SANS Institute
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 835 799 1047
Rank change year-on-year -36 +248 -289
Permanent jobs citing SANS 61 171 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.50% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 42 98 107
10th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £48,700
25th Percentile £52,313 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £73,750 £103,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £114,125 £123,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.29% +16.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,286 34,290 41,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.83% 32.76% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,237 15,306 18,961
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,296 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +0.59% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SANS in the UK

SANS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SANS in the UK

SANS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SANS in the UK

SANS
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS 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 +15 55 £57,750 -23.00% 18
UK excluding London -41 33 £56,500 -19.29% 9
Work from Home +42 31 £60,000 -18.64% 12
London +84 22 £72,500 -25.64% 6
North of England +59 15 £56,500 -
Yorkshire +100 8 £56,500 -
Midlands +7 8 £58,000 -17.14% 1
West Midlands +27 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
North East +3 6 £40,000 -
South East -24 5 £60,000 -12.73% 5
South West -6 4 - - 2
East Midlands -15 2 £44,225 -36.82%
East of England +10 1 - - 1
North West +8 1 £50,000 -

SANS
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:

Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (54.10%) Azure
2 16 (26.23%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (22.95%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (22.95%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (22.95%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (22.95%) Microsoft Purview
4 12 (19.67%) Entra ID
5 11 (18.03%) AWS
6 7 (11.48%) IaaS
6 7 (11.48%) PaaS
6 7 (11.48%) SaaS
7 6 (9.84%) Azure Service Fabric
8 2 (3.28%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 35 (57.38%) Firewall
2 27 (44.26%) Network Security
3 20 (32.79%) LAN
3 20 (32.79%) TCP/IP
3 20 (32.79%) WAN
4 16 (26.23%) Wireshark
5 3 (4.92%) VPN
6 2 (3.28%) DHCP
6 2 (3.28%) DNS
6 2 (3.28%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) GitLab
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 19 (31.15%) Finance
2 18 (29.51%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.48%) Manufacturing
5 6 (9.84%) Law
5 6 (9.84%) Marketing
6 5 (8.20%) Legal
7 4 (6.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (6.56%) Retail
8 2 (3.28%) Advertising
9 1 (1.64%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (31.15%) Security Engineer
2 17 (27.87%) Senior
3 16 (26.23%) Architect
4 14 (22.95%) Analyst
5 13 (21.31%) Lead
6 12 (19.67%) Security Architect
7 11 (18.03%) Information Security Engineer
8 9 (14.75%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 9 (14.75%) Security Analyst
8 9 (14.75%) Team Leader
9 8 (13.11%) Senior Security Engineer
10 6 (9.84%) Information Architect
10 6 (9.84%) Information Security Architect
11 5 (8.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 4 (6.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 4 (6.56%) Lead Architect
12 4 (6.56%) Security Manager
12 4 (6.56%) Senior Architect
13 3 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
14 2 (3.28%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.84%) REST
1 6 (9.84%) SOAP
1 6 (9.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (40.98%) Management Information System
2 14 (22.95%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (14.75%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (11.48%) IoT
5 6 (9.84%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (9.84%) Public Cloud
6 5 (8.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (6.56%) Cloud Native
7 4 (6.56%) Digital Media
7 4 (6.56%) Replication
8 3 (4.92%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (4.92%) PKI
9 2 (3.28%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (3.28%) Data Centre
9 2 (3.28%) NHS
9 2 (3.28%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.64%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (31.15%) Windows
2 14 (22.95%) Android
2 14 (22.95%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.64%) Linux
3 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (80.33%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (65.57%) Information Security
3 30 (49.18%) SIEM
4 27 (44.26%) Security Management
5 23 (37.70%) Information Security Management
6 20 (32.79%) Identity Access Management
6 20 (32.79%) Regulatory Compliance
7 19 (31.15%) Cloud Security
7 19 (31.15%) Roadmaps
8 18 (29.51%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (27.87%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (27.87%) Security Operations
10 16 (26.23%) Application Security
10 16 (26.23%) Computer Science
10 16 (26.23%) Data Loss Prevention
10 16 (26.23%) DevOps
11 15 (24.59%) Process Improvement
11 15 (24.59%) Security Architecture
12 14 (22.95%) Privileged Access Management
12 14 (22.95%) Project Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 30 (49.18%) Python
2 24 (39.34%) PowerShell
3 10 (16.39%) SQL
4 6 (9.84%) Bash
5 4 (6.56%) C
5 4 (6.56%) Java
5 4 (6.56%) R
5 4 (6.56%) Scala
6 2 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (3.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 56 (91.80%) CISSP
2 25 (40.98%) GIAC
3 20 (32.79%) CEH
3 20 (32.79%) CISA
3 20 (32.79%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (32.79%) CISM
4 17 (27.87%) Degree
5 15 (24.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 15 (24.59%) CCSP
6 14 (22.95%) SSCP
7 13 (21.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (18.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (18.03%) CRISC
9 7 (11.48%) AWS Certification
10 6 (9.84%) CISMP
10 6 (9.84%) Master's Degree
11 5 (8.20%) Azure Certification
11 5 (8.20%) OSCP
12 4 (6.56%) GCIH
12 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (49.18%) NIST
2 24 (39.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (37.70%) PCI DSS
4 8 (13.11%) COBIT
5 6 (9.84%) GDPR
5 6 (9.84%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (8.20%) HIPAA
7 4 (6.56%) GRC
7 4 (6.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (4.92%) NCSC
9 2 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (3.28%) GLBA
9 2 (3.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.64%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (22.95%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (11.48%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.28%) vSphere
4 1 (1.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (29.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (22.95%) Nmap
3 6 (9.84%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (3.28%) CSIRT
4 2 (3.28%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (37.70%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.95%) Qualys
2 14 (22.95%) Rapid7
2 14 (22.95%) Splunk
2 14 (22.95%) Thycotic
3 3 (4.92%) VMware
4 2 (3.28%) Cisco
4 2 (3.28%) Sophos
5 1 (1.64%) Zscaler