IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for QRadar skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QRadar over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 936 1170
Rank change year-on-year +64 +234 -334
Permanent jobs citing QRadar 42 16 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.016% 0.040%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.43% 0.11% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 38 14 48
10th Percentile £51,250 £36,330 £43,750
25th Percentile £51,563 £39,188 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,125 £83,750
Median % change year-on-year +35.50% -44.93% +8.06%
75th Percentile £77,500 £59,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £73,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -5.26% -38.71%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

QRadar is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,853 14,263 30,780
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.60% 14.65% 18.44%
Number of salaries quoted 7,027 8,875 14,106
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% -3.57% +9.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +0.89% +7.27%

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing QRadar as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing QRadar.

Salary trend for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QRadar over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QRadar within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +104 41 £62,500 +35.50% 9
London +178 37 £62,500 +32.28% 7
Work from Home +79 19 £55,000 +10.00% 8
UK excluding London -28 4 £60,000 +33.33% 4
East of England -2 3 £60,000 +41.18% 2
South East +1 1 - - 2

QRadar
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 16 (38.10%) Azure
2 13 (30.95%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (14.29%) SaaS
4 4 (9.52%) IaaS
4 4 (9.52%) Mimecast
4 4 (9.52%) PaaS
5 3 (7.14%) AWS
5 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) DKIM
1 4 (9.52%) Network Security
2 3 (7.14%) Firewall
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.38%) DHCP
3 1 (2.38%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) TCP/IP
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Games
3 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (16.67%) Finance
3 7 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 6 (14.29%) Law
4 6 (14.29%) Legal
5 1 (2.38%) Local Government
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Analyst
1 21 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Security Engineer
2 9 (21.43%) Senior
2 9 (21.43%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (11.90%) Operational Security Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Operations Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Security Manager
3 5 (11.90%) Security Operations Manager
4 4 (9.52%) SIEM Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) SOC Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Lead
6 2 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Security Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (2.38%) Incident Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) IT Security Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Operations Support Engineer
7 1 (2.38%) Senior Incident Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.43%) Cyber Threat
1 9 (21.43%) Operational Technology
1 9 (21.43%) SCADA
2 6 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (14.29%) Client/Server
2 6 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (11.90%) Management Information System
4 4 (9.52%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.38%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (80.95%) SIEM
2 30 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
3 25 (59.52%) Incident Response
3 25 (59.52%) Security Operations
4 16 (38.10%) Security Management
5 14 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
5 14 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 12 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
6 12 (28.57%) Incident Management
7 10 (23.81%) Data Loss Prevention
7 10 (23.81%) Information Security
7 10 (23.81%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (23.81%) Security Architecture
8 9 (21.43%) Data Acquisition
8 9 (21.43%) Red Team
8 9 (21.43%) SOAR
8 9 (21.43%) Strategic Management
9 8 (19.05%) Computer Science
9 8 (19.05%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 8 (19.05%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) Bash
1 3 (7.14%) Python
2 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (26.19%) Degree
2 4 (9.52%) CISSP
2 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
2 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.14%) GCIA
3 3 (7.14%) GCIH
4 2 (4.76%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (4.76%) GCED
4 2 (4.76%) GCFA
5 1 (2.38%) CASP
5 1 (2.38%) GIAC
5 1 (2.38%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (9.52%) NIST
3 2 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.76%) GDPR
3 2 (4.76%) ISO 31000
3 2 (4.76%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.76%) SOC 2
4 1 (2.38%) GRC
4 1 (2.38%) GxP
4 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (2.38%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) CASB
2 6 (14.29%) DatAdvantage
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (4.76%) SCCM
4 2 (4.76%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.38%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (2.38%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 23 (54.76%) IBM
1 23 (54.76%) Splunk
2 21 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 13 (30.95%) Darktrace
4 12 (28.57%) Cisco
5 8 (19.05%) Kenna
5 8 (19.05%) Rapid7
6 6 (14.29%) Varonis
7 3 (7.14%) LogRhythm
7 3 (7.14%) Qualys
8 2 (4.76%) Symantec
9 1 (2.38%) ServiceNow
9 1 (2.38%) Tripwire
9 1 (2.38%) VMware