
2 2 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.57%) Android
3 1 (3.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (35.71%) Project Delivery
2 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.00%) DevOps
4 6 (21.43%) Change Management
5 4 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 4 (14.29%) Culture Change
5 4 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 4 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 4 (14.29%) Information Management
5 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.29%) Objectives and Key Results
5 4 (14.29%) Offensive Security
5 4 (14.29%) Presales
5 4 (14.29%) Product Management
5 4 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.29%) Security Testing
5 4 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (10.71%) Cloud Security
6 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) Perl
1 2 (7.14%) Python
1 2 (7.14%) Ruby
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (17.86%) CISSP
1 5 (17.86%) Degree
1 5 (17.86%) SC Cleared
1 5 (17.86%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.71%) CISM
3 2 (7.14%) CEH
3 2 (7.14%) CISA
3 2 (7.14%) DBS Check
3 2 (7.14%) OSCP
3 2 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.57%) CRISC
4 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (32.14%) GRC
2 5 (17.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (17.86%) QA
3 4 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 2 (7.14%) NIST
4 2 (7.14%) SOC 2
5 1 (3.57%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.57%) NCSC
5 1 (3.57%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.14%) Qualys
2 2 (7.14%) SAP
3 1 (3.57%) Checkmarx
3 1 (3.57%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.57%) Rapid7
3 1 (3.57%) Salesforce