Information Security Jobs in Merseyside

Information Security (InfoSec)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside 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 58 52 65
Rank change year-on-year -6 +13 -14
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 38 51 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 2.58% 5.20% 3.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.32% 5.46% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 29 22 21
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £39,500
25th Percentile £42,139 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £49,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -17.50% +60.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £55,000 - £75,000
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
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,144 934 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 77.77% 95.21% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 809 386 673
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,099 £70,000 £75,000
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 Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in Merseyside

Information Security
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the Merseyside 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
Liverpool -12 34 £47,000 -5.05%
Birkenhead - 1 - -
Information Security
North West

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 14 (36.84%) Azure
2 13 (34.21%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 4 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.63%) IaaS
5 1 (2.63%) Mimecast
5 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.68%) DNS
2 8 (21.05%) DKIM
2 8 (21.05%) DMARC
3 7 (18.42%) Internet
4 3 (7.89%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (5.26%) Firewall
6 1 (2.63%) DHCP
6 1 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
6 1 (2.63%) SNMP
6 1 (2.63%) VSAN
6 1 (2.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (28.95%) Finance
2 8 (21.05%) Legal
3 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
4 6 (15.79%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.63%) Law
5 1 (2.63%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (39.47%) Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Information Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Information Security Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Security Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Security Manager
3 7 (18.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) Systems Manager
4 6 (15.79%) Governance Analyst
4 6 (15.79%) Senior
4 6 (15.79%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) Security Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Lead
7 1 (2.63%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Developer
7 1 (2.63%) Head of Information
7 1 (2.63%) Head of Security
7 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) .NET
1 1 (2.63%) .NET Core
1 1 (2.63%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
1 1 (2.63%) CSS
1 1 (2.63%) HTML
1 1 (2.63%) HTML5
1 1 (2.63%) jQuery
1 1 (2.63%) SAML
1 1 (2.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (44.74%) Management Information System
2 14 (36.84%) Cyberattack
3 9 (23.68%) Security Posture
4 7 (18.42%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (18.42%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (5.26%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.63%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.63%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (2.63%) Mainframe
6 1 (2.63%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Windows
1 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2019
1 1 (2.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 18 (47.37%) Cloud Security
3 18 (47.37%) Security Operations
4 16 (42.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 13 (34.21%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (28.95%) Coaching
6 11 (28.95%) Incident Response
6 11 (28.95%) SIEM
7 10 (26.32%) RBAC
8 9 (23.68%) Project Management
9 8 (21.05%) Information Security Management
9 8 (21.05%) ISMS
9 8 (21.05%) Line Management
9 8 (21.05%) Risk Assessment
9 8 (21.05%) Security Management
10 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (18.42%) Database Security
10 7 (18.42%) Network Management
10 7 (18.42%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) SQL
2 6 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.63%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.63%) Degree
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (28.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (23.68%) NIST
3 7 (18.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.63%) NCSC
5 1 (2.63%) PMO
5 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (18.42%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) RACF
3 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.63%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) CASB
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.79%) CyberArk
2 6 (15.79%) VMware
3 1 (2.63%) Aderant
3 1 (2.63%) IBM
3 1 (2.63%) SolarWinds