Information Security Jobs in the South West

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 120 107 114
Rank change year-on-year -13 +7 +33
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 202 184 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.95% 2.83% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.99% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 143 143 140
10th Percentile £31,800 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,650 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -8.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £67,625 £75,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £107,500 £85,977 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,314 6,144 8,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 80.15% 94.60% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,890 3,499 5,021
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,186 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,700 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the South West

Information Security
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the South West

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the South West over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the South West

Information Security
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Bristol +33 101 £60,202 +20.40% 18
Wiltshire -21 42 £34,250 -51.07% 3
Dorset -12 17 £45,000 +11.80% 5
Devon -21 15 £55,000 +24.17% 3
Gloucestershire -44 13 £46,000 -34.29% 13
Somerset -7 8 £62,500 +25.00% 6
Cornwall - 6 £45,000 - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 12 (5.94%) IIS
2 8 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.98%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (5.45%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (1.98%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.85%) Azure
2 27 (13.37%) AWS
3 13 (6.44%) Entra ID
4 10 (4.95%) SaaS
5 9 (4.46%) GCP
6 5 (2.48%) IaaS
6 5 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.98%) WhatsApp
8 3 (1.49%) OneDrive
8 3 (1.49%) PaaS
9 2 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.99%) OCI
9 2 (0.99%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.50%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.50%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.90%) Network Security
2 15 (7.43%) Cisco IPT
3 7 (3.47%) Firewall
4 2 (0.99%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.99%) VPN
5 1 (0.50%) DHCP
5 1 (0.50%) DNS
5 1 (0.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.50%) LAN
5 1 (0.50%) VoIP
5 1 (0.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (5.45%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.95%) Relational Database
3 6 (2.97%) MySQL
4 5 (2.48%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.98%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.99%) Big Data
7 1 (0.50%) Power BI
7 1 (0.50%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Oracle Forms
2 4 (1.98%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 4 (1.98%) Toad
General
1 60 (29.70%) Social Skills
2 45 (22.28%) Analytical Skills
3 41 (20.30%) Finance
4 39 (19.31%) Military
5 28 (13.86%) Retail
6 12 (5.94%) Aerospace
6 12 (5.94%) Banking
6 12 (5.94%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.95%) Aviation
8 9 (4.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.46%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.97%) Legal
10 3 (1.49%) Law
10 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.99%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.99%) Publishing
11 2 (0.99%) Welsh Language
12 1 (0.50%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 45 (22.28%) Analyst
2 42 (20.79%) Senior
3 40 (19.80%) Consultant
4 39 (19.31%) Security Consultant
5 26 (12.87%) Senior Analyst
6 23 (11.39%) Security Analyst
7 20 (9.90%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 16 (7.92%) IT Support
9 15 (7.43%) IT Support Technician
9 15 (7.43%) IT Technician
9 15 (7.43%) Lead
9 15 (7.43%) Support Technician
10 14 (6.93%) Security Officer
11 13 (6.44%) IT Analyst
11 13 (6.44%) IT Security Analyst
12 12 (5.94%) Cyber Defence Consultant
12 12 (5.94%) Senior Consultant
12 12 (5.94%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
12 12 (5.94%) Senior Security Consultant
13 10 (4.95%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.46%) ModSecurity
2 6 (2.97%) AngularJS
2 6 (2.97%) CSS
2 6 (2.97%) HTML
2 6 (2.97%) React
2 6 (2.97%) Symfony
3 3 (1.49%) Middleware
4 1 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.50%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 73 (36.14%) Management Information System
2 30 (14.85%) Security Operations Centre
3 21 (10.40%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (7.92%) Data Protection Act
5 15 (7.43%) Driving Licence
6 13 (6.44%) CESG
7 9 (4.46%) Data Centre
7 9 (4.46%) PMI
8 6 (2.97%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.97%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (1.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.49%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (1.49%) Mainframe
10 2 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (0.99%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.99%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.50%) CCTV
11 1 (0.50%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 27 (13.37%) Windows
2 17 (8.42%) Windows 10
3 9 (4.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.97%) Linux
5 3 (1.49%) zOS
6 2 (0.99%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (46.04%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (20.79%) Risk Management
3 37 (18.32%) Agile
3 37 (18.32%) Security Operations
4 36 (17.82%) Problem-Solving
5 33 (16.34%) SIEM
6 30 (14.85%) Coaching
6 30 (14.85%) Mentoring
7 26 (12.87%) Cloud Security
7 26 (12.87%) Data Protection
8 25 (12.38%) Security Architecture
9 24 (11.88%) Configuration Management
10 21 (10.40%) ISMS
10 21 (10.40%) ITIL
11 20 (9.90%) Service Management
12 19 (9.41%) Programme Management
12 19 (9.41%) Project Management
13 18 (8.91%) Change Management
13 18 (8.91%) ITSM
13 18 (8.91%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (7.92%) SQL
2 7 (3.47%) PowerShell
3 6 (2.97%) PHP
3 6 (2.97%) TypeScript
4 4 (1.98%) Bash
4 4 (1.98%) Java
4 4 (1.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 85 (42.08%) Security Cleared
2 46 (22.77%) CISSP
3 44 (21.78%) SC Cleared
4 37 (18.32%) Degree
5 30 (14.85%) DV Cleared
6 26 (12.87%) CISM
7 15 (7.43%) A+ Certification
8 14 (6.93%) CISA
9 13 (6.44%) CISMP
10 12 (5.94%) IISP
11 10 (4.95%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (4.95%) CompTIA CySA+
11 10 (4.95%) Master's Degree
12 9 (4.46%) Azure Certification
12 9 (4.46%) CEH
12 9 (4.46%) PMI Certification
13 8 (3.96%) CESG Certified Professional
14 6 (2.97%) AWS Certification
14 6 (2.97%) CCSK
14 6 (2.97%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (32.67%) NIST
2 51 (25.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 32 (15.84%) NIST 800
4 24 (11.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 22 (10.89%) PCI DSS
6 20 (9.90%) GDPR
7 18 (8.91%) RMADS
8 17 (8.42%) JSP 440
9 15 (7.43%) NCSC
10 14 (6.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 12 (5.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (3.96%) SLA
13 6 (2.97%) GRC
14 4 (1.98%) Data Quality
14 4 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 2 (0.99%) HIPAA
15 2 (0.99%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (14.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.97%) Docker
4 5 (2.48%) RACF
5 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.45%) CASB
2 7 (3.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.99%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.50%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.50%) PingFederate
5 1 (0.50%) SCCM
5 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 58 (28.71%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.94%) Oracle
3 10 (4.95%) Cisco
4 7 (3.47%) Google
4 7 (3.47%) HP
4 7 (3.47%) VMware
5 5 (2.48%) CyberArk
5 5 (2.48%) Red Hat
6 4 (1.98%) Civica
6 4 (1.98%) NEC
7 3 (1.49%) IBM
7 3 (1.49%) SolarWinds
8 2 (0.99%) Canon
8 2 (0.99%) Citrix
8 2 (0.99%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.50%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.50%) CA
9 1 (0.50%) Okta
9 1 (0.50%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.50%) Tanium