QRadar Job Trends in the East of England

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring QRadar skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 184 161 226
Rank change year-on-year -23 +65 -16
Permanent jobs citing QRadar 7 11 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.11% 0.37% 0.045%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.24% 5.09% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,000 £60,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% +3.33% +41.18%
75th Percentile £54,000 £63,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,400 £68,600 -
England median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% +35.50%

All Systems Management Skills
East of England

QRadar falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 216 216 396
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.43% 7.19% 5.95%
Number of salaries quoted 161 149 329
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,300 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,012 £39,821 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £72,650 £92,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £68,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.11% +9.60% -7.41%

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing QRadar relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

QRadar job vacancy trend in the East of England

QRadar
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing QRadar.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing QRadar

QRadar
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QRadar in the East of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for QRadar in the East of England

QRadar
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QRadar within the East of England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Hertfordshire -20 6 £50,000 -19.35% 2
Cambridgeshire - 1 £80,000 -
QRadar
England

QRadar
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) Firewall
1 6 (85.71%) FTP
1 6 (85.71%) HTTP
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
1 6 (85.71%) SMTP
1 6 (85.71%) TCP/IP
1 6 (85.71%) VPN
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Analyst
1 6 (85.71%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Client/Server
1 6 (85.71%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Mac OS
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 7 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 7 (100.00%) SIEM
2 6 (85.71%) Analytical Thinking
2 6 (85.71%) Use Case
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Ethical Hacking
3 1 (14.29%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (14.29%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Offensive Security
3 1 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (100.00%) Python
2 6 (85.71%) Bash
2 6 (85.71%) C++
2 6 (85.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) CEH
2 6 (85.71%) CompTIA Security+
2 6 (85.71%) CREST Certified
2 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
2 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) GIAC
3 1 (14.29%) GREM
3 1 (14.29%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Splunk
2 6 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike