Information Security Management Job Trends in Birmingham

Information Security Management
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Information Security Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 118 105
Rank change year-on-year +28 -13 +72
Permanent jobs citing Information Security Management 5 6 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.42% 0.27% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.33% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £68,337 £53,350 £75,500
25th Percentile £74,079 £54,625 £80,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £58,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -31.18% -2.86%
75th Percentile £85,364 £60,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £87,145 - £93,000
West Midlands median annual salary £81,250 £58,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +38.89% -22.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Information Security Management 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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,051 1,819 1,213
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 88.02% 82.87% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 731 905 1,006
10th Percentile £31,750 £35,000 £31,427
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,108
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,400 £58,465 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% +6.30% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -

Information Security Management
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Information Security Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Information Security Management job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Information Security Management
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Information Security Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Information Security Management

Information Security Management
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Management in Birmingham over the 6 months to 18 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Information Security Management in Birmingham

Information Security Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Information
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Information Security
1 2 (40.00%) Head of Security
1 2 (40.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Principal Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (80.00%) Security Management
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (40.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 2 (40.00%) Information Assurance
4 2 (40.00%) Information Governance
4 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (40.00%) SABSA
4 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security Governance
5 1 (20.00%) ISMS
5 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISMP
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) COBIT
2 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (40.00%) NCSC
3 1 (20.00%) GRC
3 1 (20.00%) ISO 22301
3 1 (20.00%) QA