SANS Jobs 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 635 795 781
Rank change year-on-year +160 -14 +236
Permanent jobs citing SANS 44 55 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.089% 0.061% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.18% 0.22% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 22 35 76
10th Percentile £52,619 £38,000 £53,250
25th Percentile £58,438 £47,336 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £58,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -22.67% -9.09%
75th Percentile £86,250 £73,750 £106,563
90th Percentile £111,250 £76,000 £123,125
UK median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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 24,705 24,823 28,496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 50.10% 27.64% 33.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9,849 15,767 12,989
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,399 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -9.34% +9.09%
75th Percentile £69,000 £71,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -10.83% +9.09%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 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 +102 19 £96,250 +32.76% 14
Midlands +70 13 £53,688 -7.43% 1
West Midlands +63 13 £53,688 -7.43%
South West +112 6 £75,000 - 5
North of England +29 5 £55,000 -2.65% 5
North West - 4 £60,000 - 3
South East +76 1 £70,000 +16.67% 2
Yorkshire +49 1 £45,000 -20.35% 2
SANS
UK

SANS
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 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.27%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.00%) AWS
2 10 (22.73%) Azure
3 6 (13.64%) SaaS
4 5 (11.36%) IaaS
5 4 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.55%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.55%) PaaS
7 1 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.27%) GCP
7 1 (2.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (43.18%) Firewall
2 10 (22.73%) SAN
3 7 (15.91%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (9.09%) Network Security
5 2 (4.55%) Internet
5 2 (4.55%) VPN
6 1 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (2.27%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.27%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Bugzilla
1 1 (2.27%) Burp Suite
1 1 (2.27%) Cypress.io
1 1 (2.27%) ESLint
1 1 (2.27%) Gatling
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
1 1 (2.27%) JMeter
General
1 20 (45.45%) Finance
2 10 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.36%) Retail
3 5 (11.36%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.82%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.55%) Law
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
5 2 (4.55%) Police
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (29.55%) Analyst
2 12 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 11 (25.00%) Security Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) CISSP Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 9 (20.45%) Incident Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Junior
4 9 (20.45%) Junior Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Junior Operations Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Junior Security Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Operations Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Security Incident Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) Security Operations Analyst
4 9 (20.45%) SIEM Analyst
5 5 (11.36%) Architect
5 5 (11.36%) Head of Operations
5 5 (11.36%) Head of Security
5 5 (11.36%) Security Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Enterprise Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
1 1 (2.27%) Jest
1 1 (2.27%) Node.js
1 1 (2.27%) Prisma
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.45%) Hedge funds
1 9 (20.45%) Podcast
2 6 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
4 3 (6.82%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (4.55%) PKI
5 2 (4.55%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (2.27%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 11 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (4.55%) Linux
3 1 (2.27%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (54.55%) Incident Response
3 22 (50.00%) SIEM
4 15 (34.09%) Information Security
5 14 (31.82%) Risk Management
5 14 (31.82%) Security Operations
6 9 (20.45%) Agile
6 9 (20.45%) Computer Science
6 9 (20.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (18.18%) Cloud Security
7 8 (18.18%) Incident Management
7 8 (18.18%) Security Architecture
8 7 (15.91%) Data Loss Prevention
8 7 (15.91%) Roadmaps
9 6 (13.64%) Application Security
9 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
9 6 (13.64%) ITIL
9 6 (13.64%) Malware Analysis
9 6 (13.64%) Problem Management
9 6 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (29.55%) PowerShell
2 10 (22.73%) Python
3 2 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 38 (86.36%) CISSP
2 21 (47.73%) Degree
3 20 (45.45%) CISM
4 17 (38.64%) CEH
4 17 (38.64%) GCIH
4 17 (38.64%) GIAC
5 14 (31.82%) CISA
6 13 (29.55%) GCIA
7 12 (27.27%) OSCP
8 11 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
8 11 (25.00%) ISACA
9 10 (22.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
11 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
12 6 (13.64%) CRISC
13 4 (9.09%) AWS Certification
14 3 (6.82%) FFIEC
14 3 (6.82%) GCED
14 3 (6.82%) GREM
14 3 (6.82%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (31.82%) NIST
2 11 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (13.64%) GRC
3 6 (13.64%) NIST 800
4 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 5 (11.36%) JSP 440
4 5 (11.36%) NCSC
5 4 (9.09%) COBIT
5 4 (9.09%) GDPR
6 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (6.82%) PCI DSS
7 2 (4.55%) Accessibility
7 2 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (4.55%) SOC 2
8 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Snort
1 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (6.82%) Nessus
2 2 (4.55%) Ansible
2 2 (4.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (2.27%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
3 1 (2.27%) Puppet
3 1 (2.27%) RSA Archer
3 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 11 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (9.09%) Cisco
4 3 (6.82%) Splunk
4 3 (6.82%) Tenable
5 2 (4.55%) VMware
6 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
6 1 (2.27%) HP
6 1 (2.27%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.27%) Qualys