Information Security Job Trends in Yorkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > Yorkshire

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 114 105 49
Rank change year-on-year -9 -56 +37
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 76 50 148
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.99% 1.48% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 1.69% 4.00%
Number of salaries quoted 57 40 62
10th Percentile £36,750 £30,725 £39,221
25th Percentile £40,500 £33,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,537 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +35.68% -24.58% -10.42%
75th Percentile £75,437 £59,344 £67,125
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process & 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 5,163 2,957 3,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 67.44% 87.67% 79.97%
Number of salaries quoted 3,814 1,382 1,680
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
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%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Information Security job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Information Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Information Security

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

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

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 6 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
West Yorkshire -28 34 £65,000 +73.33% 68
South Yorkshire -15 21 £50,000 -37.50% 19
East Yorkshire -1 13 £38,500 -16.30% 6
North Yorkshire +8 6 £38,500 +45.28% 10
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (14.47%) SharePoint
2 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (22.37%) Azure
2 15 (19.74%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (15.79%) AWS
4 9 (11.84%) SaaS
5 5 (6.58%) Azure Databricks
5 5 (6.58%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (6.58%) GCP
5 5 (6.58%) IaaS
5 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (6.58%) Mimecast
5 5 (6.58%) OneDrive
6 4 (5.26%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.32%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.32%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.53%) Firewall
2 7 (9.21%) Wireless
3 4 (5.26%) ATM
4 2 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.32%) Broadband
5 1 (1.32%) DHCP
5 1 (1.32%) DNS
5 1 (1.32%) DSL
5 1 (1.32%) LAN
5 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.32%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.89%) Relational Database
2 5 (6.58%) Metadata
2 5 (6.58%) Metadata Repository
2 5 (6.58%) RDBMS
2 5 (6.58%) Star Schema
3 3 (3.95%) NonStop SQL
4 2 (2.63%) Power BI
5 1 (1.32%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 22 (28.95%) Social Skills
2 20 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.47%) Legal
4 9 (11.84%) Public Sector
5 8 (10.53%) Aviation
6 5 (6.58%) Finance
6 5 (6.58%) Financial Institution
6 5 (6.58%) Retail
7 4 (5.26%) Digital Economy
8 3 (3.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Aeronautics
10 1 (1.32%) Law
10 1 (1.32%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 20 (26.32%) Security Manager
2 17 (22.37%) Senior
3 16 (21.05%) Information Manager
3 16 (21.05%) Information Security Manager
4 12 (15.79%) Analyst
5 10 (13.16%) Architect
6 7 (9.21%) Administrator
6 7 (9.21%) Senior Architect
7 6 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 6 (7.89%) Governance Manager
7 6 (7.89%) Information Security Administrator
7 6 (7.89%) IT Governance Manager
7 6 (7.89%) IT Manager
7 6 (7.89%) IT Services Manager
7 6 (7.89%) Resilience Manager
7 6 (7.89%) Security Administrator
7 6 (7.89%) Service Manager
8 5 (6.58%) Security Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (6.58%) Senior Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.58%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Security Posture
2 7 (9.21%) Management Information System
3 6 (7.89%) Cyber Security Posture
3 6 (7.89%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (6.58%) Taxonomies
5 4 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (3.95%) Cyberattack
6 3 (3.95%) EMV
6 3 (3.95%) Robotics
7 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.53%) Windows
2 7 (9.21%) Windows Server
3 5 (6.58%) Windows 10
3 5 (6.58%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (1.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (34.21%) Cybersecurity
2 25 (32.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 17 (22.37%) Disaster Recovery
5 16 (21.05%) Risk Management
6 15 (19.74%) Incident Management
7 13 (17.11%) Agile
8 12 (15.79%) Data Protection
8 12 (15.79%) Mentoring
8 12 (15.79%) Risk Register
8 12 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (15.79%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (14.47%) Analytics
9 11 (14.47%) ITIL
9 11 (14.47%) Service Delivery
9 11 (14.47%) SIEM
10 10 (13.16%) AI
10 10 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (11.84%) Service Management
12 8 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.26%) SQL
2 3 (3.95%) COBOL
3 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.89%) CISSP
2 4 (5.26%) CISM
3 3 (3.95%) CISA
3 3 (3.95%) Degree
4 2 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (1.32%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (19.74%) Cyber Essentials
2 15 (19.74%) GDPR
3 7 (9.21%) Data Quality
4 6 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (7.89%) GRC
4 6 (7.89%) NIST
5 3 (3.95%) ISO 8583
5 3 (3.95%) NCSC
6 2 (2.63%) ISO 22301
6 2 (2.63%) PCI DSS
6 2 (2.63%) SLA
7 1 (1.32%) ISO 9001
7 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (1.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (22.37%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.89%) Google
3 5 (6.58%) Adobe
3 5 (6.58%) Cisco
3 5 (6.58%) Databricks
3 5 (6.58%) iManage
3 5 (6.58%) Meraki
4 4 (5.26%) CheckPoint
4 4 (5.26%) VocaLink
5 3 (3.95%) HP
6 2 (2.63%) Veeam
7 1 (1.32%) DocuSign
7 1 (1.32%) IFS
7 1 (1.32%) Zoho