Information Security Jobs in the North West

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 88 83 97
Rank change year-on-year -5 +14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 276 311 326
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 2.59% 4.21% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.20% 4.41% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 222 118 239
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -9.09% +0.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £76,875
90th Percentile £76,250 £83,250 £89,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,616 7,048 9,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.75% 95.36% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,399 3,818 5,301
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North West

Information Security
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester -20 137 £60,000 +9.09% 33
Lancashire +14 50 £52,084 +22.07% 2
Cheshire +10 41 £40,000 -56.76% 3
Merseyside -2 39 £47,000 -5.05% 2
Cumbria -12 8 £70,000 - 2
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (3.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.26%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.45%) CMS
3 4 (1.45%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.36%) Apache
4 1 (0.36%) IIS
4 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.36%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (3.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 61 (22.10%) Azure
2 30 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (9.78%) AWS
4 14 (5.07%) Entra ID
5 12 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (3.26%) Power Platform
7 7 (2.54%) SaaS
8 6 (2.17%) GCP
9 5 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (1.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 4 (1.45%) AWS CloudTrail
10 4 (1.45%) OneDrive
11 3 (1.09%) PaaS
11 3 (1.09%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.72%) IaaS
13 1 (0.36%) GitHub
13 1 (0.36%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 25 (9.06%) Firewall
2 16 (5.80%) SD-WAN
2 16 (5.80%) WAN
3 14 (5.07%) DNS
4 11 (3.99%) DKIM
4 11 (3.99%) DMARC
5 10 (3.62%) Network Security
6 9 (3.26%) Internet
7 6 (2.17%) Broadband
7 6 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.45%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.45%) Skype
9 3 (1.09%) MPLS
9 3 (1.09%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.09%) Wireless
9 3 (1.09%) Wireshark
10 2 (0.72%) DHCP
10 2 (0.72%) SAN
11 1 (0.36%) HTTP
11 1 (0.36%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.17%) Power BI
2 2 (0.72%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (1.45%) Burp Suite
2 3 (1.09%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.72%) JIRA
4 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (17.03%) Social Skills
2 34 (12.32%) Finance
3 28 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (10.14%) Legal
4 25 (9.06%) Law
5 23 (8.33%) Military
6 13 (4.71%) Public Sector
7 10 (3.62%) Banking
8 9 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (3.26%) Retail
8 9 (3.26%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.81%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.72%) Local Government
11 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.36%) Games
12 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 65 (23.55%) Analyst
2 43 (15.58%) Lead
3 39 (14.13%) Security Analyst
4 36 (13.04%) Senior
5 33 (11.96%) Information Analyst
5 33 (11.96%) Information Security Analyst
5 33 (11.96%) Security Manager
6 30 (10.87%) Architect
7 23 (8.33%) Incident Manager
7 23 (8.33%) Vulnerability Manager
8 22 (7.97%) Security Architect
9 18 (6.52%) Senior Analyst
10 17 (6.16%) Information Manager
10 17 (6.16%) Information Security Manager
11 14 (5.07%) Senior Architect
12 13 (4.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 12 (4.35%) IT Manager
14 11 (3.99%) Security Specialist
15 10 (3.62%) Governance Analyst
15 10 (3.62%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.62%) .NET
2 8 (2.90%) React
3 5 (1.81%) CSS
3 5 (1.81%) HTML
4 2 (0.72%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.72%) Web Services
5 1 (0.36%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.36%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.36%) HTML5
5 1 (0.36%) jQuery
5 1 (0.36%) SAML
5 1 (0.36%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 87 (31.52%) Management Information System
2 21 (7.61%) Security Posture
3 16 (5.80%) Cyberattack
3 16 (5.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 16 (5.80%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (5.43%) Data Centre
5 12 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
6 7 (2.54%) Operational Technology
7 6 (2.17%) PMI
7 6 (2.17%) Video Conferencing
8 5 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.45%) NHS
9 4 (1.45%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.09%) IoT
10 3 (1.09%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.72%) Anti-Spyware
11 2 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (7.61%) Windows
2 16 (5.80%) Linux
3 15 (5.43%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.09%) Kali Linux
4 3 (1.09%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) Android
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (44.57%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (16.30%) Incident Response
3 43 (15.58%) Data Protection
4 41 (14.86%) Coaching
5 39 (14.13%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (13.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (13.77%) Vulnerability Management
7 37 (13.41%) Incident Management
7 37 (13.41%) ITIL
8 34 (12.32%) Cloud Security
9 33 (11.96%) Risk Management
10 32 (11.59%) Vulnerability Remediation
11 31 (11.23%) ISMS
12 29 (10.51%) Risk Assessment
12 29 (10.51%) Roadmaps
13 28 (10.14%) Security Operations
14 27 (9.78%) Project Management
15 25 (9.06%) Business Continuity
16 24 (8.70%) Security Architecture
17 23 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.70%) Python
2 22 (7.97%) PowerShell
3 17 (6.16%) SQL
4 8 (2.90%) JavaScript
5 7 (2.54%) Bash
6 4 (1.45%) Java
7 2 (0.72%) C#
8 1 (0.36%) C++
8 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (28.62%) CISM
2 70 (25.36%) CISSP
3 54 (19.57%) Degree
4 25 (9.06%) CISA
4 25 (9.06%) Security Cleared
5 21 (7.61%) AWS Certification
5 21 (7.61%) SC Cleared
6 20 (7.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 20 (7.25%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (7.25%) CRISC
7 16 (5.80%) Azure Certification
8 15 (5.43%) CCSK
8 15 (5.43%) CCSP
9 9 (3.26%) OSCP
10 6 (2.17%) CompTIA Security+
10 6 (2.17%) PCI QSA
10 6 (2.17%) PMI Certification
11 5 (1.81%) CEH
11 5 (1.81%) CREST Certified
11 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (36.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (21.38%) NIST
3 56 (20.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 25 (9.06%) GDPR
4 25 (9.06%) GRC
5 23 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 21 (7.61%) PCI DSS
7 14 (5.07%) SLA
8 10 (3.62%) NCSC
9 8 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 7 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 7 (2.54%) NIST 800
11 5 (1.81%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.45%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.45%) TickIT
13 3 (1.09%) ITGC
13 3 (1.09%) QA
14 2 (0.72%) Def Stans
14 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
14 2 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (6.16%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.80%) Docker
3 10 (3.62%) RACF
3 10 (3.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) DFS Replication
5 1 (0.36%) Lustre
5 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.36%) Snort
Systems Management
1 16 (5.80%) Kubernetes
1 16 (5.80%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (3.26%) CASB
3 5 (1.81%) Nessus
3 5 (1.81%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.09%) Nmap
5 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.36%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.36%) Icinga
6 1 (0.36%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 63 (22.83%) Microsoft
2 14 (5.07%) VMware
3 10 (3.62%) CyberArk
4 9 (3.26%) Cisco
4 9 (3.26%) Databricks
5 6 (2.17%) Veeam
6 5 (1.81%) Rapid7
7 4 (1.45%) Citrix
7 4 (1.45%) Dell
7 4 (1.45%) Qualys
8 3 (1.09%) OneTrust
8 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.72%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.72%) IBM
10 1 (0.36%) Aderant
10 1 (0.36%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.36%) Informatica
10 1 (0.36%) Progress
10 1 (0.36%) SAP
10 1 (0.36%) SolarWinds