Information Security Jobs in England

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 93 140
Rank change year-on-year -17 +47 -21
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 2,158 2,934 4,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.36% 3.49% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% 3.66% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,679 1,873 2,534
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,417 £38,075
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,213 80,273 136,421
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.42% 95.47% 95.98%
Number of salaries quoted 55,117 48,949 73,905
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Information Security in England

Information Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in England

Information Security
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the England region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
London -14 776 £75,000 +7.14% 233
North of England +2 457 £52,084 +4.17% 94
South East -19 341 £59,500 +2.59% 100
North West -8 275 £52,084 +4.17% 42
Midlands -24 264 £54,650 -8.92% 84
South West -13 196 £50,000 -9.09% 47
West Midlands -33 184 £55,000 -3.08% 50
Yorkshire +9 146 £50,000 -4.76% 41
East of England -34 106 £57,500 -3.36% 34
East Midlands +31 79 £52,500 -20.75% 34
North East +5 36 £41,536 -12.56% 11
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 69 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 58 (2.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 20 (0.93%) IIS
4 15 (0.70%) SAS
4 15 (0.70%) Skype for Business
5 13 (0.60%) WordPress
6 12 (0.56%) CMS
7 10 (0.46%) Confluence
8 8 (0.37%) nginx
9 6 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
10 5 (0.23%) Apache
10 5 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
11 3 (0.14%) Drupal
11 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.093%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (0.093%) Exchange Server 2007
12 2 (0.093%) Exchange Server 2010
13 1 (0.046%) Apache Spark
13 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.046%) WebSphere
Applications
1 71 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
2 44 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 27 (1.25%) MS Visio
4 26 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.70%) SPSS
6 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.093%) Notion
Business Applications
1 11 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
2 10 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.28%) NEC Housing
4 5 (0.23%) Shopify
5 4 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.19%) Relativity
5 4 (0.19%) SAP GRC
6 3 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.093%) Farmplan
7 2 (0.093%) KEYPrime
7 2 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.093%) Ripple
7 2 (0.093%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.093%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.093%) Veritas eDiscovery
8 1 (0.046%) Dynamics GP
8 1 (0.046%) Endur
8 1 (0.046%) Ringtail
Cloud Services
1 487 (22.57%) Azure
2 281 (13.02%) Microsoft 365
3 247 (11.45%) AWS
4 131 (6.07%) Entra ID
5 101 (4.68%) Power Platform
6 85 (3.94%) GCP
7 77 (3.57%) SaaS
8 56 (2.59%) IaaS
9 51 (2.36%) PaaS
10 45 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
11 41 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
12 36 (1.67%) Serverless
13 30 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
14 22 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (1.02%) Snowflake
15 21 (0.97%) OneDrive
16 18 (0.83%) Matillion
17 17 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
18 15 (0.70%) PowerApps
19 14 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 325 (15.06%) Firewall
2 184 (8.53%) Network Security
3 115 (5.33%) WAN
4 97 (4.49%) DNS
5 75 (3.48%) TCP/IP
6 72 (3.34%) LAN
7 69 (3.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 57 (2.64%) SD-WAN
9 52 (2.41%) VPN
10 37 (1.71%) Wireless
11 33 (1.53%) Internet
11 33 (1.53%) SSL
12 31 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
13 30 (1.39%) DHCP
13 30 (1.39%) VoIP
14 25 (1.16%) SAN
15 23 (1.07%) OSPF
15 23 (1.07%) Wireshark
16 20 (0.93%) BGP
16 20 (0.93%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.17%) Power BI
2 61 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 33 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (1.48%) Relational Database
5 23 (1.07%) Metadata
6 22 (1.02%) Big Data
7 21 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 17 (0.79%) EDRMS
9 16 (0.74%) MySQL
10 12 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.42%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.32%) SAP BW
13 6 (0.28%) Data Mining
13 6 (0.28%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.28%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.23%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.23%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.23%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 42 (1.95%) Burp Suite
2 41 (1.90%) Metasploit
3 40 (1.85%) JIRA
4 17 (0.79%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.74%) Git
6 6 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 6 (0.28%) Toad
7 5 (0.23%) GitLab
7 5 (0.23%) MSTest
7 5 (0.23%) webpack
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.093%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.093%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.093%) GDB
9 2 (0.093%) Selenium
9 2 (0.093%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.046%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.046%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.046%) WebDriver
General
1 633 (29.33%) Social Skills
2 474 (21.96%) Finance
3 357 (16.54%) Analytical Skills
4 309 (14.32%) Legal
5 161 (7.46%) Law
6 112 (5.19%) Retail
7 91 (4.22%) Banking
8 90 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 89 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
9 89 (4.12%) Public Sector
10 81 (3.75%) Military
11 45 (2.09%) Marketing
11 45 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (1.90%) Telecoms
13 37 (1.71%) Aerospace
14 30 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (1.25%) Advertising
15 27 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
16 25 (1.16%) Manufacturing
17 15 (0.70%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 501 (23.22%) Analyst
2 317 (14.69%) Security Analyst
3 311 (14.41%) Senior
4 224 (10.38%) Security Manager
5 216 (10.01%) Lead
6 163 (7.55%) Information Analyst
7 161 (7.46%) Information Security Analyst
8 158 (7.32%) Architect
9 149 (6.90%) Senior Analyst
10 127 (5.89%) Information Manager
11 126 (5.84%) Information Security Manager
12 121 (5.61%) Consultant
13 115 (5.33%) IT Manager
14 108 (5.00%) Security Consultant
15 100 (4.63%) Security Architect
16 97 (4.49%) Security Engineer
17 67 (3.10%) IT Analyst
18 62 (2.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
19 59 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
20 56 (2.59%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (1.58%) .NET
2 29 (1.34%) HTML
3 28 (1.30%) CSS
4 22 (1.02%) React
5 16 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
6 15 (0.70%) REST
7 14 (0.65%) SAML
8 13 (0.60%) ASP.NET
9 12 (0.56%) 802.1X
9 12 (0.56%) Middleware
10 11 (0.51%) .NET Framework
11 9 (0.42%) Entity Framework
11 9 (0.42%) ModSecurity
12 8 (0.37%) ADO
12 8 (0.37%) ASP.NET MVC
12 8 (0.37%) EDI
12 8 (0.37%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.37%) JSON
12 8 (0.37%) Sass
12 8 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 581 (26.92%) Management Information System
2 164 (7.60%) Security Posture
3 100 (4.63%) Data Centre
4 98 (4.54%) Security Operations Centre
5 79 (3.66%) Cyber Threat
6 62 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
7 59 (2.73%) Cyber Defence
7 59 (2.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 50 (2.32%) Cyberattack
8 50 (2.32%) Data Protection Act
9 44 (2.04%) PMI
10 41 (1.90%) Onboarding
11 34 (1.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 33 (1.53%) Product Ownership
13 32 (1.48%) PKI
14 31 (1.44%) Operational Technology
15 28 (1.30%) Cloud Native
16 27 (1.25%) Driving Licence
17 25 (1.16%) Data Structures
18 24 (1.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 243 (11.26%) Windows
2 131 (6.07%) Linux
3 104 (4.82%) Windows Server
4 36 (1.67%) Windows 10
5 35 (1.62%) Apple iOS
6 31 (1.44%) Kali Linux
7 30 (1.39%) Android
8 23 (1.07%) Unix
9 12 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
10 11 (0.51%) Solaris
11 9 (0.42%) Mac OS
11 9 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (0.42%) Ubuntu
11 9 (0.42%) zOS
12 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
13 5 (0.23%) VMS
14 4 (0.19%) Windows XP
15 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2008
15 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
16 2 (0.093%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 889 (41.20%) Cybersecurity
2 385 (17.84%) Risk Management
3 368 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
4 279 (12.93%) Security Operations
5 268 (12.42%) Incident Response
6 265 (12.28%) Data Protection
7 256 (11.86%) Agile
8 246 (11.40%) SIEM
9 240 (11.12%) Continuous Improvement
10 230 (10.66%) Cloud Security
11 226 (10.47%) Vulnerability Management
12 223 (10.33%) Security Management
13 221 (10.24%) Project Management
14 214 (9.92%) Roadmaps
15 204 (9.45%) ITIL
16 192 (8.90%) Security Architecture
17 189 (8.76%) Computer Science
18 173 (8.02%) Incident Management
18 173 (8.02%) Information Security Management
19 170 (7.88%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 161 (7.46%) PowerShell
2 149 (6.90%) SQL
3 124 (5.75%) Python
4 38 (1.76%) Bash
5 26 (1.20%) T-SQL
6 25 (1.16%) Java
7 24 (1.11%) JavaScript
8 23 (1.07%) C#
9 18 (0.83%) PHP
9 18 (0.83%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.37%) Perl
11 4 (0.19%) Go
11 4 (0.19%) Ruby
12 3 (0.14%) Korn
12 3 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.093%) AWK
13 2 (0.093%) C++
13 2 (0.093%) R
13 2 (0.093%) Rust
13 2 (0.093%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 514 (23.82%) CISSP
2 412 (19.09%) Degree
3 362 (16.77%) CISM
4 208 (9.64%) Security Cleared
5 188 (8.71%) CISA
6 140 (6.49%) Cisco Certification
7 101 (4.68%) SC Cleared
8 100 (4.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 93 (4.31%) Azure Certification
9 93 (4.31%) CRISC
10 92 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 88 (4.08%) CCSP
12 76 (3.52%) AWS Certification
13 73 (3.38%) CEH
14 66 (3.06%) DV Cleared
15 59 (2.73%) Master's Degree
16 56 (2.59%) GIAC
17 54 (2.50%) CCSK
17 54 (2.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
18 51 (2.36%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 660 (30.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 445 (20.62%) NIST
3 281 (13.02%) GDPR
4 245 (11.35%) Cyber Essentials
5 189 (8.76%) GRC
6 170 (7.88%) PCI DSS
7 92 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 73 (3.38%) NCSC
9 66 (3.06%) NIST 800
10 54 (2.50%) COBIT
11 44 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 38 (1.76%) SLA
13 36 (1.67%) QA
14 35 (1.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 32 (1.48%) ISO 9001
16 27 (1.25%) JSP 440
17 26 (1.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 26 (1.20%) RMADS
17 26 (1.20%) SOC 2
18 25 (1.16%) Data Quality
System Software
1 206 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 55 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 45 (2.09%) Docker
3 45 (2.09%) RACF
4 28 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 24 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 23 (1.07%) vSphere
7 20 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.19%) Firmware
9 4 (0.19%) pfSense
10 2 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.093%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.046%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.046%) Lustre
11 1 (0.046%) LXC
11 1 (0.046%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.046%) Snort
11 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 80 (3.71%) Single Sign-On
2 70 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 60 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (1.67%) CASB
5 28 (1.30%) Ansible
6 25 (1.16%) Nmap
7 23 (1.07%) SCCM
8 21 (0.97%) Terraform
8 21 (0.97%) vCenter Server
9 20 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
10 14 (0.65%) Nessus
11 13 (0.60%) WSUS
12 11 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.46%) QRadar
14 8 (0.37%) Puppet
15 7 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
16 6 (0.28%) CSIRT
16 6 (0.28%) logstash
17 5 (0.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
18 4 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
Vendors
1 559 (25.90%) Microsoft
2 95 (4.40%) VMware
3 89 (4.12%) Cisco
4 57 (2.64%) CyberArk
5 48 (2.22%) ServiceNow
6 45 (2.09%) Google
7 37 (1.71%) Oracle
8 33 (1.53%) Rapid7
9 32 (1.48%) Qualys
10 30 (1.39%) Splunk
11 28 (1.30%) Databricks
12 25 (1.16%) SolarWinds
13 24 (1.11%) CheckPoint
13 24 (1.11%) SAP
14 23 (1.07%) Commvault
14 23 (1.07%) Palo Alto
15 22 (1.02%) Salesforce
16 20 (0.93%) Sun
17 18 (0.83%) IBM
17 18 (0.83%) Veeam