Information Security Jobs in Yorkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 7 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 98 80
Rank change year-on-year +24 -18 +38
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 122 128 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 2.35% 2.90% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 3.01% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 73 101 145
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £88,500 £84,750
England median annual salary £63,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.08% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,096 4,258 6,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 79.06% 96.53% 96.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,064 2,763 4,162
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £40,083
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £69,789
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,750 £84,056
England median annual salary £57,500 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +3.33% +4.35%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 7 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Yorkshire

Information Security
Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 7 September 2024. 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
West Yorkshire +42 65 £52,500 -13.93% 13
South Yorkshire +22 23 £60,000 +29.73%
North Yorkshire -12 18 £56,500 -7.76% 3
East Yorkshire -7 2 £41,250 -20.67%
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 30 (24.59%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (12.30%) Azure
3 10 (8.20%) Entra ID
4 8 (6.56%) AWS
5 6 (4.92%) SaaS
6 5 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (4.10%) GCP
6 5 (4.10%) IaaS
7 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.82%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (0.82%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.66%) Firewall
2 5 (4.10%) SD-WAN
2 5 (4.10%) WAN
3 4 (3.28%) BGP
3 4 (3.28%) MPLS
3 4 (3.28%) Network Security
3 4 (3.28%) OSPF
3 4 (3.28%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.46%) Internet
5 2 (1.64%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.10%) MySQL
1 5 (4.10%) NoSQL
1 5 (4.10%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.64%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Git
2 1 (0.82%) Cucumber
2 1 (0.82%) SpecFlow
General
1 40 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (18.85%) Legal
4 18 (14.75%) Finance
5 14 (11.48%) Law
6 13 (10.66%) Banking
7 8 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.64%) Public Speaking
9 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.82%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 34 (27.87%) Analyst
2 32 (26.23%) Consultant
3 29 (23.77%) Security Consultant
4 21 (17.21%) Security Analyst
5 19 (15.57%) Information Security Consultant
6 16 (13.11%) Senior
7 11 (9.02%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) Governance Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) Information Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) Information Security Analyst
8 9 (7.38%) IT Consultant
8 9 (7.38%) IT Security Consultant
9 7 (5.74%) IT Manager
10 5 (4.10%) Network Consultant
10 5 (4.10%) Network Security Consultant
10 5 (4.10%) Operations Analyst
10 5 (4.10%) Security Operations Analyst
10 5 (4.10%) Software Engineer
11 4 (3.28%) IT Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.92%) RESTful
2 5 (4.10%) .NET
2 5 (4.10%) AngularJS
2 5 (4.10%) GraphQL
2 5 (4.10%) Laravel
2 5 (4.10%) React
3 1 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 23 (18.85%) Management Information System
2 19 (15.57%) Cyber Threat
3 15 (12.30%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (7.38%) Cyberattack
5 7 (5.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (5.74%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (4.10%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.46%) CSOC
8 3 (2.46%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.46%) NHS
8 3 (2.46%) Security Operations Centre
9 2 (1.64%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.64%) Clustering
9 2 (1.64%) FMCG
9 2 (1.64%) Hackathon
10 1 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (0.82%) Insider Threat
10 1 (0.82%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.46%) Windows
2 2 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (36.89%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (29.51%) Incident Response
3 32 (26.23%) Security Operations
4 30 (24.59%) Disaster Recovery
4 30 (24.59%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (21.31%) Incident Management
6 23 (18.85%) SIEM
7 22 (18.03%) Business Continuity
7 22 (18.03%) Data Protection
7 22 (18.03%) Threat Intelligence
8 21 (17.21%) Risk Management
9 20 (16.39%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 20 (16.39%) Risk Register
10 18 (14.75%) Computer Science
11 17 (13.93%) Cloud Security
11 17 (13.93%) Roadmaps
12 16 (13.11%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 14 (11.48%) Vulnerability Management
14 13 (10.66%) Agile
14 13 (10.66%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.48%) PowerShell
1 14 (11.48%) SQL
2 6 (4.92%) JavaScript
3 5 (4.10%) PHP
3 5 (4.10%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.82%) C#
4 1 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (13.93%) CISM
1 17 (13.93%) CISSP
2 14 (11.48%) Degree
3 9 (7.38%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (5.74%) Security Cleared
5 5 (4.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 5 (4.10%) CCSP
5 5 (4.10%) CISA
5 5 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.10%) CompTIA Security+
5 5 (4.10%) CRISC
5 5 (4.10%) SANS
5 5 (4.10%) SC Cleared
6 4 (3.28%) GIAC
7 3 (2.46%) CREST Certified
7 3 (2.46%) ISACA
7 3 (2.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.64%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.82%) GISP
9 1 (0.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (38.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (22.95%) Cyber Essentials
3 25 (20.49%) NIST
4 18 (14.75%) GDPR
5 16 (13.11%) GRC
6 12 (9.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (4.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (4.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (3.28%) NIST 800
9 4 (3.28%) PCI DSS
10 3 (2.46%) ISO 14001
10 3 (2.46%) ISO 9001
10 3 (2.46%) NCSC
11 2 (1.64%) Data Quality
11 2 (1.64%) IASME
11 2 (1.64%) ISO 22301
11 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 2 (1.64%) QA
12 1 (0.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (10.66%) Active Directory
2 9 (7.38%) RACF
3 4 (3.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (3.28%) WSUS
2 2 (1.64%) Failover Clustering
2 2 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.82%) CSIRT
3 1 (0.82%) Kibana
3 1 (0.82%) logstash
Vendors
1 46 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.38%) CyberArk
3 5 (4.10%) Google
4 4 (3.28%) Remedy
4 4 (3.28%) VMware
5 1 (0.82%) Intel
5 1 (0.82%) Tanium