Information Security Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Information Security Officer salary in the UK excluding London is £53,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 758 708 812
Rank change year-on-year -50 +104 -184
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Security Officer 22 20 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.036% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.041% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 14 17 60
10th Percentile £36,450 £52,300 £46,250
25th Percentile £40,938 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £67,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.48% +28.57% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £73,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -10.34% +34.88% +1.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Information Security Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Information Security Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Information Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Security Officer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Information Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Security Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Security Officer in the UK excluding London

Information Security Officer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Security Officer within the UK excluding London 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
Scotland -61 7 £38,750 -35.42% 1
South East -28 6 £47,500 -30.91% 3
North of England +13 3 £60,000 - 1
South West -38 3 £67,500 +58.82%
West Midlands -10 2 £58,500 -19.31% 2
Midlands -38 2 £58,500 -17.89% 2
Yorkshire +66 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £40,000 -
North East - 1 £80,000 -
North West - 1 £40,000 -
Information Security Officer
UK

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Information Security Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Information Security Officer in the job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Information Security
2 21 (95.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (68.18%) GDPR
4 14 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (59.09%) CISM
6 9 (40.91%) CISA
6 9 (40.91%) CISSP
6 9 (40.91%) Data Protection
7 8 (36.36%) Internal Audit
8 7 (31.82%) NIST
9 6 (27.27%) Incident Response
9 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
10 5 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
10 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity
10 5 (22.73%) Penetration Testing
10 5 (22.73%) GRC
10 5 (22.73%) PCI DSS
11 4 (18.18%) Azure
11 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
11 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
11 4 (18.18%) Finance
11 4 (18.18%) Information Security Management
11 4 (18.18%) Security Management
11 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
11 4 (18.18%) ISMS
12 3 (13.64%) SOC 2
12 3 (13.64%) Risk Register
12 3 (13.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act

Information Security Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) WhatsApp
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Legal
3 2 (9.09%) Law
4 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Tech for Good
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Information Security
2 9 (40.91%) Data Protection
3 8 (36.36%) Internal Audit
4 6 (27.27%) Incident Response
5 5 (22.73%) Business Continuity
5 5 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (22.73%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (18.18%) Information Security Management
6 4 (18.18%) ISMS
6 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
6 4 (18.18%) Security Management
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.64%) Contingency Planning
7 3 (13.64%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (13.64%) Risk Register
7 3 (13.64%) Service Management
8 2 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
8 2 (9.09%) Ethical Hacking
Qualifications
1 13 (59.09%) CISM
2 9 (40.91%) CISA
2 9 (40.91%) CISSP
3 3 (13.64%) CEH
3 3 (13.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 2 (9.09%) CRISC
4 2 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (95.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (68.18%) GDPR
3 14 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 7 (31.82%) NIST
5 5 (22.73%) GRC
5 5 (22.73%) PCI DSS
6 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (13.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (13.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (13.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune