Information Security Officer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 585 512
Rank change year-on-year +74 -73 +243
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 6 5 20
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.013% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.014% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 17
10th Percentile £41,875 £34,475 £45,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £38,188 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -28.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile £164,375 £54,188 £115,000
90th Percentile £195,000 £57,825 £172,500
UK median annual salary £96,900 £64,250 £70,000
% change year-on-year +50.82% -8.21% -9.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 37,301 36,909 27,134
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.94% 93.75% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 22,520 18,928 20,543
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Information Security Officer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Information Security Officer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Information Security Officer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 December 2025. 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
East of England - 2 £190,000 -
North of England - 2 £56,250 - 2
South East +32 1 £55,000 -5.98% 4
South West - 1 £45,000 -
North East - 1 £70,000 -
North West - 1 £42,500 - 2
Information Security Officer
UK

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Information Security Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
3 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (50.00%) CISA
4 3 (50.00%) CISM
4 3 (50.00%) CISSP
4 3 (50.00%) GDPR
4 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (50.00%) SaaS
5 2 (33.33%) AI
5 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
5 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
5 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
5 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) NIST
5 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (16.67%) Application Security
6 1 (16.67%) AWS
6 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (16.67%) B2B

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Information Security
2 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
4 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (50.00%) Risk Management
5 2 (33.33%) AI
5 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
5 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (33.33%) Data Privacy
5 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (16.67%) OWASP
6 1 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) SIEM
6 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) CISA
1 3 (50.00%) CISM
1 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 2 (33.33%) DBS Check
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) GDPR
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) NCSC
4 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft