Information Security Management Jobs

Information Security Management
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Information Security Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Information Security Management 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 717 615 840
Rank change year-on-year -102 +225 -125
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Management 192 355 450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.38% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.39% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 174 201 307
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +7.76% +0.87%
75th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +17.92% +0.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Information Security Management 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Information Security Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Information Security Management in the UK

Information Security Management
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Management within the UK 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
England -104 174 £61,250 -2.00% 53
UK excluding London -82 115 £55,000 -12.00% 42
Work from Home -84 68 £62,500 -3.85% 28
London +1 67 £72,500 +11.54% 11
North of England +56 42 £55,750 -17.41% 7
South East -20 36 £62,500 +13.64% 18
Yorkshire +70 22 £56,500 -13.08% 2
North West +11 19 £50,000 -28.57% 2
South West -30 17 £28,000 -61.38% 8
Midlands -35 10 £60,000 -5.88% 7
West Midlands -33 6 £54,500 +3.81% 5
Wales +12 4 £32,500 -30.70%
East Midlands -20 4 £60,000 -20.00% 2
Scotland -74 4 £22,000 -68.57% 1
East of England -24 2 £65,000 +4.00% 1
North East - 1 £37,500 - 3

Information Security Management
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (0.52%) Apache
1 1 (0.52%) Confluence
1 1 (0.52%) IIS
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
1 1 (0.52%) Skype for Business
1 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (5.73%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.04%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (15.63%) Azure
2 27 (14.06%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (12.50%) AWS
4 18 (9.38%) PaaS
4 18 (9.38%) SaaS
5 17 (8.85%) Cloud Computing
5 17 (8.85%) IaaS
6 14 (7.29%) Azure DevOps
6 14 (7.29%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (7.29%) Microsoft Purview
7 10 (5.21%) Amazon EC2
8 6 (3.13%) Azure Service Fabric
8 6 (3.13%) Entra ID
8 6 (3.13%) GCP
9 4 (2.08%) Snowflake
10 3 (1.56%) Amazon S3
10 3 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (1.56%) Serverless
11 2 (1.04%) GitHub
12 1 (0.52%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.06%) Firewall
2 25 (13.02%) Network Security
3 17 (8.85%) Wireshark
4 16 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 15 (7.81%) LAN
5 15 (7.81%) WAN
6 7 (3.65%) HTTP
7 4 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.56%) Bluetooth
9 2 (1.04%) DHCP
9 2 (1.04%) DNS
10 1 (0.52%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.52%) SAN
10 1 (0.52%) Skype
10 1 (0.52%) VLAN
10 1 (0.52%) VPN
10 1 (0.52%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.21%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.08%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.56%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (1.56%) Big Data
4 3 (1.56%) MS Access
5 2 (1.04%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) JIRA
1 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 59 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.67%) Finance
3 22 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.38%) Legal
5 7 (3.65%) Retail
6 5 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (2.60%) Telecoms
7 4 (2.08%) Law
7 4 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.08%) Public Sector
8 3 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.56%) Marketing
9 2 (1.04%) Advertising
9 2 (1.04%) Billing
9 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 42 (21.88%) Security Manager
2 36 (18.75%) Analyst
3 26 (13.54%) Information Manager
4 25 (13.02%) Information Security Manager
4 25 (13.02%) Security Analyst
4 25 (13.02%) Senior
5 18 (9.38%) Security Engineer
6 16 (8.33%) Consultant
7 13 (6.77%) Security Consultant
8 11 (5.73%) Information Security Engineer
8 11 (5.73%) Lead
9 10 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 9 (4.69%) Architect
10 9 (4.69%) Information Analyst
10 9 (4.69%) Information Security Analyst
10 9 (4.69%) Infrastructure Manager
10 9 (4.69%) IT Analyst
10 9 (4.69%) IT Security Analyst
10 9 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (4.69%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.17%) REST
2 6 (3.13%) SOAP
2 6 (3.13%) Web Services
3 4 (2.08%) .NET
4 3 (1.56%) COM
4 3 (1.56%) WinForms
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.52%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.52%) CSS
5 1 (0.52%) HTML
5 1 (0.52%) HTML5
5 1 (0.52%) jQuery
5 1 (0.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 93 (48.44%) Management Information System
2 29 (15.10%) Security Posture
3 20 (10.42%) Security Operations Centre
4 19 (9.90%) Data Centre
5 15 (7.81%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (7.81%) Cyberattack
6 9 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (4.17%) Cloud Native
8 6 (3.13%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.56%) Onboarding
11 3 (1.56%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.56%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (1.56%) Virtual Team
12 2 (1.04%) Digital Media
12 2 (1.04%) Educational Technology
12 2 (1.04%) Public Cloud
13 1 (0.52%) Cyber Security Posture
13 1 (0.52%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 26 (13.54%) Windows
2 16 (8.33%) Linux
3 14 (7.29%) Android
3 14 (7.29%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (100.00%) Information Security
2 187 (97.40%) Security Management
3 89 (46.35%) ISMS
4 83 (43.23%) Cybersecurity
5 62 (32.29%) Risk Management
6 41 (21.35%) Roadmaps
7 35 (18.23%) Cloud Security
8 31 (16.15%) Regulatory Compliance
9 30 (15.63%) Security Operations
10 28 (14.58%) Vulnerability Management
11 27 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (14.06%) Identity Access Management
12 26 (13.54%) DevOps
12 26 (13.54%) Project Management
13 25 (13.02%) Data Loss Prevention
13 25 (13.02%) Incident Response
14 24 (12.50%) SIEM
14 24 (12.50%) Validation
15 22 (11.46%) Computer Science
15 22 (11.46%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 18 (9.38%) PowerShell
1 18 (9.38%) Python
2 10 (5.21%) SQL
3 4 (2.08%) C#
4 3 (1.56%) VB
5 2 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (42.19%) CISSP
2 48 (25.00%) CISM
3 39 (20.31%) Degree
4 24 (12.50%) CISA
4 24 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (11.98%) SANS
6 21 (10.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 21 (10.94%) CCSP
6 21 (10.94%) Master's Degree
7 15 (7.81%) CEH
7 15 (7.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 14 (7.29%) SSCP
9 13 (6.77%) CRISC
10 11 (5.73%) Security Cleared
11 10 (5.21%) GIAC
12 9 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
14 7 (3.65%) CESG Certified Professional
15 6 (3.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (3.13%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (54.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (40.63%) NIST
3 32 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
4 29 (15.10%) PCI DSS
5 22 (11.46%) GRC
6 20 (10.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 19 (9.90%) GDPR
8 13 (6.77%) COBIT
9 11 (5.73%) ISO 9001
10 10 (5.21%) NCSC
10 10 (5.21%) NIST 800
11 7 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (3.13%) ISO 22301
12 6 (3.13%) RMADS
12 6 (3.13%) Web Application Security Consortium
13 5 (2.60%) ISO 14001
14 4 (2.08%) JSP 440
14 4 (2.08%) TickIT
15 3 (1.56%) QA
15 3 (1.56%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (3.65%) Active Directory
3 4 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (7.29%) Nmap
3 10 (5.21%) Kubernetes
4 7 (3.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 7 (3.65%) Puppet
5 6 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.08%) QRadar
7 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.52%) DatAdvantage
7 1 (0.52%) SCCM
7 1 (0.52%) Stealthwatch
7 1 (0.52%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.85%) Splunk
3 15 (7.81%) Qualys
4 14 (7.29%) Rapid7
4 14 (7.29%) Thycotic
5 12 (6.25%) Cisco
6 6 (3.13%) CA
7 5 (2.60%) Dell
8 4 (2.08%) Citrix
8 4 (2.08%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.08%) VMware
9 3 (1.56%) Google
9 3 (1.56%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.56%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.56%) Quadient
9 3 (1.56%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.56%) Xero
10 2 (1.04%) AlienVault
10 2 (1.04%) SAP
11 1 (0.52%) Varonis