SABSA Job Trends in the City of London

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring SABSA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 147 153
Rank change year-on-year +15 +6 +102
Permanent jobs citing SABSA 4 15 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.57% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.59% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 16
10th Percentile - - £65,250
25th Percentile - £61,250 £67,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £73,750 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - -22.37% +26.67%
75th Percentile - £87,500 £97,500
90th Percentile - £95,625 -
Central London median annual salary - £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year - -10.53% -8.43%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

SABSA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 2,536 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.55% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 1,623 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SABSA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

SABSA job vacancy trend in the City of London

SABSA
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SABSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing SABSA

SABSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (75.00%) Operational Technology
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 3 (75.00%) Coaching
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Risk Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (75.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (75.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 3 (75.00%) NIST