Security Monitoring Job Trends in England

Security Monitoring
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 521 538
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 +266
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 70 152 158
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.13% 0.31% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.35% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 57 124 124
10th Percentile £36,250 - £42,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £72,500 £87,813
90th Percentile £107,000 £87,500 £98,600
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -2.62%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Security Monitoring 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 42,481 43,790 44,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.29% 90.69% 89.78%
Number of salaries quoted 25,455 21,528 34,408
10th Percentile £28,560 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,628 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in England

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in England over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the England region over the 6 months to 11 January 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 +17 41 £85,000 +21.43% 9
South East +36 11 £45,000 - 13
Midlands +19 6 £65,000 +18.18% 9
North of England -26 5 £65,000 +44.44% 5
West Midlands +30 4 £71,250 +29.55% 6
South West +5 3 £50,000 -11.11% 6
Yorkshire -51 3 £90,000 +100.00% 3
North West +17 2 £40,000 -11.11% 1
East of England +8 2 £82,500 +43.48% 8
East Midlands - 2 £36,000 - 3
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.29%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (42.86%) Azure
2 17 (24.29%) AWS
2 17 (24.29%) GCP
3 12 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 8 (11.43%) GitHub
5 8 (11.43%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (11.43%) SaaS
6 5 (7.14%) Azure AI
6 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
6 5 (7.14%) Power Automate
6 5 (7.14%) Power Platform
7 4 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (4.29%) Cloud Run
8 3 (4.29%) Google Compute Engine
8 3 (4.29%) Mimecast
8 3 (4.29%) Nutanix
8 3 (4.29%) Tessian
8 3 (4.29%) Vercel
8 3 (4.29%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 17 (24.29%) Firewall
2 13 (18.57%) Network Security
3 10 (14.29%) Wireshark
4 8 (11.43%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (8.57%) TCP/IP
5 6 (8.57%) VPN
6 5 (7.14%) DNS
7 4 (5.71%) SAN
8 3 (4.29%) DMARC
8 3 (4.29%) SSL
8 3 (4.29%) VSAN
8 3 (4.29%) WAN
9 2 (2.86%) DKIM
9 2 (2.86%) LAN
10 1 (1.43%) Modbus
10 1 (1.43%) VLAN
10 1 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (1.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.14%) Power BI
2 3 (4.29%) BigQuery
2 3 (4.29%) Elasticsearch
2 3 (4.29%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 4 (5.71%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.43%) GitLab
General
1 20 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 18 (25.71%) Finance
3 8 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (11.43%) Banking
4 6 (8.57%) Financial Institution
5 5 (7.14%) Retail
6 4 (5.71%) Back Office
6 4 (5.71%) Law
6 4 (5.71%) Legal
7 2 (2.86%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.43%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 22 (31.43%) Analyst
2 16 (22.86%) Security Engineer
3 15 (21.43%) Security Analyst
4 7 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) IT Engineer
5 6 (8.57%) IT Security Engineer
5 6 (8.57%) Lead
5 6 (8.57%) SOC Analyst
5 6 (8.57%) Support Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) Incident Manager
6 5 (7.14%) Information Analyst
6 5 (7.14%) Information Security Analyst
6 5 (7.14%) IT Support
6 5 (7.14%) IT Support Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) Security Support Engineer
6 5 (7.14%) Senior
7 4 (5.71%) Cloud Automation Engineer
7 4 (5.71%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.29%) LangChain
1 3 (4.29%) Next.js
2 2 (2.86%) OAuth
2 2 (2.86%) OpenID
2 2 (2.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 12 (17.14%) Security Posture
3 10 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (12.86%) Cloud Native
4 9 (12.86%) Onboarding
5 8 (11.43%) Management Information System
6 6 (8.57%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (5.71%) Blog
7 4 (5.71%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (5.71%) PKI
8 3 (4.29%) Operational Technology
8 3 (4.29%) SCADA
9 2 (2.86%) Cyberattack
9 2 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (2.86%) Insider Threat
9 2 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
10 1 (1.43%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 32 (45.71%) Windows
2 30 (42.86%) Linux
3 6 (8.57%) Unix
4 5 (7.14%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.86%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (62.86%) Incident Response
2 39 (55.71%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (50.00%) SIEM
4 28 (40.00%) Cloud Security
4 28 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 27 (38.57%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 25 (35.71%) Threat Detection
6 25 (35.71%) Vulnerability Management
7 24 (34.29%) Security Operations
8 23 (32.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 23 (32.86%) Information Security
9 15 (21.43%) Data Loss Prevention
10 13 (18.57%) Use Case
11 12 (17.14%) DevOps
11 12 (17.14%) SDLC
11 12 (17.14%) SOAR
12 11 (15.71%) CI/CD
12 11 (15.71%) Security Hardening
13 10 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
13 10 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.00%) Python
2 15 (21.43%) PowerShell
3 12 (17.14%) Bash
4 4 (5.71%) Go
5 2 (2.86%) Elixir
5 2 (2.86%) Erlang
6 1 (1.43%) C
6 1 (1.43%) Java
6 1 (1.43%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.43%) Perl
6 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (20.00%) GCIA
1 14 (20.00%) GCIH
2 13 (18.57%) SC Cleared
2 13 (18.57%) Security Cleared
3 12 (17.14%) CISSP
3 12 (17.14%) GCFA
4 11 (15.71%) GIAC
5 6 (8.57%) CISM
5 6 (8.57%) Degree
6 5 (7.14%) AWS Certification
6 5 (7.14%) DV Cleared
7 4 (5.71%) CISA
7 4 (5.71%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (2.86%) CEH
8 2 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (1.43%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.43%) Postgraduate
9 1 (1.43%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (40.00%) NIST
2 21 (30.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 9 (12.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (10.00%) Accessibility
5 7 (10.00%) GDPR
6 4 (5.71%) GRC
6 4 (5.71%) SOC 2
7 3 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (2.86%) COBIT
8 2 (2.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (1.43%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (12.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (11.43%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.29%) Docker
3 3 (4.29%) vSphere
4 1 (1.43%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (15.71%) Kubernetes
2 9 (12.86%) Terraform
3 7 (10.00%) QRadar
4 5 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (5.71%) Cilium
6 3 (4.29%) Ansible
6 3 (4.29%) VxRail
7 2 (2.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (2.86%) Grafana
7 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (2.86%) Nessus
7 2 (2.86%) Prometheus
7 2 (2.86%) Suricata
8 1 (1.43%) Argo
8 1 (1.43%) CASB
8 1 (1.43%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (1.43%) CSIRT
8 1 (1.43%) Progress Chef
8 1 (1.43%) Puppet
8 1 (1.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.86%) VMware
3 7 (10.00%) Splunk
4 6 (8.57%) Cisco
5 5 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
5 5 (7.14%) Google
6 3 (4.29%) Broadcom
6 3 (4.29%) Commvault
6 3 (4.29%) Dell
6 3 (4.29%) EMC
6 3 (4.29%) Qualys
7 2 (2.86%) ArcSight
7 2 (2.86%) Carbon Black
7 2 (2.86%) Meraki
7 2 (2.86%) Rapid7
8 1 (1.43%) Citrix
8 1 (1.43%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.43%) Forcepoint
8 1 (1.43%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.43%) Thales