Blue Team Jobs in England

Blue Teaming
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Blue Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Blue Team over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 812 864 1118
Rank change year-on-year +52 +254 -303
Permanent jobs citing Blue Team 10 77 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.082% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.086% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 4 31 12
10th Percentile £54,875 £60,000 -
25th Percentile £56,563 £64,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £75,000 £41,468
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +80.86% -2.43%
75th Percentile £67,813 £98,000 £53,688
90th Percentile £70,625 £105,000 £58,600
UK median annual salary £61,250 £75,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -18.33% +76.47% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Blue Team is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,956 89,282 125,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.89% 95.65% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,883 52,696 73,771
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Blue Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Blue Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Blue Team in England.

Salary trend for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Blue Team in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Team within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
North of England +48 7 £60,000 -11.76% 2
Yorkshire - 6 £62,500 - 2
London +111 1 £70,000 -26.32% 1
North West +5 1 £57,500 -15.44%
South West - 1 - -
Blue Team
UK

Blue Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (20.00%) DMZ
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) HTTP
2 2 (20.00%) Internet
2 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (20.00%) Network Security
2 2 (20.00%) SMTP
2 2 (20.00%) tcpdump
2 2 (20.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (10.00%) Games
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Information Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (60.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (60.00%) Red Team
3 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 4 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (40.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (30.00%) Application Security
5 3 (30.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Information Security
5 3 (30.00%) SDLC
5 3 (30.00%) SIEM
5 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Bash
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) CREST Certified
2 3 (30.00%) GCIH
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (20.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (20.00%) CASP
3 2 (20.00%) CISSP
3 2 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (20.00%) GCFA
3 2 (20.00%) Linux+ Certification
3 2 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CCSP
4 1 (10.00%) CEH
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (10.00%) CISM
4 1 (10.00%) GCIA
4 1 (10.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
2 1 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft