Security Posture Job Trends in Durham

Security Posture
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Durham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.22% - 0.44%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.83% - 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £45,000
75th Percentile - - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +77.78% -

All Generic Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 121 106 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 26.13% 62.35% 26.22%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 99
10th Percentile £31,250 - £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,417 £28,188 £43,072
Median % change year-on-year +50.48% -34.56% +9.82%
75th Percentile £62,500 £74,258 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,503 £63,750
North East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -0.44%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Durham

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Durham citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the Durham region over the 6 months to 30 May 2026. 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
Bishop Auckland - 1 - -
Security Posture
North East

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware