SANS Jobs in England

SANS Institute
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 777 796 976
Rank change year-on-year +19 +180 -249
Permanent jobs citing SANS 56 148 167
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.066% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.49% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 36 87 97
10th Percentile £38,125 £49,750 £48,700
25th Percentile £46,480 £61,250 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,750 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.00% -9.09% +17.86%
75th Percentile £73,750 £103,750 £105,000
90th Percentile - £117,500 £126,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £75,000 £81,250
% change year-on-year -22.67% -7.69% +16.07%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,300 30,233 34,844
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.56% 32.65% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 15,789 13,648 16,730
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,193 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.49% +5.81% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SANS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SANS in England.

Salary trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SANS in England

SANS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
London +79 22 £72,500 -25.64% 9
North of England +43 15 £56,500 -
Yorkshire +97 8 £56,500 -
Midlands +14 8 £58,000 -17.14% 1
West Midlands +32 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
North East +1 6 £40,000 -
South West -18 5 - - 2
South East -46 5 £60,000 -12.73% 5
East Midlands -14 2 £44,225 -36.82%
East of England +12 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £50,000 -
SANS
UK

SANS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (48.21%) Azure
2 16 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 12 (21.43%) AWS
5 6 (10.71%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.79%) IaaS
7 1 (1.79%) PaaS
7 1 (1.79%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (62.50%) Firewall
2 28 (50.00%) Network Security
3 20 (35.71%) LAN
3 20 (35.71%) TCP/IP
3 20 (35.71%) WAN
4 16 (28.57%) Wireshark
5 3 (5.36%) VPN
6 2 (3.57%) DHCP
6 2 (3.57%) DNS
6 2 (3.57%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) GitLab
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 20 (35.71%) Finance
2 13 (23.21%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (12.50%) Law
4 7 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 7 (12.50%) Marketing
5 5 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.93%) Legal
6 4 (7.14%) Retail
7 2 (3.57%) Advertising
8 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (33.93%) Security Engineer
2 18 (32.14%) Senior
3 14 (25.00%) Analyst
3 14 (25.00%) Lead
4 11 (19.64%) Architect
4 11 (19.64%) Information Security Engineer
5 10 (17.86%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 9 (16.07%) Security Analyst
6 9 (16.07%) Team Leader
7 8 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
8 6 (10.71%) Security Architect
9 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (8.93%) Lead Architect
9 5 (8.93%) Senior Architect
10 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (7.14%) Security Manager
11 3 (5.36%) Senior Analyst
12 2 (3.57%) Consultant
12 2 (3.57%) Incident Engineer
12 2 (3.57%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 25 (44.64%) Management Information System
2 14 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (16.07%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (12.50%) IoT
4 7 (12.50%) Public Cloud
5 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
5 5 (8.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (8.93%) Replication
6 4 (7.14%) Digital Media
7 3 (5.36%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (5.36%) PKI
8 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
8 2 (3.57%) NHS
8 2 (3.57%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.79%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.93%) Windows
2 14 (25.00%) Android
2 14 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.79%) Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (78.57%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (60.71%) Information Security
3 30 (53.57%) SIEM
4 21 (37.50%) Security Management
5 20 (35.71%) Cloud Security
5 20 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
6 19 (33.93%) Roadmaps
7 18 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (32.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (30.36%) Information Security Management
8 17 (30.36%) Security Operations
9 16 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
9 16 (28.57%) DevOps
10 15 (26.79%) Process Improvement
11 14 (25.00%) Agile
11 14 (25.00%) Cryptography
11 14 (25.00%) Ethical Hacking
11 14 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
11 14 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
11 14 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 31 (55.36%) Python
2 24 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 6 (10.71%) Bash
4 5 (8.93%) C
4 5 (8.93%) Java
4 5 (8.93%) R
4 5 (8.93%) Scala
4 5 (8.93%) SQL
5 2 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (91.07%) CISSP
2 21 (37.50%) CISA
3 20 (35.71%) CEH
3 20 (35.71%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (33.93%) GIAC
5 15 (26.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 15 (26.79%) CCSP
5 15 (26.79%) CISM
6 14 (25.00%) SSCP
7 12 (21.43%) CRISC
7 12 (21.43%) Degree
8 11 (19.64%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (12.50%) AWS Certification
11 6 (10.71%) CISMP
12 5 (8.93%) Azure Certification
12 5 (8.93%) OSCP
13 4 (7.14%) GCIH
13 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
13 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (44.64%) NIST
2 24 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (41.07%) PCI DSS
4 6 (10.71%) GDPR
5 5 (8.93%) HIPAA
6 4 (7.14%) GRC
6 4 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (5.36%) NCSC
8 2 (3.57%) COBIT
8 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (3.57%) GLBA
8 2 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.57%) vSphere
4 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (25.00%) Nmap
3 2 (3.57%) CSIRT
3 2 (3.57%) FortiGate
3 2 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (41.07%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.00%) Qualys
2 14 (25.00%) Rapid7
2 14 (25.00%) Splunk
2 14 (25.00%) Thycotic
3 3 (5.36%) VMware
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco
4 2 (3.57%) Sophos
5 1 (1.79%) Zscaler