QRadar Job Trends in England

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring QRadar skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 664 591 792
Rank change year-on-year -73 +201 +76
Permanent jobs citing QRadar 26 40 42
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.031% 0.10% 0.045%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.57% 0.81% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24 27 38
10th Percentile £42,000 £47,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £45,438 £55,250 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +4.00% +35.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.26% +1.60% +27.55%

All Systems Management Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,549 4,944 8,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 5.50% 12.52% 8.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,330 2,926 6,442
10th Percentile £33,975 £33,188 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £84,814
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £101,243
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £61,206
% change year-on-year -3.70% +10.28% -9.32%

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

QRadar job vacancy trend in England

QRadar
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing QRadar.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing QRadar

QRadar
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing QRadar in England over the 6 months to 14 June 2026.

Salary histogram for QRadar in England

QRadar
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QRadar within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
London -20 9 £70,000 -22.22%
South East -27 9 £45,000 -35.71%
East of England -25 7 £50,000 -19.35% 1
North West -12 1 £81,500 +63.00% 1
North of England -45 1 £81,500 +63.00% 1
QRadar
UK

QRadar
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
2 5 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) IaaS
4 1 (3.85%) PaaS
4 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (46.15%) TCP/IP
2 11 (42.31%) HTTP
3 10 (38.46%) FTP
3 10 (38.46%) LAN
3 10 (38.46%) SMTP
3 10 (38.46%) WAN
4 9 (34.62%) Firewall
5 8 (30.77%) VPN
6 4 (15.38%) Internet
7 2 (7.69%) DNS
8 1 (3.85%) Network Security
8 1 (3.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Relational Database
General
1 12 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Aerospace
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Analyst
2 14 (53.85%) SOC Analyst
3 6 (23.08%) Security Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) Security Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Senior
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Analyst
5 3 (11.54%) Senior Security Analyst
6 2 (7.69%) Operations Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 1 (3.85%) Lead
7 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) SOC Engineer
7 1 (3.85%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (38.46%) LDAP
2 1 (3.85%) JSON
2 1 (3.85%) Kafka
2 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (38.46%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (30.77%) Client/Server
3 7 (26.92%) Security Posture
4 4 (15.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (11.54%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (7.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (7.69%) MISP
7 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (34.62%) Windows
2 4 (15.38%) Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) SIEM
2 22 (84.62%) Security Operations
3 18 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
4 15 (57.69%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 14 (53.85%) Incident Response
6 12 (46.15%) Use Case
7 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (23.08%) Analytical Thinking
9 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (19.23%) Incident Management
9 5 (19.23%) Patch Management
9 5 (19.23%) Security Monitoring
9 5 (19.23%) Threat Detection
9 5 (19.23%) Threat Intelligence
10 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
10 4 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 3 (11.54%) Kalman Filter
11 3 (11.54%) SOAR
11 3 (11.54%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 3 (11.54%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 17 (65.38%) PowerShell
2 12 (46.15%) Python
3 8 (30.77%) Bash
3 8 (30.77%) C++
3 8 (30.77%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (42.31%) CompTIA Security+
1 11 (42.31%) Security Cleared
2 10 (38.46%) CEH
3 8 (30.77%) CREST Certified
4 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.54%) CompTIA CySA+
5 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 2 (7.69%) GIAC
6 2 (7.69%) SSCP
7 1 (3.85%) CISSP
7 1 (3.85%) GREM
7 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.85%) OSCP
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) Splunk
2 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
3 5 (19.23%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (19.23%) Qualys
3 5 (19.23%) ServiceNow
3 5 (19.23%) Sophos
4 3 (11.54%) ArcSight
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco
5 2 (7.69%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.85%) Exabeam