Information Security Jobs in the South East

Information Security (InfoSec)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 112 116
Rank change year-on-year -30 +4 -31
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 346 387 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.88% 2.89% 3.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 3.06% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 221 269 385
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £34,100
25th Percentile £47,000 £45,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £89,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,167 12,644 20,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.38% 94.34% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 10,321 7,582 11,855
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,775 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security in the South East.

Salary trend for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security in the South East

Information Security
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 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
Thames Valley +14 145 £50,000 -28.57% 25
Hampshire -32 92 £60,000 -11.11% 16
Berkshire +9 81 £63,750 -5.56% 11
Surrey -26 54 £72,500 +20.83% 15
Oxfordshire +24 42 £47,500 -38.71% 10
Buckinghamshire -10 22 £50,000 -9.09% 4
Kent -49 20 £57,500 +25.68% 6
West Sussex +15 17 £67,500 +28.57% 5
East Sussex +20 12 £55,000 +29.41% 5
Sussex -26 3 £68,750 -1.79%
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Information Security
England

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (5.20%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.45%) Confluence
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.58%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) nginx
5 1 (0.29%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.58%) SAP BPC
2 2 (0.58%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 86 (24.86%) Azure
2 41 (11.85%) Microsoft 365
3 38 (10.98%) AWS
4 32 (9.25%) Power Platform
5 21 (6.07%) Snowflake
6 18 (5.20%) Matillion
7 17 (4.91%) Serverless
8 13 (3.76%) Entra ID
9 12 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
11 8 (2.31%) GCP
12 7 (2.02%) OneDrive
13 5 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.45%) IaaS
14 4 (1.16%) Azure Storage
14 4 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.87%) Amazon S3
15 3 (0.87%) AWS Lambda
15 3 (0.87%) SaaS
15 3 (0.87%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.69%) Firewall
2 26 (7.51%) Network Security
3 20 (5.78%) WAN
4 19 (5.49%) LAN
5 17 (4.91%) DNS
6 14 (4.05%) Wireless
7 13 (3.76%) TCP/IP
8 11 (3.18%) OSPF
8 11 (3.18%) VPN
9 10 (2.89%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (2.31%) BGP
10 8 (2.31%) HTTP
10 8 (2.31%) SAN
10 8 (2.31%) SSL
11 7 (2.02%) DKIM
11 7 (2.02%) DMARC
11 7 (2.02%) Internet
12 6 (1.73%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.45%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (8.38%) Power BI
2 19 (5.49%) Data Lake
3 18 (5.20%) Metadata
4 12 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (2.02%) SAP BW
6 6 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.45%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.45%) SQL Server
8 4 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.87%) Big Data
10 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.29%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (0.58%) GDB
1 2 (0.58%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.29%) Git
2 1 (0.29%) MSI
2 1 (0.29%) Robot Framework
2 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (0.29%) Subversion
General
1 110 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.23%) Finance
3 55 (15.90%) Legal
4 54 (15.61%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.20%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.34%) Organisational Skills
7 14 (4.05%) Retail
8 11 (3.18%) Law
9 9 (2.60%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.31%) Billing
10 8 (2.31%) Public Sector
11 7 (2.02%) Banking
11 7 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (1.73%) Marketing
13 4 (1.16%) Advertising
13 4 (1.16%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.16%) Wearables
14 3 (0.87%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 75 (21.68%) Analyst
2 49 (14.16%) Security Analyst
3 43 (12.43%) Senior
4 39 (11.27%) Architect
5 37 (10.69%) Information Analyst
5 37 (10.69%) Information Security Analyst
6 31 (8.96%) Security Manager
7 29 (8.38%) Lead
8 20 (5.78%) Security Architect
8 20 (5.78%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (5.20%) Data Architect
10 16 (4.62%) Consultant
10 16 (4.62%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 16 (4.62%) Infrastructure Manager
11 15 (4.34%) Security Consultant
12 14 (4.05%) Data Protection Officer
13 12 (3.47%) Information Architect
13 12 (3.47%) Information Security Architect
14 10 (2.89%) Administrator
14 10 (2.89%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (2.02%) ADO
2 2 (0.58%) .NET
2 2 (0.58%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.29%) ARM Templates
3 1 (0.29%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (0.29%) CSS
3 1 (0.29%) HTML
3 1 (0.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 77 (22.25%) Management Information System
2 24 (6.94%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.49%) Data Structures
4 18 (5.20%) PMI
5 16 (4.62%) Security Posture
6 15 (4.34%) Algorithms
6 15 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (4.05%) Product Ownership
8 13 (3.76%) Operational Technology
9 12 (3.47%) Cyberattack
10 10 (2.89%) Cyber Defence
11 8 (2.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 8 (2.31%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (2.02%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (1.73%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.73%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.73%) Onboarding
14 5 (1.45%) Driving Licence
14 5 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.78%) Linux
1 20 (5.78%) Windows
2 14 (4.05%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.02%) Android
4 7 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.29%) Solaris
5 1 (0.29%) Unix
5 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (25.72%) Cybersecurity
2 68 (19.65%) Risk Management
3 62 (17.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (15.03%) Security Management
5 49 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
6 45 (13.01%) Mentoring
7 39 (11.27%) Information Security Management
8 38 (10.98%) Agile
9 37 (10.69%) Data Protection
10 35 (10.12%) Data Management
11 32 (9.25%) DevOps
12 31 (8.96%) Analytics
12 31 (8.96%) Computer Science
12 31 (8.96%) Data Analysis
12 31 (8.96%) ETL
12 31 (8.96%) Project Management
13 30 (8.67%) Security Operations
14 29 (8.38%) Incident Response
14 29 (8.38%) SIEM
14 29 (8.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 22 (6.36%) SQL
2 18 (5.20%) T-SQL
3 11 (3.18%) Python
4 8 (2.31%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.58%) AWK
5 2 (0.58%) C#
5 2 (0.58%) Korn
5 2 (0.58%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.29%) Bash
6 1 (0.29%) Bourne shell
6 1 (0.29%) Java
6 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.29%) Perl
6 1 (0.29%) PHP
6 1 (0.29%) R
6 1 (0.29%) sed
Qualifications
1 77 (22.25%) Degree
2 38 (10.98%) CISSP
3 31 (8.96%) Security Cleared
4 27 (7.80%) Cisco Certification
5 20 (5.78%) CISM
6 19 (5.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 19 (5.49%) PMI Certification
7 15 (4.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (4.34%) CCSP
8 14 (4.05%) Azure Certification
9 13 (3.76%) CISA
10 12 (3.47%) SC Cleared
11 9 (2.60%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.02%) CCIE
12 7 (2.02%) CCNP
12 7 (2.02%) CRISC
13 6 (1.73%) AWS Certification
13 6 (1.73%) ISEB
13 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.73%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (26.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (18.21%) GDPR
3 45 (13.01%) NIST
4 34 (9.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 25 (7.23%) NCSC
6 21 (6.07%) GRC
7 19 (5.49%) PCI DSS
8 16 (4.62%) ISO 9001
9 15 (4.34%) QA
10 12 (3.47%) ISO 22301
10 12 (3.47%) NIST 800
11 10 (2.89%) SLA
12 8 (2.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (2.02%) COBIT
13 7 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (2.02%) ISO 14001
13 7 (2.02%) JSP 440
13 7 (2.02%) NEBOSH
14 6 (1.73%) RMADS
15 5 (1.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.87%) Firmware
4 3 (0.87%) vSphere
5 2 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.29%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (3.47%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.89%) Ansible
3 8 (2.31%) Puppet
4 7 (2.02%) CASB
4 7 (2.02%) Nessus
5 4 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (1.16%) Terraform
6 3 (0.87%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.87%) EMC NetWorker
6 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.29%) Network Intrusion Detection System
7 1 (0.29%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.29%) QRadar
7 1 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.29%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.29%) WMI
7 1 (0.29%) WSUS
7 1 (0.29%) yum
Vendors
1 76 (21.97%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.20%) Databricks
3 17 (4.91%) Cisco
4 15 (4.34%) VMware
5 7 (2.02%) SAP
6 6 (1.73%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.73%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.45%) Google
7 5 (1.45%) Qualys
7 5 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.16%) EMC
8 4 (1.16%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.87%) 3PAR
9 3 (0.87%) Commvault
9 3 (0.87%) LogRhythm
9 3 (0.87%) McAfee
9 3 (0.87%) Nimble Storage
9 3 (0.87%) Splunk
9 3 (0.87%) Workday
9 3 (0.87%) Zerto