Security Posture Job Trends in Birmingham

Security Posture
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 126 105
Rank change year-on-year +41 -21 +38
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 18 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.03% 0.17% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.21% 0.49% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 4
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,673 £48,075
25th Percentile £50,125 £45,108 £50,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £83,125 £77,500 £55,250
90th Percentile £84,375 £89,500 -
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year -4.17% +10.60% -1.36%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 428 611 506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 24.47% 33.81% 37.43%
Number of salaries quoted 291 241 433
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -6.54%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Birmingham over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in Birmingham

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Azure
2 4 (22.22%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.11%) AWS
3 2 (11.11%) GCP
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 2 (11.11%) HTTP
2 2 (11.11%) SSH
2 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
2 2 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (5.56%) NAS
3 1 (5.56%) SAN
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
1 5 (27.78%) Head of Information
1 5 (27.78%) Head of Information Security
1 5 (27.78%) Head of Security
2 3 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Compliance Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Information Security Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) IT Compliance Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Security Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (5.56%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
2 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 11 (61.11%) Information Security
3 9 (50.00%) Risk Management
4 6 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 6 (33.33%) SIEM
5 5 (27.78%) Data Protection
5 5 (27.78%) Incident Response
5 5 (27.78%) Information Governance
5 5 (27.78%) Penetration Testing
5 5 (27.78%) Security Operations
6 4 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (22.22%) Identity Management
6 4 (22.22%) Information Security Management
6 4 (22.22%) SDLC
6 4 (22.22%) Security Management
6 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (22.22%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) CEH
1 2 (11.11%) CISSP
1 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (11.11%) GSEC
1 2 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (11.11%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (72.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (55.56%) NIST
3 9 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (22.22%) COBIT
4 4 (22.22%) PCI DSS
4 4 (22.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (11.11%) GDPR
5 2 (11.11%) SLA
6 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (5.56%) GRC
6 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (11.11%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Google
2 2 (11.11%) Qualys
2 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Palo Alto
3 1 (5.56%) Tanium
3 1 (5.56%) Tenable
3 1 (5.56%) Zscaler