Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for DMARC skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DMARC over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 852 962 1167
Rank change year-on-year +110 +205 -285
Permanent jobs citing DMARC 51 21 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.020% 0.028%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 0.37% 0.13% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 50 21 14
10th Percentile £42,500 £23,500 £50,000
25th Percentile - £46,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £65,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% -16.13% +3.33%
75th Percentile £52,500 £75,000 £90,938
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +34.29% -30.00% +11.11%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
UK

DMARC is in the Communications and Computer Networking category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 13,635 16,010 20,860
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.84% 15.39% 13.38%
Number of salaries quoted 9,509 8,145 11,813
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -4.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,715 £87,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -

DMARC
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DMARC.

Salary trend for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing DMARC over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DMARC in the UK

DMARC
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DMARC within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
UK excluding London +42 46 £47,000 +34.29% 2
England +112 39 £47,000 -27.69% 4
Work from Home +112 37 £47,000 -1.05% 3
North of England - 17 £47,000 - 1
North West - 12 £47,000 -
Scotland - 11 £47,000 -
South East +21 10 £47,000 -35.17% 1
Midlands +11 6 £63,750 +34.21%
East Midlands - 6 £63,750 -
North East - 5 £50,000 - 1
London +116 4 £65,000 - 2
East of England +13 2 £38,500 +10.00%

DMARC
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 15 (29.41%) SharePoint
2 14 (27.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (9.80%) Exchange Server 2013
3 5 (9.80%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (3.92%) Apache
4 2 (3.92%) nginx
4 2 (3.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 48 (94.12%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (86.27%) Azure
3 18 (35.29%) Entra ID
4 5 (9.80%) ShareGate
5 2 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (3.92%) Amazon S3
5 2 (3.92%) AWS
5 2 (3.92%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (3.92%) GitHub
5 2 (3.92%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.96%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.96%) OneDrive
6 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 51 (100.00%) DKIM
2 43 (84.31%) DNS
3 28 (54.90%) Internet
4 8 (15.69%) Firewall
5 6 (11.76%) VLAN
5 6 (11.76%) VPN
6 2 (3.92%) Network Security
6 2 (3.92%) PBX
6 2 (3.92%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (3.92%) SMTP
6 2 (3.92%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) MySQL
1 2 (3.92%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.92%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.92%) Redis
1 2 (3.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Git
1 2 (3.92%) git-flow
General
1 11 (21.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Law
3 2 (3.92%) Finance
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 32 (62.75%) Analyst
2 31 (60.78%) Security Analyst
3 30 (58.82%) Information Analyst
3 30 (58.82%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (11.76%) Project Engineer
5 5 (9.80%) Microsoft 365 Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Senior
5 5 (9.80%) SharePoint Specialist
5 5 (9.80%) Technical Specialist
6 3 (5.88%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.92%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) IT Support
7 2 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Linux Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Senior IT Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Senior IT Support
7 2 (3.92%) Senior Support Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Support Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.92%) CSS
1 2 (3.92%) HTML
1 2 (3.92%) LAMP
1 2 (3.92%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 26 (50.98%) Cyberattack
2 3 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.92%) CCTV
3 2 (3.92%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.92%) Handset
3 2 (3.92%) Replication
3 2 (3.92%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (3.92%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.96%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (17.65%) Windows
2 6 (11.76%) Windows Server
3 2 (3.92%) Linux
3 2 (3.92%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.96%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (64.71%) Information Security
2 31 (60.78%) SIEM
3 26 (50.98%) Cloud Security
3 26 (50.98%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 26 (50.98%) SOAR
3 26 (50.98%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 6 (11.76%) B2B
4 6 (11.76%) Incident Management
4 6 (11.76%) Migration
4 6 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 5 (9.80%) Server Migrations
6 3 (5.88%) Computer Science
6 3 (5.88%) IT Strategy
6 3 (5.88%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (3.92%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (3.92%) Fintech
7 2 (3.92%) Security Operations
7 2 (3.92%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 2 (3.92%) Task Automation
7 2 (3.92%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) Bash
1 2 (3.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (3.92%) GDPR
4 2 (3.92%) HIPAA
4 2 (3.92%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.96%) NCSC
System Software
1 15 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.92%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 26 (50.98%) CASB
2 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (3.92%) Ansible
3 2 (3.92%) Terraform
4 1 (1.96%) SCCM
4 1 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (11.76%) Meraki
3 5 (9.80%) Proofpoint
4 2 (3.92%) Citrix
4 2 (3.92%) ConnectWise
4 2 (3.92%) Sage
5 1 (1.96%) LogRhythm