Information Security Jobs in the North of England

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 98 124
Rank change year-on-year +6 +26 +6
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 461 569 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 2.36% 3.57% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 3.69% 2.95%
Number of salaries quoted 377 246 378
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,425
25th Percentile £39,221 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,084 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,919 £87,500 £84,125
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,731 15,414 17,620
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.51% 96.78% 94.14%
Number of salaries quoted 11,696 7,800 10,768
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,356 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +5.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,238 £81,250 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the North of England.

Salary trend for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the North of England

Information Security
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
North West -4 279 £52,084 +4.17% 35
Yorkshire +2 145 £50,000 -5.44% 37
North East +3 37 £41,536 -12.56% 7
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 16 (3.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.95%) WordPress
4 4 (0.87%) CMS
4 4 (0.87%) IIS
4 4 (0.87%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 15 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.43%) SAP GRC
1 2 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 102 (22.13%) Azure
2 81 (17.57%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (9.54%) AWS
4 36 (7.81%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.47%) SaaS
6 12 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 11 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 10 (2.17%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (1.30%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.30%) GCP
10 6 (1.30%) PaaS
11 5 (1.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 5 (1.08%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.08%) IaaS
12 4 (0.87%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 4 (0.87%) AWS CloudTrail
12 4 (0.87%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 43 (9.33%) Firewall
2 41 (8.89%) WAN
3 31 (6.72%) SD-WAN
4 20 (4.34%) DNS
5 19 (4.12%) Network Security
6 15 (3.25%) TCP/IP
7 10 (2.17%) DKIM
7 10 (2.17%) DMARC
8 9 (1.95%) Internet
9 8 (1.74%) LAN
9 8 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (1.74%) Wireshark
10 7 (1.52%) DHCP
10 7 (1.52%) MPLS
11 6 (1.30%) Broadband
11 6 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (1.08%) Wireless
13 4 (0.87%) BGP
13 4 (0.87%) OSPF
13 4 (0.87%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.30%) Power BI
1 6 (1.30%) Relational Database
1 6 (1.30%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.43%) Metadata
5 1 (0.22%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.22%) Big Data
5 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.22%) MySQL
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (0.87%) Burp Suite
2 3 (0.65%) JIRA
2 3 (0.65%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.22%) Selenium
3 1 (0.22%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
General
1 104 (22.56%) Social Skills
2 66 (14.32%) Finance
3 65 (14.10%) Legal
4 53 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
5 33 (7.16%) Law
6 28 (6.07%) Banking
7 25 (5.42%) Public Sector
8 23 (4.99%) Military
9 18 (3.90%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 9 (1.95%) Retail
11 9 (1.95%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.30%) Marketing
13 5 (1.08%) Aerospace
13 5 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.65%) Automotive
15 2 (0.43%) Games
15 2 (0.43%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.43%) Local Government
15 2 (0.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (23.43%) Analyst
2 62 (13.45%) Lead
3 57 (12.36%) Senior
4 56 (12.15%) Security Analyst
5 50 (10.85%) Architect
6 41 (8.89%) Information Analyst
6 41 (8.89%) Information Security Analyst
7 36 (7.81%) Security Manager
8 35 (7.59%) IT Manager
9 34 (7.38%) Senior Analyst
10 33 (7.16%) Security Architect
11 25 (5.42%) Governance Analyst
11 25 (5.42%) Incident Manager
12 23 (4.99%) Consultant
12 23 (4.99%) Vulnerability Manager
13 22 (4.77%) Security Consultant
14 21 (4.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (4.34%) Information Security Consultant
15 20 (4.34%) Lead Architect
15 20 (4.34%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (3.25%) .NET
2 8 (1.74%) React
3 6 (1.30%) CSS
4 5 (1.08%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.08%) HTML
5 4 (0.87%) Web Services
6 3 (0.65%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.43%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.22%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.22%) Entity Framework
8 1 (0.22%) HTML5
8 1 (0.22%) jQuery
8 1 (0.22%) JSON
8 1 (0.22%) Middleware
8 1 (0.22%) RESTful
8 1 (0.22%) SAML
8 1 (0.22%) SignalR
8 1 (0.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 152 (32.97%) Management Information System
2 28 (6.07%) Data Centre
3 27 (5.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 25 (5.42%) Security Posture
5 23 (4.99%) Cyberattack
6 21 (4.56%) Cyber Threat
7 17 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (3.25%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (1.52%) Operational Technology
11 6 (1.30%) NHS
11 6 (1.30%) PMI
11 6 (1.30%) Video Conferencing
12 5 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
13 4 (0.87%) Clustering
13 4 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
13 4 (0.87%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.87%) Public Cloud
14 3 (0.65%) IoT
14 3 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.81%) Windows
2 22 (4.77%) Windows Server
3 19 (4.12%) Linux
4 10 (2.17%) Android
5 6 (1.30%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.08%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.65%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.65%) Unix
8 2 (0.43%) zOS
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (42.30%) Cybersecurity
2 79 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (14.75%) Data Protection
3 68 (14.75%) Incident Response
4 64 (13.88%) Coaching
5 63 (13.67%) Security Operations
6 61 (13.23%) Roadmaps
7 58 (12.58%) Vulnerability Management
8 57 (12.36%) Disaster Recovery
9 55 (11.93%) Cloud Security
10 52 (11.28%) Incident Management
11 51 (11.06%) Business Continuity
12 50 (10.85%) Risk Management
13 47 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
14 46 (9.98%) ISMS
14 46 (9.98%) Security Management
15 43 (9.33%) ITIL
16 40 (8.68%) Information Security Management
16 40 (8.68%) Project Management
17 38 (8.24%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.71%) PowerShell
2 38 (8.24%) SQL
3 31 (6.72%) Python
4 9 (1.95%) JavaScript
5 8 (1.74%) Bash
6 6 (1.30%) T-SQL
7 4 (0.87%) C#
7 4 (0.87%) Java
8 2 (0.43%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.22%) C++
Qualifications
1 92 (19.96%) CISM
2 87 (18.87%) CISSP
3 61 (13.23%) Degree
4 37 (8.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 37 (8.03%) Cisco Certification
5 32 (6.94%) AWS Certification
5 32 (6.94%) CCSP
6 31 (6.72%) CISA
7 29 (6.29%) Security Cleared
8 27 (5.86%) Azure Certification
9 26 (5.64%) CCSK
10 25 (5.42%) CRISC
11 23 (4.99%) SC Cleared
12 10 (2.17%) CEH
13 9 (1.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 9 (1.95%) OSCP
14 8 (1.74%) Master's Degree
15 7 (1.52%) CompTIA Security+
16 6 (1.30%) PCI QSA
16 6 (1.30%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (34.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (20.17%) NIST
3 92 (19.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 57 (12.36%) GDPR
5 39 (8.46%) GRC
6 34 (7.38%) PCI DSS
7 33 (7.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 22 (4.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 16 (3.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 15 (3.25%) SLA
11 12 (2.60%) NCSC
12 9 (1.95%) ISO 9001
13 8 (1.74%) NIST 800
14 7 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 5 (1.08%) COBIT
15 5 (1.08%) SOC 2
16 4 (0.87%) Data Quality
16 4 (0.87%) ISO 14001
16 4 (0.87%) ISO 22301
16 4 (0.87%) QA
System Software
1 49 (10.63%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.86%) Docker
3 24 (5.21%) RACF
4 12 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.74%) Hyper-V
6 7 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.22%) DFS Replication
7 1 (0.22%) Lustre
7 1 (0.22%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Snort
Systems Management
1 31 (6.72%) Kubernetes
1 31 (6.72%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.74%) CASB
3 8 (1.74%) Nmap
4 5 (1.08%) Nessus
4 5 (1.08%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 4 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
5 4 (0.87%) WSUS
6 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.22%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.22%) Icinga
7 1 (0.22%) Kibana
7 1 (0.22%) logstash
7 1 (0.22%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 141 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.21%) CyberArk
3 21 (4.56%) VMware
4 10 (2.17%) Rapid7
5 9 (1.95%) Cisco
5 9 (1.95%) Databricks
5 9 (1.95%) Qualys
6 8 (1.74%) Veeam
7 7 (1.52%) Splunk
8 5 (1.08%) Citrix
8 5 (1.08%) Thycotic
9 4 (0.87%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (0.87%) Dell
9 4 (0.87%) Remedy
10 3 (0.65%) IBM
10 3 (0.65%) OneTrust
10 3 (0.65%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.65%) SAP
11 1 (0.22%) NVIDIA
11 1 (0.22%) Tanium