Information Security Jobs in Birmingham

Information Security (InfoSec)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 69 46 82
Rank change year-on-year -23 +36 -11
Permanent jobs citing Information Security 84 94 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.68% 5.23% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.41% 5.41% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 63 70 97
10th Percentile £51,865 £41,250 £39,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £63,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% +11.63%
75th Percentile £96,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £86,375 £99,250
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,460 1,737 3,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 78.37% 96.66% 97.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,940 1,297 2,249
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,089 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Information Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

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

Salary histogram for Information Security in Birmingham

Information Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (5.95%) nginx
2 4 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.19%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 16 (19.05%) Azure
2 13 (15.48%) AWS
3 10 (11.90%) IaaS
3 10 (11.90%) PaaS
3 10 (11.90%) SaaS
4 9 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 9 (10.71%) GCP
5 5 (5.95%) npm
6 4 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.76%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.38%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.33%) SD-WAN
1 7 (8.33%) WAN
2 6 (7.14%) Firewall
3 4 (4.76%) DHCP
3 4 (4.76%) DNS
3 4 (4.76%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (4.76%) iSCSI
3 4 (4.76%) SNMP
4 2 (2.38%) NGFW
4 2 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.52%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (5.95%) MySQL
3 2 (2.38%) Power BI
4 1 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (1.19%) GIS
4 1 (1.19%) Metadata
4 1 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.19%) QGIS
4 1 (1.19%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 5 (5.95%) Git
1 5 (5.95%) JIRA
1 5 (5.95%) webpack
General
1 28 (33.33%) Finance
2 27 (32.14%) Social Skills
3 20 (23.81%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (23.81%) Legal
4 7 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 6 (7.14%) Banking
6 5 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.76%) Law
8 3 (3.57%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 13 (15.48%) Analyst
2 12 (14.29%) Architect
2 12 (14.29%) Senior
3 9 (10.71%) Lead
3 9 (10.71%) Senior Analyst
4 8 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
4 8 (9.52%) Data Manager
4 8 (9.52%) Head of IT
4 8 (9.52%) Security Manager
5 6 (7.14%) Data Governance Analyst
5 6 (7.14%) Data Governance Manager
5 6 (7.14%) Governance Manager
5 6 (7.14%) Information Manager
6 5 (5.95%) Developer
6 5 (5.95%) Full Stack Developer
6 5 (5.95%) Full Stack PHP Developer
6 5 (5.95%) Governance Analyst
6 5 (5.95%) Information Security Manager
6 5 (5.95%) IT Manager
6 5 (5.95%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.52%) Middleware
2 5 (5.95%) CSS
2 5 (5.95%) HTML
2 5 (5.95%) HTML5
2 5 (5.95%) jQuery
2 5 (5.95%) LAMP
2 5 (5.95%) Laravel
2 5 (5.95%) LEMP Stack
2 5 (5.95%) LESS
2 5 (5.95%) React
2 5 (5.95%) Sass
2 5 (5.95%) Vue
3 1 (1.19%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (48.81%) Management Information System
2 10 (11.90%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (9.52%) Cloud Native
4 7 (8.33%) Freedom of Information
4 7 (8.33%) Taxonomies
5 6 (7.14%) Data Centre
6 5 (5.95%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (5.95%) Mobile App
7 4 (4.76%) PMI
8 3 (3.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (3.57%) Virtual Team
9 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
9 2 (2.38%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (1.19%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (1.19%) Security Posture
10 1 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.43%) Windows
2 13 (15.48%) Linux
3 8 (9.52%) Solaris
3 8 (9.52%) Ubuntu
3 8 (9.52%) Unix
4 4 (4.76%) VMS
4 4 (4.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (60.71%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (33.33%) Agile
3 21 (25.00%) Project Management
4 17 (20.24%) IT Strategy
5 15 (17.86%) Coaching
6 14 (16.67%) Risk Management
6 14 (16.67%) Security Management
7 13 (15.48%) Identity Access Management
8 12 (14.29%) Analytics
8 12 (14.29%) Server Management
9 11 (13.10%) Business Continuity
9 11 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (13.10%) Scrum
10 10 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (11.90%) Computer Science
10 10 (11.90%) Data Protection
10 10 (11.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 10 (11.90%) Incident Response
10 10 (11.90%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 10 (11.90%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.71%) SQL
2 5 (5.95%) JavaScript
2 5 (5.95%) PHP
2 5 (5.95%) PowerShell
3 3 (3.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (17.86%) Azure Certification
1 15 (17.86%) CISSP
1 15 (17.86%) Degree
2 13 (15.48%) CISM
3 11 (13.10%) AWS Certification
4 8 (9.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 8 (9.52%) CISA
5 5 (5.95%) PCI QSA
5 5 (5.95%) PMI Certification
6 4 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.76%) OSCP
7 3 (3.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (3.57%) CCSK
7 3 (3.57%) CCSP
7 3 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.38%) CEH
8 2 (2.38%) GCFA
8 2 (2.38%) GCIH
8 2 (2.38%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.38%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (17.86%) NIST
3 11 (13.10%) PCI DSS
4 8 (9.52%) GDPR
5 5 (5.95%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (5.95%) GRC
6 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.19%) NCSC
6 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 11 (13.10%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.95%) RACF
3 4 (4.76%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.76%) pfSense
3 4 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 3 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.38%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 14 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.95%) CyberArk
3 4 (4.76%) BroadSoft
3 4 (4.76%) Brocade
3 4 (4.76%) Cisco
3 4 (4.76%) Dell
3 4 (4.76%) Dell Compellent
3 4 (4.76%) Fortinet
3 4 (4.76%) QNAP
3 4 (4.76%) Ubiquiti
3 4 (4.76%) Veeam
3 4 (4.76%) VMware
3 4 (4.76%) Zerto
4 2 (2.38%) Oracle
4 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.38%) SAP
4 2 (2.38%) ServiceNow
4 2 (2.38%) Zscaler
5 1 (1.19%) Google
5 1 (1.19%) Sun