SANS Job Trends in England

SANS Institute
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 613 588 799
Rank change year-on-year -25 +211 -32
Permanent jobs citing SANS 80 45 52
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.097% 0.11% 0.057%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.47% 0.28% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 60 23 33
10th Percentile £53,700 £52,738 £37,750
25th Percentile £70,938 £60,625 £43,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £70,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.79% +20.69% -22.67%
75th Percentile £122,500 £88,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £123,125 £111,250 £76,750
UK median annual salary £87,500 £70,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +20.69% -22.67%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,165 16,083 24,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 20.77% 40.79% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,660 6,734 15,711
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +0.92% -9.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,772
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.28% -10.38%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SANS job vacancy trend in England

SANS
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SANS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing SANS

SANS
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for SANS in England

SANS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS within the 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
London +18 54 £110,000 +10.00% 2
South East -12 11 £70,000 - 7
Midlands -39 10 £38,500 -28.29% 1
East Midlands - 10 £38,500 - 1
South West -55 4 £90,000 +20.00% 7
North of England -38 1 - - 2
Yorkshire -44 1 - -
SANS
UK

SANS
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:

Applications
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (5.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.75%) Azure
2 7 (8.75%) AWS
3 6 (7.50%) GCP
4 5 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 4 (5.00%) GitHub
5 4 (5.00%) GitHub Actions
5 4 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (2.50%) Serverless
7 1 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 23 (28.75%) CHAP
2 14 (17.50%) Firewall
3 11 (13.75%) DNS
4 9 (11.25%) TCP/IP
5 6 (7.50%) HTTP
5 6 (7.50%) Network Security
5 6 (7.50%) VPN
6 5 (6.25%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.75%) Db2
Development Applications
1 10 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 5 (6.25%) Git
General
1 45 (56.25%) Finance
2 44 (55.00%) Social Skills
3 23 (28.75%) Banking
3 23 (28.75%) Financial Institution
4 20 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (10.00%) Legal
7 5 (6.25%) Law
8 3 (3.75%) Retail
9 1 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (28.75%) Auditor
2 22 (27.50%) Security Auditor
3 20 (25.00%) Analyst
3 20 (25.00%) Internal Auditor
4 14 (17.50%) Security Analyst
5 12 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 12 (15.00%) Lead
6 10 (12.50%) IT Analyst
6 10 (12.50%) IT Security Analyst
6 10 (12.50%) Senior
7 7 (8.75%) Security Engineer
8 6 (7.50%) Cyber Threat Analyst
9 5 (6.25%) Consultant
9 5 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 5 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
9 5 (6.25%) Senior Manager
9 5 (6.25%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 5 (6.25%) Technical Consultant
9 5 (6.25%) Technical Manager
9 5 (6.25%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.25%) OAuth
1 5 (6.25%) OpenID
1 5 (6.25%) SAML
2 4 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 25 (31.25%) Management Information System
2 13 (16.25%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (15.00%) Blockchain
4 11 (13.75%) CSOC
4 11 (13.75%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (11.25%) Cyberattack
6 8 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
7 7 (8.75%) Security Posture
8 6 (7.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (6.25%) Cloud Native
9 5 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (2.50%) Insider Threat
10 2 (2.50%) Onboarding
11 1 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 1 (1.25%) Data Centre
11 1 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (1.25%) Learning Management System
11 1 (1.25%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (17.50%) Linux
2 12 (15.00%) Windows
3 5 (6.25%) Unix
4 3 (3.75%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (73.75%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (61.25%) Incident Response
3 42 (52.50%) Information Security
4 38 (47.50%) Risk Management
5 34 (42.50%) Agile
6 32 (40.00%) Validation
7 28 (35.00%) Project Management
7 28 (35.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 26 (32.50%) Analytics
8 26 (32.50%) SIEM
9 25 (31.25%) Data Protection
9 25 (31.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 24 (30.00%) Internal Audit
10 24 (30.00%) Threat Management
11 23 (28.75%) Data Analytics
11 23 (28.75%) PRINCE2
11 23 (28.75%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (28.75%) Risk Assessment
11 23 (28.75%) Test Strategy
12 19 (23.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.50%) Search Processing Language
2 4 (5.00%) Bash
2 4 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 61 (76.25%) CISSP
2 41 (51.25%) CISM
3 35 (43.75%) CISA
4 29 (36.25%) Degree
5 24 (30.00%) CGEIT
5 24 (30.00%) FFIEC
6 21 (26.25%) GIAC
6 21 (26.25%) Security Cleared
7 16 (20.00%) ISACA
7 16 (20.00%) SC Cleared
8 12 (15.00%) CompTIA Security+
9 11 (13.75%) CREST Certified
10 10 (12.50%) GCIA
11 9 (11.25%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (11.25%) GCIH
12 7 (8.75%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (8.75%) OSCP
13 6 (7.50%) CRISC
13 6 (7.50%) GCED
14 5 (6.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (66.25%) NIST
2 34 (42.50%) GDPR
3 26 (32.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 24 (30.00%) COBIT
5 12 (15.00%) NIST 800
6 11 (13.75%) GRC
7 8 (10.00%) PCI DSS
8 7 (8.75%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (5.00%) Accessibility
10 1 (1.25%) Data Quality
10 1 (1.25%) SLA
10 1 (1.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 5 (6.25%) Docker
1 5 (6.25%) IAG
Systems Management
1 13 (16.25%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 11 (13.75%) RSA Archer
3 7 (8.75%) Kibana
4 6 (7.50%) Ansible
5 5 (6.25%) Kubernetes
6 2 (2.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 24 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (10.00%) Splunk
3 7 (8.75%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (7.50%) Carbon Black
5 5 (6.25%) ForgeRock
5 5 (6.25%) Google
5 5 (6.25%) Okta
6 3 (3.75%) Citrix
7 1 (1.25%) LogRhythm
7 1 (1.25%) Proofpoint