Security Monitoring Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 702 668 711
Rank change year-on-year -34 +43 -100
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 64 89 162
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.087% 0.15% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.16% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 49 65 120
10th Percentile £25,750 - £31,453
25th Percentile £39,347 £36,250 £36,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,201 £50,625
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +1.14% +1.25%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,000 £69,688
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,809 55,778 69,247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.57% 95.55% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 41,900 28,986 41,442
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
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 Security Monitoring within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 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
South East +1 36 £52,500 +40.00% 13
North of England +40 9 £40,000 -33.33% 13
North West +6 7 £37,500 -37.50% 10
South West -27 6 £55,000 -15.38% 3
West Midlands -3 5 £26,500 -51.82% 4
Midlands -18 5 £26,500 -51.82% 5
Scotland -65 3 £47,500 +11.76% 9
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Yorkshire +64 2 £58,750 - 3
Northern Ireland +20 1 - -
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (10.94%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.69%) IIS
4 2 (3.13%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (31.25%) Azure
2 12 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (14.06%) AWS
4 4 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.44%) Network Security
2 8 (12.50%) Firewall
3 5 (7.81%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (6.25%) Internet
4 4 (6.25%) VPN
5 3 (4.69%) LAN
5 3 (4.69%) WAN
6 2 (3.13%) Skype
6 2 (3.13%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 22 (34.38%) Analytical Skills
2 17 (26.56%) Social Skills
3 15 (23.44%) Finance
4 11 (17.19%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.38%) Retail
6 3 (4.69%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.69%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Games
Job Titles
1 30 (46.88%) Analyst
2 20 (31.25%) Security Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Information Analyst
3 10 (15.63%) Information Security Analyst
4 7 (10.94%) Architect
4 7 (10.94%) Consultant
4 7 (10.94%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 7 (10.94%) Security Architect
4 7 (10.94%) Security Consultant
5 6 (9.38%) IT Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) Senior
6 4 (6.25%) Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) IT Analyst
6 4 (6.25%) IT Security Engineer
6 4 (6.25%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Principal Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 3 (4.69%) Senior Security Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (34.38%) Management Information System
2 8 (12.50%) Security Posture
3 7 (10.94%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (9.38%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (9.38%) Data Centre
5 4 (6.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (6.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (4.69%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.69%) IoT
6 3 (4.69%) PMI
7 2 (3.13%) Driving Licence
7 2 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 2 (3.13%) PKI
7 2 (3.13%) Security Operations Centre
7 2 (3.13%) Smartcard
8 1 (1.56%) CCTV
8 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (25.00%) Windows
2 7 (10.94%) Windows Server
3 5 (7.81%) Windows 10
4 4 (6.25%) Kali Linux
5 3 (4.69%) Linux
6 1 (1.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (53.13%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (35.94%) Information Security
3 20 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (29.69%) Incident Management
4 19 (29.69%) Incident Response
5 17 (26.56%) SIEM
6 14 (21.88%) Risk Management
7 13 (20.31%) Internal Audit
8 12 (18.75%) Security Architecture
9 11 (17.19%) Cloud Security
10 10 (15.63%) Penetration Testing
10 10 (15.63%) Security Operations
11 9 (14.06%) Time Management
11 9 (14.06%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 8 (12.50%) Computer Science
12 8 (12.50%) Security Testing
12 8 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
13 7 (10.94%) Enterprise Architecture
13 7 (10.94%) Information Assurance
13 7 (10.94%) SABSA
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 6 (9.38%) Python
3 3 (4.69%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (34.38%) CISSP
2 17 (26.56%) Degree
3 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
4 7 (10.94%) CESG Certified Professional
4 7 (10.94%) CISMP
4 7 (10.94%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (10.94%) CREST Certified
5 5 (7.81%) CEH
6 4 (6.25%) AWS Certification
6 4 (6.25%) Azure Certification
7 3 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (4.69%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.69%) DV Cleared
7 3 (4.69%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (4.69%) PMI Certification
8 2 (3.13%) CCNA
8 2 (3.13%) CCNP
8 2 (3.13%) CISM
8 2 (3.13%) GIAC
9 1 (1.56%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (42.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (23.44%) NIST
3 8 (12.50%) GRC
3 8 (12.50%) PCI DSS
4 7 (10.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (7.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (3.13%) GDPR
7 1 (1.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 16 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) Hyper-V
2 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.69%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (4.69%) VMware Workstation
4 2 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (3.13%) vSphere
5 1 (1.56%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (6.25%) Suricata
2 3 (4.69%) SCOM
2 3 (4.69%) WSUS
3 1 (1.56%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.56%) Nessus
3 1 (1.56%) Network Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (1.56%) QRadar
Vendors
1 29 (45.31%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) Splunk
3 7 (10.94%) VMware
4 5 (7.81%) Cisco
5 4 (6.25%) Juniper
5 4 (6.25%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.13%) Citrix
7 1 (1.56%) Apple
7 1 (1.56%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.56%) Darktrace
7 1 (1.56%) Foundry
7 1 (1.56%) Google
7 1 (1.56%) SonicWALL