Protective Monitoring
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Protective Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Protective Monitoring over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 872 866 1188
Rank change year-on-year -6 +322 -313
Permanent jobs citing Protective Monitoring 35 129 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.13% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.13% 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 23
10th Percentile £42,250 £33,989 £31,475
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £62,165
90th Percentile £78,750 - £90,200
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -27.27% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Protective 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,403 97,101 150,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.70% 95.61% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 59,565 57,006 82,680
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Protective Monitoring in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Protective Monitoring.

Salary trend for Protective Monitoring in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Protective Monitoring over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Protective Monitoring in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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 -65 33 £60,000 +50.00% 12
England +28 32 £60,000 +26.32% 16
South West -12 25 £32,500 -53.57% 3
Work from Home +28 23 £72,500 +26.09% 2
North of England +29 5 £60,000 +50.00% 6
Yorkshire +76 4 £55,000 +37.50% 4
London +90 2 £60,669 +1.12% 2
North West +4 1 £72,500 +81.25% 2
Scotland -85 1 £72,500 - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Protective Monitoring
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 3 (8.57%) AWS
1 3 (8.57%) Azure
1 3 (8.57%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Internet
2 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.71%) LAN
3 2 (5.71%) WAN
4 1 (2.86%) Firewall
4 1 (2.86%) Network Security
4 1 (2.86%) VPN
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Games
3 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.86%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 20 (57.14%) Consultant
1 20 (57.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 20 (57.14%) Security Consultant
2 6 (17.14%) Security Engineer
3 5 (14.29%) Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (11.43%) SOC Manager
5 2 (5.71%) IT Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) IT Security Engineer
5 2 (5.71%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Senior
5 2 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Junior
6 1 (2.86%) Junior Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Junior Security Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Security Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (11.43%) Cyberattack
1 4 (11.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.71%) Operational Technology
2 2 (5.71%) SCADA
3 1 (2.86%) CCTV
3 1 (2.86%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.43%) Linux
1 4 (11.43%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (82.86%) Cybersecurity
2 26 (74.29%) Incident Management
2 26 (74.29%) Incident Response
2 26 (74.29%) Security Operations
3 22 (62.86%) Risk Management
4 20 (57.14%) Business Development
4 20 (57.14%) Mentoring
5 7 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 7 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (17.14%) SIEM
7 5 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (11.43%) Actionable Insight
8 4 (11.43%) Capacity Management
8 4 (11.43%) Change Management
8 4 (11.43%) Cyber Intelligence
8 4 (11.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 4 (11.43%) Problem Management
8 4 (11.43%) Service Catalogue
9 3 (8.57%) Content Development
9 3 (8.57%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) Degree
5 1 (2.86%) CEH
5 1 (2.86%) CISM
5 1 (2.86%) CISSP
5 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (57.14%) JSP 440
2 6 (17.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (11.43%) ISO 9001
4 3 (8.57%) NIST
5 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.86%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Splunk