Security Posture Jobs in the East of England

Security Posture
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 175 212 219
Rank change year-on-year +37 +7 +55
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 10 12 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.30% 0.19% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.75% 0.58% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 5
10th Percentile £42,500 - -
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £60,625 £59,526 £55,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £58,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £66,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% +9.02% -11.33%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,331 2,061 2,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 39.81% 33.35% 51.04%
Number of salaries quoted 477 1,520 897
10th Percentile £28,900 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the East of England

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the East of England.

Salary trend for Security Posture in the East of England

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the East of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the East of England

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the East of England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire +48 7 £50,000 -33.33% 2
Essex - 1 £95,000 - 3
Norfolk - 1 - -
Suffolk - 1 £45,000 -
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 6 (60.00%) VLAN
3 4 (40.00%) DHCP
3 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 3 (30.00%) VPN
5 2 (20.00%) LAN
5 2 (20.00%) WAN
5 2 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (20.00%) Legal
1 2 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Security Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Information
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Information Security
4 1 (10.00%) Head of Security
4 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 1 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (20.00%) Biopharmaceutical
3 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 4 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
3 4 (40.00%) Threat Detection
3 4 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Data Encryption
4 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 2 (20.00%) Immunology
4 2 (20.00%) Information Security
4 2 (20.00%) Line Management
4 2 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 1 (10.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
1 4 (40.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) GDPR
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
1 2 (20.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (10.00%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Docker
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Ansible
1 2 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft