Information Security Jobs in the South East

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 143 111 116
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 -31
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 342 390 635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.92% 2.84% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 3.01% 3.25%
Number of salaries quoted 220 273 377
10th Percentile £36,125 £31,250 £34,400
25th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.16% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £88,750 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,794 12,976 19,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 83.07% 94.36% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 10,162 7,675 11,832
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,396 £85,000 £82,500
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 East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the South East over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Job Locations in the South East

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 East 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
Thames Valley +28 147 £50,000 -28.57% 30
Hampshire -36 88 £60,000 -7.69% 21
Berkshire +16 83 £60,000 -14.29% 14
Surrey -21 53 £71,250 +18.75% 17
Oxfordshire +33 42 £47,500 -38.71% 13
Buckinghamshire -11 22 £50,000 -9.09% 3
Kent -54 18 £57,500 +25.68% 10
West Sussex +16 17 £67,500 +28.57% 6
East Sussex +15 13 £55,000 +29.41% 6
Sussex -26 3 £68,750 -1.79%
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.46%) Confluence
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (2.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (2.05%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.58%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.58%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 86 (25.15%) Azure
2 44 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (10.53%) AWS
4 32 (9.36%) Power Platform
5 21 (6.14%) Snowflake
6 18 (5.26%) Matillion
7 17 (4.97%) Serverless
8 13 (3.80%) Entra ID
9 10 (2.92%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (2.92%) Cloud Computing
10 8 (2.34%) GCP
11 7 (2.05%) OneDrive
12 5 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.46%) IaaS
13 4 (1.17%) Azure Storage
13 4 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.88%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
14 3 (0.88%) SaaS
14 3 (0.88%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.82%) Firewall
2 26 (7.60%) Network Security
3 20 (5.85%) DNS
3 20 (5.85%) WAN
4 19 (5.56%) LAN
5 14 (4.09%) Wireless
6 13 (3.80%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.22%) OSPF
7 11 (3.22%) VPN
8 10 (2.92%) DKIM
8 10 (2.92%) DMARC
8 10 (2.92%) Intrusion Detection
8 10 (2.92%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (2.34%) BGP
9 8 (2.34%) Internet
9 8 (2.34%) SAN
9 8 (2.34%) SSL
10 7 (2.05%) HTTP
11 6 (1.75%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.46%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.48%) Power BI
2 19 (5.56%) Data Lake
3 18 (5.26%) Metadata
4 10 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (2.05%) SAP BW
6 6 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.46%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.46%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.88%) Big Data
10 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.58%) GDB
1 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.29%) Git
2 1 (0.29%) MSI
2 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 108 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.47%) Finance
3 55 (16.08%) Legal
4 54 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.39%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.09%) Retail
8 11 (3.22%) Law
9 9 (2.63%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.34%) Billing
10 8 (2.34%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.05%) Banking
11 7 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.75%) Marketing
13 4 (1.17%) Advertising
13 4 (1.17%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.17%) Wearables
14 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (21.93%) Analyst
2 49 (14.33%) Security Analyst
3 41 (11.99%) Senior
4 39 (11.40%) Architect
5 37 (10.82%) Information Analyst
5 37 (10.82%) Information Security Analyst
6 30 (8.77%) Security Manager
7 28 (8.19%) Lead
8 20 (5.85%) Security Architect
9 19 (5.56%) Senior Analyst
10 18 (5.26%) Data Architect
11 15 (4.39%) Consultant
11 15 (4.39%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 15 (4.39%) Data Protection Officer
11 15 (4.39%) Infrastructure Manager
12 14 (4.09%) Security Consultant
13 12 (3.51%) Information Architect
13 12 (3.51%) Information Security Architect
14 10 (2.92%) Administrator
14 10 (2.92%) Enterprise Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.05%) ADO
2 2 (0.58%) .NET
2 2 (0.58%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.29%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.29%) CSS
3 1 (0.29%) HTML
3 1 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 77 (22.51%) Management Information System
2 23 (6.73%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.56%) Data Structures
4 18 (5.26%) PMI
5 16 (4.68%) Security Posture
6 15 (4.39%) Algorithms
6 15 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (4.09%) Operational Technology
7 14 (4.09%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.51%) Cyberattack
9 10 (2.92%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (2.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 8 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (2.05%) Security Operations Centre
12 6 (1.75%) Cloud Native
12 6 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.75%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.46%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.85%) Windows
2 19 (5.56%) Linux
3 14 (4.09%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.05%) Android
4 7 (2.05%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.29%) Solaris
5 1 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (25.73%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (19.30%) Risk Management
3 61 (17.84%) Continuous Improvement
4 48 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (14.04%) Security Management
5 45 (13.16%) Mentoring
6 38 (11.11%) Data Protection
7 37 (10.82%) Agile
8 36 (10.53%) Information Security Management
9 35 (10.23%) Data Management
10 31 (9.06%) Analytics
10 31 (9.06%) Data Analysis
10 31 (9.06%) ETL
10 31 (9.06%) SIEM
11 30 (8.77%) Computer Science
11 30 (8.77%) DevOps
11 30 (8.77%) Project Management
12 29 (8.48%) Incident Response
12 29 (8.48%) Security Operations
12 29 (8.48%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.43%) SQL
2 18 (5.26%) T-SQL
3 11 (3.22%) Python
4 8 (2.34%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.58%) AWK
5 2 (0.58%) C#
5 2 (0.58%) Korn
5 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.29%) Bash
6 1 (0.29%) Bourne shell
6 1 (0.29%) Java
6 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.29%) Perl
6 1 (0.29%) PHP
6 1 (0.29%) R
6 1 (0.29%) sed
Qualifications
1 76 (22.22%) Degree
2 38 (11.11%) CISSP
3 31 (9.06%) Security Cleared
4 27 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.85%) CISM
6 19 (5.56%) PMI Certification
7 18 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (4.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (4.39%) CCSP
9 14 (4.09%) Azure Certification
10 13 (3.80%) CISA
11 12 (3.51%) SC Cleared
12 9 (2.63%) Master's Degree
13 7 (2.05%) CCIE
13 7 (2.05%) CCNP
13 7 (2.05%) CRISC
14 6 (1.75%) AWS Certification
14 6 (1.75%) ISEB
14 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (1.75%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (25.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (18.42%) GDPR
3 45 (13.16%) NIST
4 34 (9.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 24 (7.02%) NCSC
6 21 (6.14%) GRC
7 18 (5.26%) PCI DSS
8 16 (4.68%) ISO 9001
9 15 (4.39%) QA
10 12 (3.51%) NIST 800
11 11 (3.22%) ISO 22301
12 10 (2.92%) SLA
13 8 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 7 (2.05%) COBIT
14 7 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (2.05%) ISO 14001
14 7 (2.05%) NEBOSH
15 6 (1.75%) JSP 440
16 5 (1.46%) Data Quality
16 5 (1.46%) RMADS
System Software
1 14 (4.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.88%) Firmware
4 3 (0.88%) vSphere
5 2 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 10 (2.92%) Ansible
1 10 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.34%) CASB
2 8 (2.34%) Nessus
3 7 (2.05%) Puppet
4 4 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (1.17%) Terraform
5 3 (0.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.88%) EMC NetWorker
5 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.29%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.29%) QRadar
6 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.29%) WMI
6 1 (0.29%) WSUS
6 1 (0.29%) yum
Vendors
1 78 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.26%) Databricks
3 17 (4.97%) Cisco
4 15 (4.39%) VMware
5 7 (2.05%) SAP
6 6 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.75%) Qualys
6 6 (1.75%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.46%) Google
8 4 (1.17%) EMC
8 4 (1.17%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.88%) 3PAR
9 3 (0.88%) Commvault
9 3 (0.88%) LogRhythm
9 3 (0.88%) McAfee
9 3 (0.88%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (0.88%) Splunk
9 3 (0.88%) Workday
9 3 (0.88%) Zerto