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 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 50 74
Rank change year-on-year -73 +24 -5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 36 130 105
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.08% 3.94% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 4.40% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 23 55 95
10th Percentile £33,000 £35,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £46,125 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £64,188 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000

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 2,698 2,952 2,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 81.09% 89.54% 91.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,575 1,162 2,175
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £30,250 £41,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% - -4.34%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 30 December 2025.

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 30 December 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
West Yorkshire -46 27 £52,617 -8.49% 39
North Yorkshire -9 4 £27,000 -55.00% 5
South Yorkshire -21 3 £85,000 +38.21% 15
East Yorkshire - 2 £35,000 - 6
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 1 (2.78%) CMS
1 1 (2.78%) Confluence
1 1 (2.78%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (2.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) SAP GRC
1 2 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.89%) Azure
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.56%) AWS
2 2 (5.56%) SaaS
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.78%) GCP
3 1 (2.78%) GitHub
3 1 (2.78%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) DNS
1 3 (8.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.56%) DHCP
2 2 (5.56%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) VPN
3 1 (2.78%) HTTP
3 1 (2.78%) LAN
3 1 (2.78%) SSL
3 1 (2.78%) WAN
3 1 (2.78%) Wireless
3 1 (2.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Snyk
General
1 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Finance
3 6 (16.67%) Legal
4 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Marketing
5 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.33%) Retail
6 2 (5.56%) Public Speaking
7 1 (2.78%) Law
7 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (27.78%) Analyst
2 7 (19.44%) Senior
3 4 (11.11%) Administrator
3 4 (11.11%) Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Consultant
3 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Information Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Information Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Information Security Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Security Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Security Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) IT Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Service Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Service Desk Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Penetration Tester
5 2 (5.56%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) User Researcher
5 2 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.78%) .NET
2 1 (2.78%) PySpark
2 1 (2.78%) React
2 1 (2.78%) SLSA
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) SCADA
3 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.78%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.78%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
2 2 (5.56%) Linux
2 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.78%) Android
3 1 (2.78%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (19.44%) Cloud Security
4 7 (19.44%) DevOps
5 6 (16.67%) Change Management
5 6 (16.67%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
6 5 (13.89%) Data Protection
6 5 (13.89%) Roadmaps
7 4 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
7 4 (11.11%) Culture Change
7 4 (11.11%) Design Patterns
7 4 (11.11%) Mentoring
7 4 (11.11%) Objectives and Key Results
7 4 (11.11%) Offensive Security
7 4 (11.11%) Presales
7 4 (11.11%) SABSA
7 4 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
7 4 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Perl
1 2 (5.56%) Python
1 2 (5.56%) Ruby
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) CISSP
2 5 (13.89%) CISM
2 5 (13.89%) Degree
2 5 (13.89%) SC Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) Security Cleared
3 4 (11.11%) DBS Check
3 4 (11.11%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (8.33%) CISA
5 2 (5.56%) CEH
5 2 (5.56%) CISMP
5 2 (5.56%) CRISC
5 2 (5.56%) GSEC
5 2 (5.56%) OSCP
6 1 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (2.78%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (33.33%) GRC
2 7 (19.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (13.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (13.89%) QA
4 4 (11.11%) GDPR
4 4 (11.11%) PCI DSS
5 3 (8.33%) NIST
5 3 (8.33%) SOC 2
6 2 (5.56%) SLA
7 1 (2.78%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.78%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.78%) NCSC
7 1 (2.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) Qualys
2 2 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.78%) Checkmarx
3 1 (2.78%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.78%) Google
3 1 (2.78%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.78%) Sitecore