Information Security Jobs in the West Midlands

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 102 66 81
Rank change year-on-year -36 +15 -13
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 184 270 263
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.30% 4.64% 3.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.85% 4.79% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 149 167 169
10th Percentile £39,397 £39,645 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £79,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £104,800 £87,500 £90,866
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,464 5,634 7,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.70% 96.74% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,699 3,147 4,804
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,700 £39,842 £38,637
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the West Midlands

Information Security
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Information Security in the West Midlands

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in the West Midlands

Information Security
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands 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
Birmingham -22 81 £75,000 +13.64% 19
Staffordshire -20 19 £37,500 -42.31% 6
Warwickshire +15 17 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Wolverhampton +7 14 £53,500 +7.00% 3
Coventry +7 5 £68,750 +4.56% 7
Solihull -9 5 £52,500 +23.53% 2
Walsall +3 4 £52,825 +5.65% 4
Smethwick - 2 £28,000 -
Shropshire -7 1 £43,072 -25.09%
Worcestershire -23 1 £50,000 -33.33% 4
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 6 (3.26%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.72%) nginx
3 4 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.63%) CMS
5 1 (0.54%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.54%) Drupal
Applications
1 5 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.09%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.09%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.76%) Azure
2 19 (10.33%) AWS
3 13 (7.07%) SaaS
4 12 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (5.43%) Entra ID
5 10 (5.43%) IaaS
5 10 (5.43%) PaaS
6 9 (4.89%) GCP
7 5 (2.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (2.72%) Amazon S3
7 5 (2.72%) AWS Fargate
7 5 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.72%) Azure Pipelines
7 5 (2.72%) npm
7 5 (2.72%) Power Platform
7 5 (2.72%) Serverless
8 4 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.17%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.09%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (10.33%) Firewall
2 8 (4.35%) VPN
2 8 (4.35%) WAN
3 7 (3.80%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.17%) DHCP
4 4 (2.17%) DNS
4 4 (2.17%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (2.17%) iSCSI
4 4 (2.17%) SNMP
5 2 (1.09%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.09%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.54%) HTTP
6 1 (0.54%) LAN
6 1 (0.54%) Network Security
6 1 (0.54%) NGFW
6 1 (0.54%) SAN
6 1 (0.54%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (3.26%) MySQL
3 5 (2.72%) DynamoDB
3 5 (2.72%) Relational Database
3 5 (2.72%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.17%) Power BI
5 1 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.54%) GIS
5 1 (0.54%) Metadata
5 1 (0.54%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.54%) QGIS
5 1 (0.54%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (5.98%) Git
2 5 (2.72%) JIRA
2 5 (2.72%) MSTest
2 5 (2.72%) webpack
General
1 65 (35.33%) Finance
2 59 (32.07%) Social Skills
3 30 (16.30%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (16.30%) Legal
4 20 (10.87%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (7.61%) Environmental Health
6 13 (7.07%) Retail
7 8 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.80%) Public Sector
9 6 (3.26%) Banking
9 6 (3.26%) Law
10 5 (2.72%) Automotive
11 4 (2.17%) Marketing
12 2 (1.09%) Electronics
12 2 (1.09%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.09%) Publishing
13 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (16.85%) Analyst
2 21 (11.41%) Security Manager
3 19 (10.33%) Senior
4 18 (9.78%) Lead
5 16 (8.70%) Architect
6 14 (7.61%) Security Analyst
7 11 (5.98%) Information Manager
8 10 (5.43%) Developer
8 10 (5.43%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (4.89%) Information Security Manager
9 9 (4.89%) IT Manager
10 8 (4.35%) Cloud Architect
10 8 (4.35%) Data Manager
10 8 (4.35%) Head of IT
10 8 (4.35%) Operations Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) Penetration Tester
10 8 (4.35%) Security Operations Analyst
10 8 (4.35%) Tester
11 7 (3.80%) Cybersecurity Manager
11 7 (3.80%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.35%) Middleware
2 5 (2.72%) .NET
2 5 (2.72%) .NET Core
2 5 (2.72%) Blazor
2 5 (2.72%) CSS
2 5 (2.72%) HTML
2 5 (2.72%) HTML5
2 5 (2.72%) jQuery
2 5 (2.72%) JSON
2 5 (2.72%) LAMP
2 5 (2.72%) Laravel
2 5 (2.72%) LEMP Stack
2 5 (2.72%) LESS
2 5 (2.72%) React
2 5 (2.72%) Sass
2 5 (2.72%) Vue
2 5 (2.72%) XML
3 3 (1.63%) EDI
4 1 (0.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 72 (39.13%) Management Information System
2 14 (7.61%) NHS
3 13 (7.07%) Data Centre
3 13 (7.07%) Security Posture
4 11 (5.98%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (5.43%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (4.35%) Cloud Native
6 8 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
6 8 (4.35%) Taxonomies
7 5 (2.72%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (2.72%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.17%) PMI
9 3 (1.63%) CMDB
9 3 (1.63%) Cyberattack
9 3 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.63%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.63%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.22%) Windows
2 21 (11.41%) Linux
3 8 (4.35%) Solaris
3 8 (4.35%) Ubuntu
3 8 (4.35%) Unix
4 5 (2.72%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.17%) VMS
6 2 (1.09%) zOS
7 1 (0.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (52.72%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (24.46%) Risk Management
3 41 (22.28%) Project Management
4 37 (20.11%) Agile
4 37 (20.11%) Data Protection
5 34 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (13.59%) Customer Service
6 25 (13.59%) Security Operations
7 20 (10.87%) IT Strategy
8 19 (10.33%) Security Management
9 18 (9.78%) Incident Response
10 17 (9.24%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (9.24%) Decision-Making
10 17 (9.24%) Penetration Testing
11 16 (8.70%) Business Continuity
11 16 (8.70%) ITIL
11 16 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (8.15%) Analytics
12 15 (8.15%) Budgeting
12 15 (8.15%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.61%) SQL
2 6 (3.26%) PHP
2 6 (3.26%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.72%) C#
3 5 (2.72%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (19.57%) CISSP
2 30 (16.30%) CISM
3 21 (11.41%) Degree
4 16 (8.70%) Azure Certification
5 14 (7.61%) CISA
6 12 (6.52%) CRISC
7 11 (5.98%) AWS Certification
7 11 (5.98%) OSCP
8 8 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 7 (3.80%) CompTIA Security+
9 7 (3.80%) Security Cleared
10 6 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (3.26%) GIAC
10 6 (3.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 6 (3.26%) SANS
11 5 (2.72%) PCI QSA
12 4 (2.17%) CEH
12 4 (2.17%) PMI Certification
13 3 (1.63%) CCSP
13 3 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (35.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 36 (19.57%) GDPR
3 35 (19.02%) NIST
4 22 (11.96%) GRC
5 13 (7.07%) PCI DSS
6 9 (4.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (3.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (3.26%) QA
8 4 (2.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 3 (1.63%) COBIT
9 3 (1.63%) NCSC
10 2 (1.09%) IASME
10 2 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.54%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.54%) ISO 31000
11 1 (0.54%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.54%) JSP 440
11 1 (0.54%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.52%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.80%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.72%) RACF
3 5 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.17%) pfSense
5 3 (1.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.09%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.54%) Nessus
4 1 (0.54%) SCCM
4 1 (0.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (16.85%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.80%) Cisco
3 5 (2.72%) CyberArk
3 5 (2.72%) Fortinet
3 5 (2.72%) VMware
4 4 (2.17%) BroadSoft
4 4 (2.17%) Brocade
4 4 (2.17%) Dell
4 4 (2.17%) Dell Compellent
4 4 (2.17%) QNAP
4 4 (2.17%) Ubiquiti
4 4 (2.17%) Veeam
4 4 (2.17%) Zerto
5 3 (1.63%) Meraki
6 2 (1.09%) IBM
6 2 (1.09%) Oracle
6 2 (1.09%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.09%) SAP
6 2 (1.09%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.54%) Symantec