SABSA Jobs in England

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SABSA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SABSA over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 796 834
Rank change year-on-year +144 +38 +231
Permanent jobs citing SABSA 33 47 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.067% 0.053% 0.073%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.072% 0.063% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 17 27 46
10th Percentile £64,509 £49,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £51,250 £67,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,801 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.29% -17.65% +1.48%
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,500 £102,500
90th Percentile £124,250 £88,500 £113,750
UK median annual salary £81,764 £75,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year +9.02% -14.29% +2.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SABSA falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SABSA in England

SABSA
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SABSA in England

SABSA
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SABSA in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SABSA in England

SABSA
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SABSA within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
London +103 16 £90,151 +20.20% 7
South East +83 6 £82,500 +57.14% 11
North of England - 5 £81,764 - 5
Midlands +86 4 £77,500 - 5
North West - 3 £82,801 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £77,500 - 2
South West +104 2 £90,000 - 5
North East - 2 £75,574 - 3
East Midlands +43 1 - - 2
SABSA
UK

SABSA
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) AWS
3 6 (18.18%) GCP
4 5 (15.15%) IaaS
4 5 (15.15%) SaaS
5 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (9.09%) Serverless
7 1 (3.03%) Akamai
7 1 (3.03%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (3.03%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.03%) OpenShift
7 1 (3.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.06%) Big Data
2 2 (6.06%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.03%) DB2
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 14 (42.42%) Finance
3 11 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (27.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (27.27%) Legal
5 5 (15.15%) Aerospace
6 4 (12.12%) Law
6 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
7 3 (9.09%) Marketing
8 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (3.03%) Banking
9 1 (3.03%) Military
Job Titles
1 23 (69.70%) Architect
2 16 (48.48%) Security Architect
3 8 (24.24%) Enterprise Architect
3 8 (24.24%) Lead
4 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Security Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Principal Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Principal Security Architect
4 5 (15.15%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Lead Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Lead Security Architect
5 4 (12.12%) Senior
6 3 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
6 3 (9.09%) Data Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Data Protection Manager
6 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) Kafka
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.15%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) PKI
2 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.06%) Operational Technology
3 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) IoT
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) TOGAF
2 21 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 19 (57.58%) Security Architecture
4 18 (54.55%) Risk Management
5 16 (48.48%) Information Security
6 15 (45.45%) Roadmaps
7 11 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
8 10 (30.30%) Architectural Patterns
8 10 (30.30%) Mentoring
8 10 (30.30%) Penetration Testing
9 9 (27.27%) Cloud Security
9 9 (27.27%) Decision-Making
9 9 (27.27%) Information Assurance
9 9 (27.27%) Information Security Management
9 9 (27.27%) Risk Assessment
9 9 (27.27%) Security Management
10 8 (24.24%) Agile
11 6 (18.18%) Risk Analysis
11 6 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
11 6 (18.18%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Bash
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (51.52%) CISSP
2 16 (48.48%) Security Cleared
3 15 (45.45%) SC Cleared
4 14 (42.42%) Degree
5 7 (21.21%) TOGAF Certification
6 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (15.15%) CISM
7 4 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (12.12%) Azure Certification
7 4 (12.12%) CCSK
7 4 (12.12%) CCSP
7 4 (12.12%) CISA
7 4 (12.12%) SANS
8 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
8 3 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (9.09%) CRISC
8 3 (9.09%) GIAC
9 1 (3.03%) ACSA
9 1 (3.03%) CEH
9 1 (3.03%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (57.58%) NIST
2 15 (45.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (33.33%) NCSC
4 5 (15.15%) Def Stans
4 5 (15.15%) QA
5 3 (9.09%) GDPR
5 3 (9.09%) NIST 800
6 2 (6.06%) SOC 2
7 1 (3.03%) COBIT
7 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) CASB
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) VMware
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Zscaler
3 3 (9.09%) Symantec
4 2 (6.06%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Netskope
5 1 (3.03%) Okta
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle