SANS Job Trends in Bristol

SANS Institute
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 105 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Permanent jobs citing SANS 6 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.30% 0.069% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.00% 0.23% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -
South West median annual salary £90,000 £77,500 -
% change year-on-year +16.13% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Bristol

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 602 442 443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 30.15% 30.67% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 395 229 340
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,900 £36,813
25th Percentile £39,000 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £67,500 £76,250 £72,450
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £85,000
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SANS relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SANS job vacancy trend in Bristol

SANS
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SANS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing SANS

SANS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 (100.00%) GitHub
1 6 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Applications Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Application Security
1 6 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 6 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 6 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
1 6 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Bash
1 6 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 6 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Accessibility