Security Posture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 508 667
Rank change year-on-year -79 +159 -128
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 173 251 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.42% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% 1.01% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 134 100 75
10th Percentile £35,225 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £45,473
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,875 £100,000 £82,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +10.69% -6.43% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,007 24,742 31,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.84% 41.06% 43.65%
Number of salaries quoted 15,226 11,258 15,820
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
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 Posture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 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 -17 53 £52,250 -27.93% 17
North of England +51 52 £60,000 - 14
North West +30 42 £60,000 +1.69% 8
Midlands -7 26 £52,500 - 8
West Midlands -1 19 £55,000 +4.76% 5
South West -27 15 £45,000 -40.00% 4
East of England +17 13 £48,750 +2.63% 6
Scotland -83 13 £70,000 - 5
East Midlands -10 7 £52,500 +20.00% 3
Yorkshire +64 6 £51,250 -22.93% 4
North East 0 4 £46,250 - 2
Wales -6 1 - - 1
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 3 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.58%) IIS
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (39.31%) Azure
2 37 (21.39%) Microsoft 365
3 24 (13.87%) AWS
4 17 (9.83%) SaaS
5 7 (4.05%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.31%) GCP
8 3 (1.73%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.73%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (1.73%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.73%) PaaS
9 2 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.16%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.16%) Serverless
10 1 (0.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.58%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.58%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (21.97%) Firewall
2 23 (13.29%) Network Security
3 20 (11.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (6.36%) LAN
5 9 (5.20%) VPN
6 8 (4.62%) DHCP
6 8 (4.62%) DNS
6 8 (4.62%) Wireless
7 7 (4.05%) WAN
8 6 (3.47%) Internet
8 6 (3.47%) SD-WAN
9 5 (2.89%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (2.31%) NetScaler
11 2 (1.16%) Wireless Security
12 1 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
12 1 (0.58%) NGFW
12 1 (0.58%) OSPF
12 1 (0.58%) SSL
12 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.58%) Power BI
2 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.16%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.58%) JIRA
General
1 62 (35.84%) Social Skills
2 45 (26.01%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (10.98%) Finance
4 16 (9.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 16 (9.25%) Legal
5 8 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.47%) Law
7 5 (2.89%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.89%) Retail
8 3 (1.73%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.16%) Banking
9 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.16%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.58%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (23.12%) Architect
2 37 (21.39%) Security Architect
3 20 (11.56%) Senior
4 18 (10.40%) Security Manager
5 17 (9.83%) Analyst
6 15 (8.67%) Penetration Tester
6 15 (8.67%) Tester
7 12 (6.94%) Network Engineer
8 11 (6.36%) Information Architect
8 11 (6.36%) Information Security Architect
8 11 (6.36%) Lead
8 11 (6.36%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (5.78%) IT Engineer
9 10 (5.78%) Security Analyst
10 9 (5.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.20%) Senior Security Analyst
11 8 (4.62%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (4.05%) Information Analyst
12 7 (4.05%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (4.05%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.94%) React
2 10 (5.78%) .NET
3 4 (2.31%) OAuth
3 4 (2.31%) OpenID
3 4 (2.31%) SAML
3 4 (2.31%) Web Services
4 2 (1.16%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.16%) EDI
4 2 (1.16%) Flask
5 1 (0.58%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 31 (17.92%) Cyber Threat
2 25 (14.45%) Management Information System
3 22 (12.72%) Cyber Security Posture
4 15 (8.67%) Cyberattack
5 10 (5.78%) Product Ownership
5 10 (5.78%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.05%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.05%) Security Operations Centre
7 6 (3.47%) Operational Technology
8 5 (2.89%) Cloud Native
9 4 (2.31%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.31%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.73%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.73%) PMI
11 2 (1.16%) Embedded Systems
11 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.87%) Windows
2 9 (5.20%) Android
3 8 (4.62%) Apple iOS
3 8 (4.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 6 (3.47%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.73%) Linux
5 3 (1.73%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.73%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.16%) Unix
6 2 (1.16%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.58%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (71.10%) Cybersecurity
2 67 (38.73%) Information Security
3 49 (28.32%) Incident Response
3 49 (28.32%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (24.28%) SIEM
5 33 (19.08%) Security Operations
6 32 (18.50%) Security Architecture
7 31 (17.92%) Vulnerability Management
8 30 (17.34%) Security Management
9 27 (15.61%) Penetration Testing
9 27 (15.61%) Risk Management
10 21 (12.14%) OWASP
10 21 (12.14%) Project Management
10 21 (12.14%) Regulatory Compliance
10 21 (12.14%) Technical Architecture
11 20 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (11.56%) SDLC
12 19 (10.98%) Cloud Security
12 19 (10.98%) Computer Science
13 18 (10.40%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (6.94%) C#
2 10 (5.78%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.62%) Python
4 5 (2.89%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.16%) Bash
5 2 (1.16%) SQL
5 2 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (26.01%) CISSP
2 44 (25.43%) Degree
3 19 (10.98%) Cisco Certification
4 18 (10.40%) CISM
5 14 (8.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (7.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (6.94%) CCSP
7 12 (6.94%) CISA
7 12 (6.94%) OSCP
8 10 (5.78%) CEH
9 9 (5.20%) CCSK
10 7 (4.05%) CRISC
11 6 (3.47%) AWS Certification
11 6 (3.47%) Security Cleared
12 5 (2.89%) Azure Certification
13 4 (2.31%) CCNA
13 4 (2.31%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (2.31%) GIAC
13 4 (2.31%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (2.31%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (35.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 46 (26.59%) NIST
3 27 (15.61%) GDPR
4 26 (15.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 16 (9.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 14 (8.09%) GRC
7 13 (7.51%) PCI DSS
8 12 (6.94%) SOC 2
9 7 (4.05%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (2.31%) ISO 9001
12 3 (1.73%) COBIT
13 2 (1.16%) NCSC
13 2 (1.16%) QA
14 1 (0.58%) GxP
14 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
System Software
1 13 (7.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.31%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.73%) Docker
3 3 (1.73%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.58%) Firmware
4 1 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.89%) Nessus
3 4 (2.31%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.31%) Suricata
4 3 (1.73%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.16%) DatAdvantage
5 2 (1.16%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.16%) Nmap
5 2 (1.16%) QRadar
5 2 (1.16%) SCCM
5 2 (1.16%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.58%) Ansible
6 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.58%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.58%) Terraform
6 1 (0.58%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.58%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (19.08%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.83%) VMware
3 12 (6.94%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (6.36%) Cisco
5 9 (5.20%) Meraki
6 8 (4.62%) Proofpoint
6 8 (4.62%) Rapid7
6 8 (4.62%) Splunk
7 7 (4.05%) Darktrace
8 5 (2.89%) Acronis
8 5 (2.89%) Citrix
8 5 (2.89%) Sophos
8 5 (2.89%) Synology
9 4 (2.31%) Dell
9 4 (2.31%) Juniper
9 4 (2.31%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.73%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.73%) Qualys
10 3 (1.73%) Symantec
11 2 (1.16%) Aruba