Information Security Jobs in Dorset

Information Security (InfoSec)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 85 69 80
Rank change year-on-year -16 +11 +5
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 18 2 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 1.38% 0.33% 2.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 0.34% 2.49%
Number of salaries quoted 15 2 16
10th Percentile £43,283 £28,775 £40,750
25th Percentile - £32,563 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -35.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £47,500 £48,063 £69,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £51,925 £83,750
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -12.00% +39.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,093 587 764
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 84.01% 95.60% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 614 325 541
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,550 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £39,271 £38,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £65,875 £77,500 £75,000
South West median annual salary £51,500 £53,519 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.77% +7.04% +8.70%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Dorset

Information Security
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Dorset

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Dorset

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in Dorset

Information Security
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Dorset 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
Weymouth - 7 £45,000 - 1
Bournemouth - 5 £65,000 - 2
Information Security
South West

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure AKS
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Big Data
General
1 11 (61.11%) Retail
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (16.67%) Law
3 2 (11.11%) Banking
3 2 (11.11%) Financial Institution
3 2 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Health Technology
4 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
1 12 (66.67%) IT Analyst
1 12 (66.67%) IT Security Analyst
1 12 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 9 (50.00%) Senior
3 9 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
3 9 (50.00%) Senior IT Security Analyst
3 9 (50.00%) Senior Security Analyst
4 8 (44.44%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Lead
5 3 (16.67%) Team Leader
6 1 (5.56%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.56%) IT Security Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Senior IT Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (22.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Data Centre
4 1 (5.56%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (5.56%) Mainframe
4 1 (5.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 12 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 11 (61.11%) Data Protection
4 10 (55.56%) Cloud Security
4 10 (55.56%) E-Commerce
4 10 (55.56%) Network Monitoring
5 9 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
5 9 (50.00%) SIEM
5 9 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 4 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 3 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 2 (11.11%) Asset Management
8 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity
8 2 (11.11%) IT Audit
8 2 (11.11%) Machine Learning
8 2 (11.11%) Risk Management
8 2 (11.11%) Security Architecture
8 2 (11.11%) Service Design
8 2 (11.11%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) CISSP
2 11 (61.11%) Degree
3 10 (55.56%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (55.56%) Master's Degree
4 3 (16.67%) CISA
4 3 (16.67%) CISM
4 3 (16.67%) CRISC
5 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
6 1 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (55.56%) NIST
2 9 (50.00%) GDPR
2 9 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (5.56%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) CASB
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) IBM