Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 574 537 750
Rank change year-on-year -37 +213 -69
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 356 487 545
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.50% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 1.17% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 277 254 214
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,300 £41,625
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £66,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,943 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.48% -3.33% +4.35%

All Generic Skills
UK

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,381 41,658 80,546
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.48% 42.79% 48.24%
Number of salaries quoted 23,078 22,714 34,326
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,738 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,070 £46,350 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture 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 +20 324 £72,500 +11.54% 87
UK excluding London -88 179 £52,500 -9.48% 48
London +105 152 £85,000 +12.21% 41
Work from Home -3 114 £65,000 -8.77% 43
North of England +57 55 £50,000 -16.67% 11
South East -38 52 £45,000 -21.74% 12
North West +24 43 £60,000 +3.45% 5
Midlands -13 28 £52,500 - 8
West Midlands +1 21 £55,000 - 4
Scotland -78 17 £70,000 -0.71% 5
East of England +1 13 £42,500 -10.53% 5
South West -34 13 £45,000 -30.77% 8
East Midlands -13 7 £52,500 +50.00% 4
Yorkshire +64 6 £37,500 -43.61% 4
North East - 6 £45,000 - 2
Wales -10 1 - -

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.40%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 118 (33.15%) Azure
2 53 (14.89%) AWS
3 52 (14.61%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.30%) SaaS
5 18 (5.06%) GCP
6 15 (4.21%) Entra ID
7 12 (3.37%) Nutanix
8 10 (2.81%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (2.81%) Mimecast
8 10 (2.81%) PaaS
9 8 (2.25%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (2.25%) GitHub
9 8 (2.25%) IaaS
10 7 (1.97%) Azure API Management
11 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (1.12%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.84%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.84%) AWS CloudTrail
13 3 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
14 2 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 85 (23.88%) Firewall
2 42 (11.80%) Network Security
3 38 (10.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 31 (8.71%) DNS
5 23 (6.46%) DHCP
6 17 (4.78%) WAN
7 16 (4.49%) SD-WAN
8 15 (4.21%) LAN
8 15 (4.21%) VPN
9 12 (3.37%) SAN
10 11 (3.09%) Wireless
11 10 (2.81%) TCP/IP
12 6 (1.69%) Internet
13 5 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.40%) WLAN
14 4 (1.12%) NetScaler
15 2 (0.56%) OSPF
15 2 (0.56%) VLAN
15 2 (0.56%) Wireless Security
16 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.28%) Power BI
2 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.97%) GitLab
1 7 (1.97%) Katalon Studio
2 3 (0.84%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.56%) JIRA
3 2 (0.56%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 141 (39.61%) Social Skills
2 76 (21.35%) Analytical Skills
3 71 (19.94%) Finance
4 51 (14.33%) Legal
5 33 (9.27%) Law
6 24 (6.74%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (6.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (6.46%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.09%) Retail
9 8 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.97%) Banking
11 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (1.69%) Public Sector
12 5 (1.40%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.84%) Advertising
13 3 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.84%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.56%) Electronics
14 2 (0.56%) Games
15 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 61 (17.13%) Architect
1 61 (17.13%) Security Manager
2 58 (16.29%) Security Architect
3 34 (9.55%) Analyst
4 32 (8.99%) Senior
5 29 (8.15%) Lead
6 28 (7.87%) Information Manager
6 28 (7.87%) Information Security Manager
7 26 (7.30%) Security Analyst
8 20 (5.62%) Penetration Tester
8 20 (5.62%) Security Engineer
8 20 (5.62%) Tester
9 16 (4.49%) Consultant
9 16 (4.49%) IT Manager
10 15 (4.21%) Security Consultant
11 14 (3.93%) IT Architect
11 14 (3.93%) IT Security Architect
12 13 (3.65%) Information Analyst
12 13 (3.65%) Information Security Analyst
12 13 (3.65%) IT Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.37%) ARM Templates
1 12 (3.37%) React
2 10 (2.81%) .NET
3 7 (1.97%) YAML
4 4 (1.12%) OAuth
4 4 (1.12%) OpenID
4 4 (1.12%) SAML
4 4 (1.12%) Web Services
5 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.56%) EDI
5 2 (0.56%) Flask
6 1 (0.28%) ADO
6 1 (0.28%) Kafka
6 1 (0.28%) REST
6 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 59 (16.57%) Management Information System
2 45 (12.64%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (7.02%) Cloud Security Posture
3 25 (7.02%) Cyber Security Posture
4 15 (4.21%) Cyberattack
5 12 (3.37%) Operational Technology
6 11 (3.09%) Cloud Native
7 10 (2.81%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.81%) Security Operations Centre
7 10 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.97%) Data Centre
8 7 (1.97%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (1.97%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.69%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.40%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.40%) PKI
11 4 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.12%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 49 (13.76%) Windows
2 23 (6.46%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.21%) Android
4 14 (3.93%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 7 (1.97%) Linux
7 6 (1.69%) Kali Linux
8 4 (1.12%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.84%) Unix
10 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (63.48%) Cybersecurity
2 175 (49.16%) Information Security
3 100 (28.09%) Incident Response
4 92 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (24.72%) Risk Management
6 77 (21.63%) Security Architecture
7 70 (19.66%) Cloud Security
8 62 (17.42%) Security Management
8 62 (17.42%) Security Operations
8 62 (17.42%) SIEM
9 54 (15.17%) Computer Science
10 50 (14.04%) Roadmaps
11 48 (13.48%) Vulnerability Management
12 47 (13.20%) Disaster Recovery
13 44 (12.36%) Penetration Testing
14 42 (11.80%) Business Continuity
15 37 (10.39%) Agile
16 35 (9.83%) Project Management
17 34 (9.55%) Identity Access Management
18 33 (9.27%) Data Privacy
Programming Languages
1 21 (5.90%) Python
2 19 (5.34%) PowerShell
3 12 (3.37%) C#
4 10 (2.81%) JavaScript
5 8 (2.25%) SQL
6 6 (1.69%) Java
7 5 (1.40%) Bash
7 5 (1.40%) Go
8 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.28%) C++
Qualifications
1 145 (40.73%) CISSP
2 103 (28.93%) Degree
3 68 (19.10%) CISM
4 60 (16.85%) Cisco Certification
5 45 (12.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 40 (11.24%) CCSP
7 36 (10.11%) CISA
8 28 (7.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (7.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (6.18%) GIAC
10 21 (5.90%) CRISC
11 20 (5.62%) CCSK
11 20 (5.62%) OSCP
12 19 (5.34%) CEH
13 17 (4.78%) MCSE
14 16 (4.49%) GSEC
14 16 (4.49%) Master's Degree
15 14 (3.93%) SSCP
15 14 (3.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 13 (3.65%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (39.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (26.12%) NIST
3 65 (18.26%) GDPR
4 40 (11.24%) GRC
5 32 (8.99%) PCI DSS
6 30 (8.43%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 17 (4.78%) SOC 2
8 9 (2.53%) NIST 800
9 8 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (1.97%) COBIT
10 7 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (1.69%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.12%) ISO 9001
12 4 (1.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.84%) FISMA
13 3 (0.84%) GLBA
14 2 (0.56%) NCSC
14 2 (0.56%) QA
15 1 (0.28%) GxP
System Software
1 43 (12.08%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (3.37%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.40%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.12%) Docker
6 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (2.53%) CASB
3 9 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (2.53%) Terraform
4 6 (1.69%) Nessus
5 4 (1.12%) FortiGate
5 4 (1.12%) Suricata
6 3 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.84%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.84%) Nmap
7 2 (0.56%) DatAdvantage
7 2 (0.56%) QRadar
7 2 (0.56%) SCCM
7 2 (0.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 2 (0.56%) WSUS
8 1 (0.28%) Ansible
8 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.28%) Stealthwatch
8 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (26.97%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.43%) VMware
3 14 (3.93%) Cisco
3 14 (3.93%) CrowdStrike
3 14 (3.93%) Veeam
4 12 (3.37%) Commvault
4 12 (3.37%) HP
4 12 (3.37%) Meraki
4 12 (3.37%) Nimble Storage
5 9 (2.53%) Splunk
6 8 (2.25%) Proofpoint
6 8 (2.25%) Rapid7
7 7 (1.97%) Darktrace
7 7 (1.97%) Google
8 6 (1.69%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.69%) Qualys
8 6 (1.69%) Symantec
8 6 (1.69%) Zscaler
9 5 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.40%) Synology