Information Security Jobs in West Yorkshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 69 97 144
Rank change year-on-year +28 +47 -48
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 97 150 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 3.16% 3.07% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.77% 3.13% 2.00%
Number of salaries quoted 91 74 67
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £59,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.24% +7.73% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £75,000 £66,298
90th Percentile £87,500 £97,391 £93,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,575 4,796 4,611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 83.96% 98.16% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,857 2,253 3,071
10th Percentile £28,000 £34,262 £30,875
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,978 £86,393 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £50,979
% change year-on-year -8.90% +7.66% +7.32%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in West Yorkshire

Information Security
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Leeds +29 73 £52,500 -4.55% 23
Huddersfield +30 9 £32,500 -
Bradford +19 7 £56,500 -13.08% 1
Halifax +65 3 £49,000 -62.54%
Information Security
Yorkshire

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 9 (9.28%) WordPress
2 1 (1.03%) Confluence
2 1 (1.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.06%) SAP GRC
1 2 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (31.96%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (13.40%) Azure
3 8 (8.25%) Microsoft Purview
4 7 (7.22%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (5.15%) AWS
7 4 (4.12%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.06%) SaaS
9 1 (1.03%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (1.03%) IaaS
9 1 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.22%) Firewall
1 7 (7.22%) Network Security
1 7 (7.22%) WAN
2 6 (6.19%) LAN
2 6 (6.19%) TCP/IP
2 6 (6.19%) Wireshark
3 3 (3.09%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.03%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.03%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Metadata
2 1 (1.03%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.03%) MySQL
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 35 (36.08%) Social Skills
2 24 (24.74%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (16.49%) Legal
4 15 (15.46%) Finance
5 12 (12.37%) Public Sector
6 9 (9.28%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (8.25%) Banking
8 7 (7.22%) Law
9 2 (2.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (21.65%) Analyst
2 16 (16.49%) Consultant
2 16 (16.49%) Security Consultant
3 15 (15.46%) IT Manager
4 14 (14.43%) Information Security Consultant
5 10 (10.31%) Architect
5 10 (10.31%) Security Analyst
6 9 (9.28%) Data Architect
7 8 (8.25%) Information Analyst
7 8 (8.25%) Information Security Analyst
7 8 (8.25%) IT Assistant
8 7 (7.22%) Lead
8 7 (7.22%) Senior
9 6 (6.19%) Information Security Engineer
9 6 (6.19%) Security Engineer
9 6 (6.19%) Team Leader
10 5 (5.15%) IT Analyst
10 5 (5.15%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (4.12%) Governance Analyst
12 3 (3.09%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) JSON
1 1 (1.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 31 (31.96%) Management Information System
2 10 (10.31%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (9.28%) Data Centre
4 8 (8.25%) Cyberattack
4 8 (8.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 6 (6.19%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (5.15%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (3.09%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.22%) Windows
2 6 (6.19%) Android
2 6 (6.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.03%) Linux
3 1 (1.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (44.33%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (34.02%) Problem-Solving
3 25 (25.77%) Disaster Recovery
4 23 (23.71%) Roadmaps
4 23 (23.71%) Security Operations
5 20 (20.62%) Data Governance
6 18 (18.56%) Vulnerability Management
7 16 (16.49%) Data Protection
7 16 (16.49%) Incident Response
7 16 (16.49%) Information Security Management
7 16 (16.49%) Security Management
8 14 (14.43%) Business Continuity
8 14 (14.43%) SIEM
9 13 (13.40%) Information Management
9 13 (13.40%) Threat Intelligence
10 12 (12.37%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 12 (12.37%) Identity Access Management
10 12 (12.37%) People Management
10 12 (12.37%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 11 (11.34%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.37%) PowerShell
2 7 (7.22%) Python
3 6 (6.19%) SQL
4 1 (1.03%) Bash
4 1 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (7.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 7 (7.22%) CCSP
1 7 (7.22%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (7.22%) CISSP
2 6 (6.19%) CEH
2 6 (6.19%) SANS
2 6 (6.19%) SSCP
3 2 (2.06%) CISA
3 2 (2.06%) CRISC
3 2 (2.06%) Degree
3 2 (2.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (1.03%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.03%) CCSK
4 1 (1.03%) CISM
4 1 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (32.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (26.80%) GDPR
3 20 (20.62%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (15.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 14 (14.43%) PCI DSS
6 13 (13.40%) NIST
7 11 (11.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (10.31%) GRC
9 5 (5.15%) COBIT
10 4 (4.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (2.06%) Data Quality
11 2 (2.06%) NCSC
12 1 (1.03%) SLA
12 1 (1.03%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (6.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.12%) RACF
3 1 (1.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (6.19%) Nmap
2 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (41.24%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.25%) Splunk
3 6 (6.19%) Qualys
3 6 (6.19%) Rapid7
3 6 (6.19%) Thycotic
4 4 (4.12%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.06%) SAP
6 1 (1.03%) Oracle
6 1 (1.03%) Xero
6 1 (1.03%) Zoho