Information Security Jobs in Northern Ireland

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 74 69 68
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 5 27 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.65% 3.23% 3.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 3.38% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 24
10th Percentile - £28,250 £26,438
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £33,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £43,750 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile - £60,200 £99,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 668 798 689
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 86.75% 95.45% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 323 434 343
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £37,250 £32,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £72,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Northern Ireland

Information Security
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Northern Ireland

Information Security
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 10 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
County Antrim +6 5 £42,500 -15.00% 1
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) ICT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft