Information Security Jobs in West Yorkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 68 95
Rank change year-on-year 0 +27 +48
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 36 98 166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 2.91% 3.26% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 3.80% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 27 96 76
10th Percentile £25,313 £29,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £56,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -10.13% +10.73%
75th Percentile £70,625 £62,500 £74,063
90th Percentile £87,750 £87,500 £97,319
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.91% -6.36%

All Process and 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 1,170 2,579 5,057
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 94.74% 85.85% 98.06%
Number of salaries quoted 696 1,872 2,316
10th Percentile £25,313 £28,025 £34,025
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,563 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,964 £86,393
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +8.10%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in West Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

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 13 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
Leeds +20 34 £57,500 +9.52% 33
Pontefract - 1 £40,000 -
Information Security
Yorkshire

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.56%) IaaS
2 2 (5.56%) Mimecast
2 2 (5.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.78%) Azure
3 1 (2.78%) Azure API Management
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.67%) Network Security
2 2 (5.56%) VPN
3 1 (2.78%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 8 (22.22%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 10 (27.78%) Law
3 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Legal
5 4 (11.11%) Banking
5 4 (11.11%) Finance
6 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.78%) Marketing
7 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (30.56%) Senior
2 5 (13.89%) Consultant
2 5 (13.89%) Information Security Consultant
2 5 (13.89%) IT Assistant
2 5 (13.89%) Security Consultant
3 4 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 4 (11.11%) Technologist
4 3 (8.33%) Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Information Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Information Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
4 3 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Information Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Information Security Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Risk Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.22%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.78%) ADO
2 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (2.78%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (2.78%) Blazor
2 1 (2.78%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (13.89%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (13.89%) Cyberattack
2 5 (13.89%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (11.11%) Operational Technology
4 2 (5.56%) Smart Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (36.11%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 10 (27.78%) Mentoring
4 9 (25.00%) Business Continuity
4 9 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 9 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 9 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 9 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
5 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (22.22%) Technology Transformation
5 8 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (19.44%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (13.89%) Data Protection
7 5 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (13.89%) Security Auditing
7 5 (13.89%) Security Operations
7 5 (13.89%) Security Testing
7 5 (13.89%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.56%) Python
3 1 (2.78%) C#
3 1 (2.78%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.78%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.89%) CISSP
2 4 (11.11%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) CISM
4 2 (5.56%) CISA
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.78%) MCSD
5 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (41.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 7 (19.44%) GDPR
4 6 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (16.67%) GRC
5 5 (13.89%) NIST
6 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 10 (27.78%) Ansible
2 3 (8.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Cisco
2 2 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (5.56%) Tenable
2 2 (5.56%) Varonis