Information Security Jobs in the North of England

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 97 100 135
Rank change year-on-year +3 +35 +4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 459 575 493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.43% 3.56% 2.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.00% 3.68% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 377 253 365
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,350
25th Percentile £39,221 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -9.09% +0.64%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,500 £84,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,325 15,604 17,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.27% 96.70% 94.12%
Number of salaries quoted 11,565 7,763 10,660
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,840 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
North West -5 276 £52,084 +4.17% 41
Yorkshire +10 147 £50,000 -4.76% 41
North East +8 36 £41,536 -12.56% 10
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 16 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.18%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.96%) WordPress
4 5 (1.09%) IIS
5 4 (0.87%) CMS
5 4 (0.87%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Confluence
6 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 15 (3.27%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.44%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 101 (22.00%) Azure
2 79 (17.21%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (9.59%) AWS
4 36 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.27%) SaaS
6 12 (2.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 12 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.18%) Power Platform
8 9 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
9 8 (1.74%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.31%) GCP
11 6 (1.31%) PaaS
12 5 (1.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 5 (1.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (1.09%) IaaS
13 4 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (0.87%) AWS CloudTrail
13 4 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 45 (9.80%) Firewall
2 42 (9.15%) WAN
3 31 (6.75%) SD-WAN
4 21 (4.58%) DNS
5 20 (4.36%) Network Security
6 17 (3.70%) TCP/IP
7 11 (2.40%) DKIM
7 11 (2.40%) DMARC
8 10 (2.18%) Internet
9 9 (1.96%) LAN
9 9 (1.96%) Wireshark
10 8 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (1.53%) DHCP
11 7 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (1.53%) MPLS
12 6 (1.31%) Broadband
13 5 (1.09%) Wireless
14 4 (0.87%) BGP
14 4 (0.87%) OSPF
14 4 (0.87%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.31%) Power BI
1 6 (1.31%) Relational Database
1 6 (1.31%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.44%) Metadata
5 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.22%) Big Data
5 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.22%) MySQL
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.87%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.65%) JIRA
2 3 (0.65%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.22%) Selenium
3 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (22.88%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.38%) Finance
3 65 (14.16%) Legal
4 54 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (7.19%) Law
6 28 (6.10%) Banking
7 25 (5.45%) Public Sector
8 23 (5.01%) Military
9 19 (4.14%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (2.18%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.96%) Retail
12 6 (1.31%) Marketing
13 5 (1.09%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.65%) Automotive
14 3 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.44%) Games
15 2 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 109 (23.75%) Analyst
2 63 (13.73%) Lead
3 57 (12.42%) Security Analyst
4 56 (12.20%) Senior
5 50 (10.89%) Architect
6 42 (9.15%) Information Analyst
6 42 (9.15%) Information Security Analyst
7 36 (7.84%) Security Manager
8 35 (7.63%) IT Manager
9 33 (7.19%) Security Architect
9 33 (7.19%) Senior Analyst
10 25 (5.45%) Governance Analyst
10 25 (5.45%) Incident Manager
11 23 (5.01%) Consultant
11 23 (5.01%) Vulnerability Manager
12 21 (4.58%) Security Consultant
13 20 (4.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (4.36%) Lead Architect
13 20 (4.36%) Lead Security Architect
14 19 (4.14%) Information Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.27%) .NET
2 8 (1.74%) React
3 6 (1.31%) CSS
4 5 (1.09%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.09%) HTML
5 4 (0.87%) Web Services
6 3 (0.65%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.44%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.22%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.22%) HTML5
8 1 (0.22%) jQuery
8 1 (0.22%) JSON
8 1 (0.22%) Middleware
8 1 (0.22%) RESTful
8 1 (0.22%) SAML
8 1 (0.22%) SignalR
8 1 (0.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 154 (33.55%) Management Information System
2 28 (6.10%) Data Centre
3 27 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 25 (5.45%) Security Posture
5 24 (5.23%) Cyberattack
6 21 (4.58%) Cyber Threat
7 18 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.83%) Security Operations Centre
9 12 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.53%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.31%) NHS
11 6 (1.31%) PMI
11 6 (1.31%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.87%) Clustering
13 4 (0.87%) Cyber Defence
13 4 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.87%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.87%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (8.06%) Windows
2 22 (4.79%) Windows Server
3 19 (4.14%) Linux
4 11 (2.40%) Android
5 7 (1.53%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.09%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.65%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.65%) Unix
8 2 (0.44%) zOS
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (41.83%) Cybersecurity
2 80 (17.43%) Problem-Solving
3 66 (14.38%) Data Protection
4 65 (14.16%) Incident Response
5 64 (13.94%) Coaching
6 63 (13.73%) Roadmaps
7 62 (13.51%) Security Operations
8 56 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 56 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
9 54 (11.76%) Cloud Security
10 49 (10.68%) Business Continuity
10 49 (10.68%) Risk Management
11 48 (10.46%) Incident Management
11 48 (10.46%) Security Management
12 47 (10.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 45 (9.80%) ISMS
14 44 (9.59%) ITIL
15 42 (9.15%) Information Security Management
16 41 (8.93%) Project Management
17 38 (8.28%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 56 (12.20%) PowerShell
2 38 (8.28%) SQL
3 33 (7.19%) Python
4 9 (1.96%) Bash
4 9 (1.96%) JavaScript
5 6 (1.31%) T-SQL
6 4 (0.87%) C#
6 4 (0.87%) Java
7 2 (0.44%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 92 (20.04%) CISM
2 89 (19.39%) CISSP
3 62 (13.51%) Degree
4 38 (8.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 38 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
5 33 (7.19%) CCSP
6 32 (6.97%) AWS Certification
6 32 (6.97%) CISA
7 30 (6.54%) Security Cleared
8 27 (5.88%) Azure Certification
9 26 (5.66%) CCSK
10 25 (5.45%) CRISC
11 24 (5.23%) SC Cleared
12 11 (2.40%) CEH
13 9 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 9 (1.96%) OSCP
14 8 (1.74%) Master's Degree
15 7 (1.53%) CompTIA Security+
15 7 (1.53%) SSCP
16 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (34.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (20.48%) NIST
3 91 (19.83%) Cyber Essentials
4 57 (12.42%) GDPR
5 39 (8.50%) GRC
6 36 (7.84%) PCI DSS
7 33 (7.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 21 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 17 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 16 (3.49%) SLA
11 12 (2.61%) NCSC
12 9 (1.96%) ISO 9001
13 8 (1.74%) NIST 800
14 7 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (1.09%) COBIT
15 5 (1.09%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.87%) Data Quality
16 4 (0.87%) ISO 14001
16 4 (0.87%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.87%) QA
System Software
1 49 (10.68%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.88%) Docker
3 24 (5.23%) RACF
4 12 (2.61%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.74%) Hyper-V
5 8 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) DFS Replication
6 1 (0.22%) Lustre
6 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.22%) Snort
Systems Management
1 31 (6.75%) Kubernetes
1 31 (6.75%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (1.96%) CASB
3 9 (1.96%) Nmap
4 5 (1.09%) Nessus
4 5 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.87%) WSUS
6 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.22%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.22%) Icinga
7 1 (0.22%) Kibana
7 1 (0.22%) logstash
7 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 142 (30.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.23%) CyberArk
3 21 (4.58%) VMware
4 11 (2.40%) Rapid7
5 10 (2.18%) Qualys
6 9 (1.96%) Cisco
6 9 (1.96%) Databricks
7 8 (1.74%) Splunk
7 8 (1.74%) Veeam
8 6 (1.31%) Thycotic
9 5 (1.09%) Citrix
10 4 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (0.87%) Dell
10 4 (0.87%) Remedy
11 3 (0.65%) IBM
11 3 (0.65%) OneTrust
11 3 (0.65%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.65%) SAP
12 1 (0.22%) Intel
12 1 (0.22%) Oracle