Information Security Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security (InfoSec)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 141 115 113
Rank change year-on-year -26 -2 0
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 1,495 1,723 2,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.97% 3.05% 3.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 3.19% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,117 981 1,320
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £68,250 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,202 53,975 69,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.87% 95.46% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,597 28,532 41,279
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Information Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the UK excluding London

Information Security
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 within the UK excluding London 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 of England +3 459 £52,084 +4.17% 93
South East -32 342 £59,250 +2.16% 97
North West -5 276 £52,084 +4.17% 41
Midlands -28 264 £54,650 -8.92% 88
South West -15 194 £50,000 -9.09% 47
West Midlands -36 184 £55,000 -4.35% 52
Yorkshire +10 147 £50,000 -4.76% 42
East of England -23 107 £57,500 -3.36% 32
Scotland -58 95 £49,995 -23.96% 26
East Midlands +24 79 £52,500 -22.22% 36
North East +8 36 £41,536 -12.56% 10
Wales +10 24 £62,500 +35.87% 6
Northern Ireland 0 5 £42,500 -3.41% 3
Isle of Man -15 4 £46,500 +3.33% 1
Channel Islands - 1 £100,000 -
Information Security
UK

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 53 (3.55%) SharePoint
2 35 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (1.27%) IIS
4 11 (0.74%) WordPress
5 9 (0.60%) CMS
6 7 (0.47%) Skype for Business
7 6 (0.40%) Confluence
7 6 (0.40%) nginx
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
9 3 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.13%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.067%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.067%) Drupal
11 1 (0.067%) IBM Domino
11 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.067%) WebSphere
Applications
1 46 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (0.74%) Dynamics NAV
1 11 (0.74%) Endur
2 4 (0.27%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.27%) SAP GRC
3 3 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.13%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.067%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.067%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 325 (21.74%) Azure
2 181 (12.11%) Microsoft 365
3 146 (9.77%) AWS
4 103 (6.89%) Entra ID
5 66 (4.41%) Power Platform
6 53 (3.55%) SaaS
7 40 (2.68%) GCP
8 33 (2.21%) IaaS
9 32 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (2.14%) Serverless
10 30 (2.01%) PaaS
11 28 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
12 21 (1.40%) Snowflake
13 18 (1.20%) Matillion
13 18 (1.20%) OneDrive
14 15 (1.00%) PowerApps
15 13 (0.87%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.87%) Power Automate
16 11 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
17 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 152 (10.17%) Firewall
2 96 (6.42%) Network Security
3 75 (5.02%) DNS
4 72 (4.82%) WAN
5 46 (3.08%) SD-WAN
6 37 (2.47%) TCP/IP
7 31 (2.07%) DKIM
7 31 (2.07%) DMARC
7 31 (2.07%) LAN
8 29 (1.94%) VPN
9 28 (1.87%) Internet
10 23 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
10 23 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (1.54%) Wireless
11 22 (1.47%) DHCP
12 19 (1.27%) SAN
13 15 (1.00%) Cisco IPT
13 15 (1.00%) OSPF
14 14 (0.94%) Wireshark
15 12 (0.80%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.88%) Power BI
2 41 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.40%) Metadata
4 21 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 20 (1.34%) Data Lake
6 13 (0.87%) MySQL
7 11 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (0.54%) Big Data
9 7 (0.47%) SAP BW
10 6 (0.40%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.33%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.27%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.27%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.27%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.20%) Amazon Athena
13 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 3 (0.20%) Tableau
14 1 (0.067%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (0.87%) Git
2 11 (0.74%) JIRA
3 5 (0.33%) MSTest
3 5 (0.33%) webpack
4 4 (0.27%) Burp Suite
4 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.27%) Toad
5 3 (0.20%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.13%) GDB
6 2 (0.13%) GitLab
7 1 (0.067%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.067%) MSI
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.067%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.067%) Selenium
7 1 (0.067%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.067%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.067%) Subversion
General
1 411 (27.49%) Social Skills
2 316 (21.14%) Finance
3 224 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
4 191 (12.78%) Legal
5 79 (5.28%) Retail
6 77 (5.15%) Military
7 73 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
8 72 (4.82%) Public Sector
9 68 (4.55%) Law
10 63 (4.21%) Banking
11 57 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 38 (2.54%) Telecoms
13 37 (2.47%) Aerospace
14 22 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.40%) Marketing
16 18 (1.20%) Manufacturing
17 16 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (1.00%) Automotive
19 14 (0.94%) Aviation
19 14 (0.94%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 344 (23.01%) Analyst
2 190 (12.71%) Senior
3 187 (12.51%) Security Analyst
4 145 (9.70%) Lead
5 122 (8.16%) Architect
6 120 (8.03%) Information Analyst
7 118 (7.89%) Information Security Analyst
7 118 (7.89%) Security Manager
8 109 (7.29%) Senior Analyst
9 96 (6.42%) Consultant
10 82 (5.48%) IT Manager
11 80 (5.35%) Security Consultant
12 74 (4.95%) Security Architect
13 63 (4.21%) Information Manager
14 60 (4.01%) Information Security Manager
15 46 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 45 (3.01%) Governance Analyst
17 42 (2.81%) Developer
18 38 (2.54%) Security Specialist
19 36 (2.41%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.74%) .NET
2 29 (1.94%) HTML
3 28 (1.87%) CSS
4 20 (1.34%) React
5 13 (0.87%) ASP.NET
6 11 (0.74%) .NET Framework
6 11 (0.74%) Middleware
7 9 (0.60%) Entity Framework
7 9 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
7 9 (0.60%) ModSecurity
8 8 (0.54%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (0.47%) .NET Core
9 7 (0.47%) ADO
9 7 (0.47%) AngularJS
9 7 (0.47%) XML
10 6 (0.40%) HTML5
10 6 (0.40%) jQuery
10 6 (0.40%) JSON
10 6 (0.40%) Laravel
10 6 (0.40%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 426 (28.49%) Management Information System
2 80 (5.35%) Data Centre
3 69 (4.62%) Security Posture
4 59 (3.95%) Security Operations Centre
5 57 (3.81%) Cyberattack
6 47 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
7 46 (3.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 44 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
9 40 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
10 39 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
11 37 (2.47%) PMI
12 27 (1.81%) Driving Licence
12 27 (1.81%) Operational Technology
13 21 (1.40%) Data Structures
14 20 (1.34%) NHS
14 20 (1.34%) Onboarding
14 20 (1.34%) Product Ownership
15 16 (1.07%) Cloud Native
16 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
17 14 (0.94%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 155 (10.37%) Windows
2 80 (5.35%) Linux
3 57 (3.81%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.94%) Windows 10
5 28 (1.87%) Unix
6 19 (1.27%) Android
7 17 (1.14%) Apple iOS
8 16 (1.07%) Mac OS X
9 10 (0.67%) Solaris
10 9 (0.60%) zOS
11 8 (0.54%) Ubuntu
12 7 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 7 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
14 4 (0.27%) VMS
15 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
15 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
16 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (37.53%) Cybersecurity
2 249 (16.66%) Risk Management
3 234 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
4 208 (13.91%) Data Protection
5 193 (12.91%) Security Operations
6 192 (12.84%) Agile
7 188 (12.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 172 (11.51%) Project Management
9 163 (10.90%) Incident Response
10 156 (10.43%) Coaching
11 150 (10.03%) Security Management
12 149 (9.97%) Cloud Security
13 137 (9.16%) ITIL
14 136 (9.10%) Mentoring
14 136 (9.10%) Vulnerability Management
15 135 (9.03%) SIEM
16 133 (8.90%) Roadmaps
17 115 (7.69%) Information Security Management
18 112 (7.49%) Incident Management
19 109 (7.29%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 128 (8.56%) SQL
2 100 (6.69%) PowerShell
3 57 (3.81%) Python
4 27 (1.81%) T-SQL
5 25 (1.67%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.54%) C#
7 16 (1.07%) TypeScript
8 14 (0.94%) Bash
9 13 (0.87%) Java
9 13 (0.87%) PHP
10 3 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.20%) VB
11 2 (0.13%) AWK
11 2 (0.13%) C++
11 2 (0.13%) Korn
11 2 (0.13%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.067%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.067%) Bourne shell
12 1 (0.067%) Perl
12 1 (0.067%) VC++
Qualifications
1 264 (17.66%) CISSP
2 242 (16.19%) Degree
3 218 (14.58%) CISM
4 169 (11.30%) Security Cleared
5 89 (5.95%) CISA
5 89 (5.95%) Cisco Certification
6 87 (5.82%) SC Cleared
7 72 (4.82%) Azure Certification
8 63 (4.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 59 (3.95%) CCSP
10 57 (3.81%) AWS Certification
11 51 (3.41%) CRISC
12 46 (3.08%) DV Cleared
13 41 (2.74%) CCSK
14 40 (2.68%) PMI Certification
15 30 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
16 29 (1.94%) CEH
16 29 (1.94%) Master's Degree
17 25 (1.67%) OSCP
18 24 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 425 (28.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 281 (18.80%) NIST
3 204 (13.65%) GDPR
4 171 (11.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 106 (7.09%) PCI DSS
6 103 (6.89%) GRC
7 60 (4.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 60 (4.01%) NIST 800
8 58 (3.88%) NCSC
9 36 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 36 (2.41%) SLA
10 30 (2.01%) ISO 9001
11 28 (1.87%) QA
12 24 (1.61%) JSP 440
12 24 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 23 (1.54%) COBIT
13 23 (1.54%) RMADS
14 18 (1.20%) SOC 2
15 17 (1.14%) Data Quality
15 17 (1.14%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 145 (9.70%) Active Directory
2 44 (2.94%) RACF
3 40 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (2.47%) Docker
5 29 (1.94%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.33%) vSphere
8 4 (0.27%) pfSense
9 3 (0.20%) Firmware
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.13%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.067%) DFS Replication
11 1 (0.067%) Lustre
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.067%) Snort
11 1 (0.067%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 55 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
3 36 (2.41%) CASB
4 27 (1.81%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.94%) Nessus
6 12 (0.80%) Terraform
6 12 (0.80%) WSUS
7 11 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 10 (0.67%) Ansible
9 9 (0.60%) Nmap
9 9 (0.60%) SCCM
10 7 (0.47%) Puppet
11 5 (0.33%) CSIRT
11 5 (0.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.27%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 4 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
13 3 (0.20%) EMC NetWorker
13 3 (0.20%) QRadar
14 2 (0.13%) DatAdvantage
14 2 (0.13%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 388 (25.95%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.01%) Cisco
2 60 (4.01%) VMware
3 47 (3.14%) CyberArk
4 33 (2.21%) Dell
5 27 (1.81%) Databricks
6 25 (1.67%) Oracle
7 21 (1.40%) Veeam
8 19 (1.27%) Qualys
8 19 (1.27%) Rapid7
9 18 (1.20%) Palo Alto
10 16 (1.07%) SAP
11 15 (1.00%) Salesforce
12 14 (0.94%) Google
13 13 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 13 (0.87%) HP
14 12 (0.80%) Blue Coat
14 12 (0.80%) Infoblox
14 12 (0.80%) Juniper
14 12 (0.80%) Riverbed