Information Security Jobs in Tyne and Wear

Information Security (InfoSec)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear 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 66 80 71
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 -16
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 32 15 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 2.17% 1.65% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 1.70% 2.27%
Number of salaries quoted 22 14 22
10th Percentile £24,600 £19,500 £21,400
25th Percentile £36,250 £26,281 £32,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £48,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.95% +39.29% -40.43%
75th Percentile £82,500 £65,938 £61,375
90th Percentile £84,919 £91,500 £62,500
North East median annual salary £41,536 £47,500 £35,750
% change year-on-year -12.56% +32.87% -31.90%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,261 882 970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 85.61% 97.03% 88.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,058 443 676
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £33,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,772 £75,000 £83,750
North East median annual salary £47,500 £48,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.55% +13.53% -5.56%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Tyne and Wear

Information Security
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in Tyne and Wear.

Salary trend for Information Security in Tyne and Wear

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Tyne and Wear

Information Security
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +10 28 £40,000 -20.00% 8
Sunderland - 2 £37,500 - 1
Information Security
North East

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 3 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (37.50%) Azure
2 10 (31.25%) Entra ID
3 7 (21.88%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (12.50%) AWS
5 3 (9.38%) SaaS
6 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) Firewall
2 6 (18.75%) WAN
3 4 (12.50%) DHCP
3 4 (12.50%) DNS
3 4 (12.50%) SD-WAN
3 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.25%) VoIP
4 2 (6.25%) Wireless
5 1 (3.13%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Big Data
1 1 (3.13%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Selenium
General
1 12 (37.50%) Legal
2 9 (28.13%) Finance
3 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (15.63%) Banking
5 3 (9.38%) Automotive
6 2 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (6.25%) Tech for Good
7 1 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.13%) Games
7 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.13%) Law
7 1 (3.13%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Governance Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Lead
2 6 (18.75%) Security Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Lead Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Lead Security Architect
4 4 (12.50%) Security Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Head of Information
5 3 (9.38%) Head of Information Security
5 3 (9.38%) Head of IT
5 3 (9.38%) Head of Security
5 3 (9.38%) Service Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.25%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) .NET
1 1 (3.13%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.13%) ASP.NET
1 1 (3.13%) CSS
1 1 (3.13%) Entity Framework
1 1 (3.13%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 17 (53.13%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (6.25%) NHS
4 1 (3.13%) Client/Server
4 1 (3.13%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.13%) Online Games
4 1 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.75%) Windows
2 5 (15.63%) Windows Server
3 4 (12.50%) Windows 10
4 3 (9.38%) Android
5 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (28.13%) Coaching
3 7 (21.88%) Cloud Security
4 6 (18.75%) Agile
4 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 6 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 6 (18.75%) SIEM
5 5 (15.63%) Document Management
5 5 (15.63%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (15.63%) Privileged Access Management
5 5 (15.63%) RBAC
5 5 (15.63%) Security Operations
5 5 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (15.63%) Zero Trust
6 4 (12.50%) Application Security
6 4 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 4 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (12.50%) IT Strategy
6 4 (12.50%) Secure Coding
6 4 (12.50%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) PowerShell
2 6 (18.75%) SQL
3 1 (3.13%) C#
3 1 (3.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) CISM
1 6 (18.75%) CISSP
2 5 (15.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (15.63%) CCSP
2 5 (15.63%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 4 (12.50%) Azure Certification
3 4 (12.50%) CCSK
4 1 (3.13%) CISA
4 1 (3.13%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.13%) CRISC
4 1 (3.13%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.13%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) GSEC
4 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.13%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (53.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (43.75%) NIST
3 9 (28.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (15.63%) GDPR
5 3 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (9.38%) GRC
6 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (46.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (15.63%) RACF
3 4 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) CyberArk
3 2 (6.25%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (3.13%) iManage
4 1 (3.13%) Intel