Security Monitoring Jobs in England

Security Monitoring
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 599 715 722
Rank change year-on-year +116 +7 +203
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 83 147 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.19% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 71 121 139
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,894 £47,500 £37,397
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £76,250 £65,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -12.00% -2.34%

All Process and 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 45,895 79,102 77,974
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.17% 82.52% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 23,159 56,320 47,994
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,435 £34,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £45,775
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 £97,500 £92,500 £102,500
UK median annual salary £55,790 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +1.44% -9.69% +1.50%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in England over the 6 months to 14 June 2025.

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 14 June 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 +74 39 £73,750 +34.09% 71
Midlands +97 22 £55,000 +107.55% 3
West Midlands +79 20 £55,000 +107.55% 2
South East +71 10 £37,000 -29.52% 29
North of England +50 5 £65,000 +18.18% 14
North West +16 4 £67,442 +22.62% 8
South West +113 3 £51,729 -5.95% 9
East of England - 2 £33,750 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £48,500 - 1
Yorkshire +61 1 £65,000 +10.64% 5
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (8.43%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.20%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 38 (45.78%) Azure
2 23 (27.71%) AWS
3 17 (20.48%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (10.84%) Microsoft Purview
5 6 (7.23%) GCP
6 5 (6.02%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (6.02%) Entra ID
7 4 (4.82%) PaaS
7 4 (4.82%) Serverless
8 3 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
8 3 (3.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 2 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (2.41%) AWS KMS
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (2.41%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.41%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.41%) IaaS
9 2 (2.41%) SaaS
10 1 (1.20%) Amazon Macie
Communications & Networking
1 18 (21.69%) Firewall
2 16 (19.28%) WAN
3 14 (16.87%) Network Security
4 13 (15.66%) DNS
5 12 (14.46%) Intrusion Detection
6 10 (12.05%) SD-WAN
7 7 (8.43%) TCP/IP
8 6 (7.23%) LAN
9 5 (6.02%) Wireshark
10 2 (2.41%) NAS
10 2 (2.41%) SAN
10 2 (2.41%) VPN
11 1 (1.20%) DHCP
11 1 (1.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Burp Suite
General
1 20 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.89%) Finance
3 10 (12.05%) Banking
4 6 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.82%) Law
6 3 (3.61%) Legal
6 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Advertising
7 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.41%) Retail
7 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.20%) Automotive
8 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.20%) Games
8 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (25.30%) Analyst
2 17 (20.48%) Lead
3 13 (15.66%) Security Analyst
4 11 (13.25%) Senior
4 11 (13.25%) SOC Analyst
5 8 (9.64%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 8 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Security Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (8.43%) WAN Engineer
7 6 (7.23%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (7.23%) Threat Hunter
8 5 (6.02%) 2nd Line Support
8 5 (6.02%) Information Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Information Security Analyst
8 5 (6.02%) Vulnerability Manager
9 4 (4.82%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) Security Specialist
9 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Incident Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (3.61%) Kafka
3 2 (2.41%) PyTorch
3 2 (2.41%) scikit-learn
3 2 (2.41%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 24 (28.92%) Management Information System
2 15 (18.07%) Security Posture
3 10 (12.05%) Cloud Native
3 10 (12.05%) Private Cloud
4 9 (10.84%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (9.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 6 (7.23%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (6.02%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (6.02%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (3.61%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (3.61%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (3.61%) PKI
8 3 (3.61%) Replication
9 2 (2.41%) Algorithms
9 2 (2.41%) CSOC
9 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 2 (2.41%) Public Cloud
9 2 (2.41%) Virtual Team
10 1 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (1.20%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 32 (38.55%) Windows
2 18 (21.69%) Linux
3 3 (3.61%) Mac OS
3 3 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.41%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (60.24%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (51.81%) SIEM
3 42 (50.60%) Incident Response
4 31 (37.35%) Security Operations
5 27 (32.53%) Vulnerability Management
6 22 (26.51%) Information Security
7 19 (22.89%) Cloud Security
7 19 (22.89%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 18 (21.69%) Data Loss Prevention
8 18 (21.69%) Threat Intelligence
9 17 (20.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 17 (20.48%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (18.07%) CI/CD
11 14 (16.87%) Mentoring
12 12 (14.46%) ITIL
12 12 (14.46%) Kalman Filter
13 11 (13.25%) Change Control
13 11 (13.25%) Threat Detection
14 10 (12.05%) IT Governance
14 10 (12.05%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.69%) PowerShell
2 16 (19.28%) Python
3 11 (13.25%) Bash
4 10 (12.05%) C#
5 3 (3.61%) Java
6 1 (1.20%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 15 (18.07%) CISSP
1 15 (18.07%) SC Cleared
1 15 (18.07%) Security Cleared
2 10 (12.05%) Degree
3 9 (10.84%) GCIA
3 9 (10.84%) GCIH
4 8 (9.64%) GCFA
5 4 (4.82%) CISM
5 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.61%) AWS Certification
6 3 (3.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (3.61%) CEH
6 3 (3.61%) OSCP
6 3 (3.61%) SANS
7 2 (2.41%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (2.41%) GSEC
7 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (31.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (12.05%) COBIT
2 10 (12.05%) NIST
3 8 (9.64%) GDPR
4 5 (6.02%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (4.82%) SOC 2
6 3 (3.61%) HIPAA
7 2 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (2.41%) ISO 9000
8 1 (1.20%) GRC
8 1 (1.20%) NCSC
8 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
8 1 (1.20%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (8.43%) Active Directory
2 6 (7.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.61%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.41%) Docker
5 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (6.02%) CASB
3 4 (4.82%) Terraform
4 3 (3.61%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.61%) QRadar
5 2 (2.41%) Grafana
5 2 (2.41%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.41%) SCCM
6 1 (1.20%) Ansible
6 1 (1.20%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (1.20%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.20%) Puppet
6 1 (1.20%) SCOM
6 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (38.55%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.28%) Cisco
3 9 (10.84%) Splunk
4 8 (9.64%) VMware
5 6 (7.23%) Acronis
6 3 (3.61%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (2.41%) Dell
7 2 (2.41%) EMC
7 2 (2.41%) Fujitsu
7 2 (2.41%) Google
7 2 (2.41%) LogRhythm
7 2 (2.41%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.41%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.20%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.20%) Okta
8 1 (1.20%) Pega
8 1 (1.20%) Proofpoint
8 1 (1.20%) Qualys
8 1 (1.20%) Tenable
8 1 (1.20%) Varonis