Cloud Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 926 1212
Rank change year-on-year +53 +286 -313
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 23 44 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.042% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.066% 0.098% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 1
10th Percentile £82,500 £76,750 -
25th Percentile £85,000 £79,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £87,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +25.00% +48.94%
75th Percentile £105,938 £100,625 -
90th Percentile £112,125 £106,250 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £87,500 -
% change year-on-year +8.57% - -

All Generic Skills
UK

Cloud 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 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
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 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security Posture in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cloud Security Posture in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security Posture in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Posture within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England +94 23 £95,000 +8.57% 3
London +150 21 £95,000 +2.70% 1
South East -5 2 £95,000 -
UK excluding London -25 2 £95,000 +8.57% 3
Work from Home +91 1 £95,000 -13.64% 1

Cloud 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (73.91%) AWS
2 15 (65.22%) Azure
3 10 (43.48%) GCP
4 6 (26.09%) SaaS
5 5 (21.74%) Azure API Management
5 5 (21.74%) Azure Key Vault
5 5 (21.74%) Entra ID
5 5 (21.74%) GitHub
5 5 (21.74%) IaaS
5 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (21.74%) PaaS
6 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (4.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (4.35%) Amazon S3
7 1 (4.35%) AWS CloudTrail
7 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 10 (43.48%) Firewall
2 5 (21.74%) DNS
2 5 (21.74%) SD-WAN
2 5 (21.74%) WAN
Development Applications
1 5 (21.74%) GitLab
1 5 (21.74%) Katalon Studio
General
1 16 (69.57%) Social Skills
2 13 (56.52%) Finance
3 5 (21.74%) Documentation Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Legal
3 5 (21.74%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (13.04%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.35%) Law
5 1 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Security Manager
2 5 (21.74%) Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Security Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Security Engineer
3 4 (17.39%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Cloud Security Architect
4 3 (13.04%) Data Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Data Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Data Protection Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Data Protection Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Engineering Manager
4 3 (13.04%) IT Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) IT Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Data Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior IT Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior IT Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (21.74%) Cloud Native
2 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (13.04%) PKI
3 3 (13.04%) Virtual Team
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.35%) Cyberattack
4 1 (4.35%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
1 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 16 (69.57%) Information Security
3 13 (56.52%) Agile
3 13 (56.52%) Incident Response
4 12 (52.17%) Identity Access Management
5 10 (43.48%) Data Loss Prevention
5 10 (43.48%) Data Security
5 10 (43.48%) Scrum
6 9 (39.13%) Computer Science
7 8 (34.78%) CI/CD
7 8 (34.78%) Cybersecurity
7 8 (34.78%) DevSecOps
7 8 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (30.43%) Root Cause Analysis
9 6 (26.09%) Disaster Recovery
9 6 (26.09%) Information Security Management
9 6 (26.09%) Security Management
10 5 (21.74%) DRM
10 5 (21.74%) Project Management
10 5 (21.74%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) PowerShell
1 5 (21.74%) Python
1 5 (21.74%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) CISSP
2 15 (65.22%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 15 (65.22%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (52.17%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (47.83%) Degree
5 8 (34.78%) AWS Certification
5 8 (34.78%) CCSK
5 8 (34.78%) CCSP
6 7 (30.43%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 7 (30.43%) Azure Certification
6 7 (30.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (8.70%) CISM
8 1 (4.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (4.35%) CASP
8 1 (4.35%) CEH
8 1 (4.35%) GIAC
8 1 (4.35%) SC Cleared
8 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (65.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (52.17%) NIST
3 7 (30.43%) PCI DSS
4 5 (21.74%) NIST 800
5 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (8.70%) GDPR
5 2 (8.70%) SOC 2
6 1 (4.35%) GRC
6 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (4.35%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Kubernetes
2 5 (21.74%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (21.74%) Terraform
3 3 (13.04%) CASB
Vendors
1 17 (73.91%) Microsoft
2 7 (30.43%) Google
3 5 (21.74%) CA
4 3 (13.04%) Netskope
4 3 (13.04%) Symantec
4 3 (13.04%) Zscaler