Security Monitoring
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 748 784 877
Rank change year-on-year +36 +93 -140
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 153 176 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 128 143 249
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,813 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +7.76% -3.33%
75th Percentile £67,750 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,610 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.27% -4.78% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security 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 84,952 96,876 150,957
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.60% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,894 57,115 82,331
10th Percentile £29,002 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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
England +73 143 £55,000 -12.00% 44
London +133 82 £55,000 -15.38% 24
UK excluding London -31 67 £52,500 +10.27% 29
Work from Home +92 65 £52,500 -16.00% 29
South East +7 38 £52,500 +40.00% 11
North of England +42 9 £40,000 -33.33% 4
North West 0 7 £37,500 -37.50% 1
South West -23 7 £55,000 -21.43% 3
West Midlands +23 6 £26,500 -51.82% 1
Midlands -9 6 £26,500 -51.82% 2
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Yorkshire +76 2 £58,750 - 2
Scotland -56 2 £69,674 +63.94% 6
Northern Ireland +18 1 - - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

Security 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.54%) IIS
1 10 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (20.92%) Azure
2 30 (19.61%) AWS
3 23 (15.03%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.65%) Azure App Service
6 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (26.80%) Firewall
2 37 (24.18%) Network Security
3 20 (13.07%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (7.84%) VPN
5 10 (6.54%) LAN
6 6 (3.92%) Internet
6 6 (3.92%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.92%) WAN
7 2 (1.31%) Skype
7 2 (1.31%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.65%) SSL
8 1 (0.65%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Git
2 4 (2.61%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.61%) Subversion
3 2 (1.31%) JIRA
4 1 (0.65%) NUnit
4 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
2 51 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 38 (24.84%) Finance
4 13 (8.50%) Legal
5 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.23%) Law
7 7 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (3.92%) Aerospace
8 6 (3.92%) Retail
9 5 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.96%) Banking
11 2 (1.31%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.65%) Aviation
12 1 (0.65%) Games
12 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 77 (50.33%) Analyst
2 52 (33.99%) Security Analyst
3 31 (20.26%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 18 (11.76%) Security Engineer
5 17 (11.11%) Senior
6 15 (9.80%) SOC Analyst
7 14 (9.15%) Information Analyst
7 14 (9.15%) Information Security Analyst
8 13 (8.50%) Consultant
8 13 (8.50%) IT Analyst
9 11 (7.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 9 (5.88%) Architect
10 9 (5.88%) IT Security Analyst
10 9 (5.88%) Security Architect
10 9 (5.88%) Security Consultant
10 9 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (5.88%) SIEM Analyst
11 8 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 7 (4.58%) IT Engineer
13 6 (3.92%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.58%) web3js
2 4 (2.61%) Web Services
3 1 (0.65%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 38 (24.84%) Management Information System
2 24 (15.69%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (7.84%) Analytical Mindset
4 11 (7.19%) Security Posture
5 10 (6.54%) PKI
6 9 (5.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 9 (5.88%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (5.23%) Data Centre
8 7 (4.58%) Blockchain
8 7 (4.58%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 7 (4.58%) IoT
8 7 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (4.58%) Web3
9 6 (3.92%) Client/Server
10 5 (3.27%) Cyberattack
10 5 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (2.61%) PMI
12 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
13 2 (1.31%) Insider Threat
13 2 (1.31%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.95%) Windows
2 16 (10.46%) Windows Server
3 7 (4.58%) Linux
4 5 (3.27%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.61%) Kali Linux
5 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.96%) Unix
7 1 (0.65%) Android
7 1 (0.65%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (71.90%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (41.83%) SIEM
3 63 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 61 (39.87%) Information Security
5 52 (33.99%) Security Operations
6 35 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (22.22%) Incident Management
8 32 (20.92%) Cloud Security
9 26 (16.99%) Penetration Testing
10 25 (16.34%) Security Architecture
11 24 (15.69%) Risk Management
12 22 (14.38%) Application Security
12 22 (14.38%) Computer Science
13 21 (13.73%) Identity Access Management
13 21 (13.73%) Security Management
13 21 (13.73%) Threat Detection
14 20 (13.07%) Vulnerability Management
15 18 (11.76%) Risk Assessment
15 18 (11.76%) Threat Intelligence
16 16 (10.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.84%) Python
2 11 (7.19%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.92%) SQL
4 3 (1.96%) Bash
4 3 (1.96%) C++
5 1 (0.65%) C#
Qualifications
1 61 (39.87%) CISSP
2 29 (18.95%) Degree
3 21 (13.73%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (13.73%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (11.76%) Security Cleared
5 17 (11.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 17 (11.11%) CCSP
5 17 (11.11%) CISM
6 14 (9.15%) CEH
6 14 (9.15%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (8.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 13 (8.50%) CompTIA CySA+
8 8 (5.23%) GIAC
9 7 (4.58%) CESG Certified Professional
9 7 (4.58%) CISMP
9 7 (4.58%) CREST Certified
10 6 (3.92%) DV Cleared
11 5 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (3.27%) CRISC
12 4 (2.61%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (35.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (27.45%) NIST
3 11 (7.19%) PCI DSS
4 10 (6.54%) SOC 2
5 9 (5.88%) GRC
6 8 (5.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 6 (3.92%) GDPR
8 5 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 4 (2.61%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.96%) SLA
11 2 (1.31%) NCSC
12 1 (0.65%) COBIT
12 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.65%) ISA99
12 1 (0.65%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (12.42%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.23%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.92%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (3.92%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.31%) vSphere
7 1 (0.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (9.15%) QRadar
2 6 (3.92%) SCOM
2 6 (3.92%) WSUS
3 4 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.61%) Suricata
4 2 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.65%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.65%) Nessus
5 1 (0.65%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 48 (31.37%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.38%) Splunk
3 13 (8.50%) IBM
4 10 (6.54%) VMware
5 9 (5.88%) Cisco
6 6 (3.92%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.27%) Rapid7
8 4 (2.61%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.61%) Juniper
9 3 (1.96%) Oracle
10 2 (1.31%) Citrix
10 2 (1.31%) Intel
11 1 (0.65%) Apple
11 1 (0.65%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.65%) CyberArk
11 1 (0.65%) Foundry
11 1 (0.65%) Google
11 1 (0.65%) iManage
11 1 (0.65%) LogRhythm
11 1 (0.65%) SonicWALL