Information Security Jobs in Cheshire

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Information Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Information Security over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 66 93
Rank change year-on-year +4 +27 -22
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 40 20 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 2.22% 2.44% 1.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.62% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 36 9 1
10th Percentile £24,750 £68,250 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £71,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £100,000 £28,500
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +250.88% -43.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 - £30,250
90th Percentile £58,927 - -
North West median annual salary £52,084 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -9.09% +3.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Information Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,357 764 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 75.18% 93.17% 93.40%
Number of salaries quoted 996 440 596
10th Percentile £26,000 £25,420 £26,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £59,787
90th Percentile £73,750 £90,125 £71,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.79%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Cheshire

Information Security
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Cheshire

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in Cheshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in Cheshire

Information Security
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Warrington - 28 £40,000 -
Knutsford -7 5 £25,500 -74.50% 1
Chester +4 2 £47,500 -33.33% 1
Wilmslow - 2 £82,500 -
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.50%) OpenStack
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.50%) AWS
1 1 (2.50%) Azure
1 1 (2.50%) OpenShift
1 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.00%) Network Security
1 2 (5.00%) SAN
2 1 (2.50%) DHCP
2 1 (2.50%) DNS
2 1 (2.50%) InfiniBand
2 1 (2.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 16 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.00%) Legal
4 2 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (37.50%) Lead
2 12 (30.00%) Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Security Analyst
3 6 (15.00%) Support Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) IT Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) IT Support
4 5 (12.50%) IT Support Analyst
4 5 (12.50%) Service Manager
5 4 (10.00%) Information Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
5 4 (10.00%) Senior
6 3 (7.50%) Security Specialist
7 2 (5.00%) Information Security Specialist
7 2 (5.00%) Information Specialist
7 2 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (5.00%) Service Desk Manager
8 1 (2.50%) Information Security Officer
8 1 (2.50%) IT Security Specialist
8 1 (2.50%) Junior Analyst
8 1 (2.50%) Security Officer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (2.50%) Unix
2 1 (2.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Customer Engagement
1 15 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 12 (30.00%) ITIL
3 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (25.00%) Change Management
4 10 (25.00%) Service Management
5 9 (22.50%) Service Delivery
6 7 (17.50%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (15.00%) Software Delivery
8 5 (12.50%) Coaching
8 5 (12.50%) CRM
8 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
8 5 (12.50%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 5 (12.50%) Customer-Centricity
8 5 (12.50%) Data Security
8 5 (12.50%) Statistics
9 4 (10.00%) Configuration Management
9 4 (10.00%) Information Security Management
9 4 (10.00%) Risk Register
9 4 (10.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (42.50%) CISA
2 15 (37.50%) CISM
2 15 (37.50%) CRISC
2 15 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (2.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (67.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (42.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (37.50%) GDPR
3 15 (37.50%) GRC
4 6 (15.00%) SLA
5 5 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (10.00%) NIST
6 4 (10.00%) TickIT
7 1 (2.50%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.50%) Docker
1 1 (2.50%) Lustre
1 1 (2.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
1 1 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (2.50%) Icinga
2 1 (2.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.50%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.50%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.50%) Cisco
3 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.50%) IBM
3 1 (2.50%) NVIDIA
3 1 (2.50%) Progress
3 1 (2.50%) VMware