Information Security Jobs in Birmingham

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for Information Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 46 86
Rank change year-on-year -29 +40 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 81 97 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.69% 5.37% 3.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.39% 5.56% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 61 73 98
10th Percentile £51,750 £42,000 £39,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.19% +6.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £96,250 £81,250 £78,125
90th Percentile £107,500 £87,250 £99,125
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £56,750 £61,250
% change year-on-year -3.08% -7.35% +11.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Information Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,388 1,746 3,049
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.44% 96.57% 97.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,920 1,326 2,256
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £34,967
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,251 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (6.17%) nginx
2 4 (4.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.94%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.23%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.47%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.75%) Azure
2 13 (16.05%) AWS
3 10 (12.35%) IaaS
3 10 (12.35%) PaaS
3 10 (12.35%) SaaS
4 9 (11.11%) Entra ID
4 9 (11.11%) GCP
5 5 (6.17%) npm
6 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.94%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.47%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.23%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.64%) SD-WAN
1 7 (8.64%) WAN
2 6 (7.41%) Firewall
3 4 (4.94%) DHCP
3 4 (4.94%) DNS
3 4 (4.94%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (4.94%) iSCSI
3 4 (4.94%) SNMP
4 2 (2.47%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.47%) Wireshark
5 1 (1.23%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (6.17%) MySQL
3 2 (2.47%) Power BI
4 1 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.23%) GIS
4 1 (1.23%) Metadata
4 1 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.23%) QGIS
4 1 (1.23%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Git
1 5 (6.17%) JIRA
1 5 (6.17%) webpack
General
1 28 (34.57%) Finance
2 26 (32.10%) Social Skills
3 20 (24.69%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (23.46%) Legal
5 7 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 6 (7.41%) Banking
7 4 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.70%) Law
8 3 (3.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (16.05%) Senior
2 12 (14.81%) Analyst
2 12 (14.81%) Architect
3 9 (11.11%) Lead
3 9 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (9.88%) Cloud Architect
4 8 (9.88%) Data Manager
4 8 (9.88%) Head of IT
4 8 (9.88%) Security Manager
5 7 (8.64%) Information Manager
6 6 (7.41%) Data Governance Analyst
6 6 (7.41%) Data Governance Manager
6 6 (7.41%) Governance Manager
7 5 (6.17%) Developer
7 5 (6.17%) Full Stack Developer
7 5 (6.17%) Full Stack PHP Developer
7 5 (6.17%) Governance Analyst
7 5 (6.17%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (6.17%) PHP Developer
8 4 (4.94%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.88%) Middleware
2 5 (6.17%) CSS
2 5 (6.17%) HTML
2 5 (6.17%) HTML5
2 5 (6.17%) jQuery
2 5 (6.17%) LAMP
2 5 (6.17%) Laravel
2 5 (6.17%) LEMP Stack
2 5 (6.17%) LESS
2 5 (6.17%) React
2 5 (6.17%) Sass
2 5 (6.17%) Vue
3 1 (1.23%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (49.38%) Management Information System
2 11 (13.58%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (9.88%) Cloud Native
3 8 (9.88%) Freedom of Information
3 8 (9.88%) Taxonomies
4 6 (7.41%) Data Centre
5 5 (6.17%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (6.17%) Mobile App
6 4 (4.94%) PMI
7 3 (3.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.70%) Virtual Team
8 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.47%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (1.23%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.99%) Windows
2 13 (16.05%) Linux
3 8 (9.88%) Solaris
3 8 (9.88%) Ubuntu
3 8 (9.88%) Unix
4 4 (4.94%) VMS
4 4 (4.94%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (32.10%) Agile
3 20 (24.69%) Project Management
4 17 (20.99%) IT Strategy
5 15 (18.52%) Coaching
6 14 (17.28%) Risk Management
7 13 (16.05%) Analytics
7 13 (16.05%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (14.81%) Security Management
8 12 (14.81%) Server Management
9 11 (13.58%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (13.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (13.58%) Data Protection
10 10 (12.35%) Computer Science
10 10 (12.35%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 10 (12.35%) Scrum
10 10 (12.35%) Technology Strategy
11 9 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
11 9 (11.11%) Business Continuity
11 9 (11.11%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.11%) SQL
2 5 (6.17%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.17%) PHP
2 5 (6.17%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (18.52%) Azure Certification
2 13 (16.05%) CISSP
2 13 (16.05%) Degree
3 11 (13.58%) AWS Certification
3 11 (13.58%) CISM
4 8 (9.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 6 (7.41%) CISA
6 5 (6.17%) PCI QSA
7 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (4.94%) PMI Certification
8 3 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (3.70%) CCSK
8 3 (3.70%) CCSP
8 3 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.70%) OSCP
9 2 (2.47%) APMP
9 2 (2.47%) GCFE
9 2 (2.47%) GREM
9 2 (2.47%) Master's Degree
9 2 (2.47%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (16.05%) NIST
3 9 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 6 (7.41%) GDPR
5 5 (6.17%) GRC
6 2 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.23%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (12.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.17%) RACF
3 4 (4.94%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.94%) pfSense
3 4 (4.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.70%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.47%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 13 (16.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.17%) CyberArk
3 4 (4.94%) BroadSoft
3 4 (4.94%) Brocade
3 4 (4.94%) Cisco
3 4 (4.94%) Dell
3 4 (4.94%) Dell Compellent
3 4 (4.94%) Fortinet
3 4 (4.94%) QNAP
3 4 (4.94%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (4.94%) Veeam
3 4 (4.94%) VMware
3 4 (4.94%) Zerto
4 2 (2.47%) Oracle
4 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.47%) SAP
4 2 (2.47%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.23%) Google
5 1 (1.23%) Sun
5 1 (1.23%) Zscaler