Security Posture Jobs in England

Security Posture
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture 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 434 537 540
Rank change year-on-year +103 +3 +222
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 266 323 399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.36% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 1.07% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 205 255 211
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £43,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% +11.54% -10.96%
75th Percentile £86,250 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £119,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £74,870 £71,250 £66,500
% change year-on-year +5.08% +7.14% -5.00%

All Generic Skills
England

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,503 30,294 38,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.79% 33.86% 44.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,514 20,923 20,470
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,764
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,749
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Security Posture in England

Security Posture
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 Posture 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 +88 124 £82,500 -2.94% 92
South East +95 59 £62,500 +38.89% 185
North of England +32 35 £74,870 +49.74% 120
North West -5 29 £74,870 +24.78% 56
Midlands +74 16 £50,500 -3.81% 107
South West +106 14 £51,058 +13.46% 67
West Midlands +48 11 £54,250 -1.36% 55
East of England +42 8 £50,000 +17.65% 93
Yorkshire +59 5 £52,500 +40.00% 52
East Midlands +44 5 £37,500 -28.57% 45
North East +42 1 £80,000 +77.78% 12
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
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 8 (3.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.75%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.38%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 3 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (43.23%) Azure
2 56 (21.05%) AWS
3 35 (13.16%) GCP
4 27 (10.15%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (9.77%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (9.40%) Azure Sentinel
7 21 (7.89%) Entra ID
7 21 (7.89%) PaaS
8 16 (6.02%) SaaS
9 11 (4.14%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (1.88%) IaaS
11 4 (1.50%) Azure AKS
12 3 (1.13%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (1.13%) GitHub
12 3 (1.13%) Miro
13 2 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.75%) Amazon S3
13 2 (0.75%) AWS CloudTrail
13 2 (0.75%) Serverless
13 2 (0.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 79 (29.70%) Firewall
2 51 (19.17%) Network Security
3 25 (9.40%) VPN
4 15 (5.64%) DNS
4 15 (5.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (3.38%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.63%) DHCP
6 7 (2.63%) VLAN
6 7 (2.63%) WAN
7 6 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.88%) SD-WAN
9 4 (1.50%) HTTP
10 2 (0.75%) DKIM
10 2 (0.75%) DMARC
10 2 (0.75%) LAN
10 2 (0.75%) SMTP
10 2 (0.75%) Wireless
11 1 (0.38%) Asterisk PBX
11 1 (0.38%) Ethernet
11 1 (0.38%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.13%) JIRA
2 2 (0.75%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.75%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.38%) Postman
3 1 (0.38%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
General
1 99 (37.22%) Social Skills
2 80 (30.08%) Finance
3 59 (22.18%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.90%) Retail
5 26 (9.77%) Legal
6 22 (8.27%) Banking
7 14 (5.26%) Law
8 12 (4.51%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.01%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.88%) Front Office
10 5 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.88%) Local Government
11 4 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.13%) Marketing
12 3 (1.13%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.13%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.75%) Advertising
13 2 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 66 (24.81%) Security Engineer
2 60 (22.56%) Analyst
3 49 (18.42%) Security Analyst
4 33 (12.41%) Lead
5 31 (11.65%) Senior
6 21 (7.89%) Security Manager
7 18 (6.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 17 (6.39%) Architect
9 16 (6.02%) Information Analyst
9 16 (6.02%) Information Security Analyst
10 15 (5.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 14 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (5.26%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 14 (5.26%) Security Architect
12 11 (4.14%) SOC Analyst
13 10 (3.76%) Information Manager
13 10 (3.76%) Information Security Manager
14 9 (3.38%) Head of Information
14 9 (3.38%) Head of Information Security
14 9 (3.38%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.39%) YAML
2 3 (1.13%) RESTful
3 2 (0.75%) Azure Blueprints
4 1 (0.38%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.38%) EDI
4 1 (0.38%) HTML
4 1 (0.38%) JWT
4 1 (0.38%) OAuth
4 1 (0.38%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.38%) REST
4 1 (0.38%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 75 (28.20%) Management Information System
2 31 (11.65%) Security Operations Centre
3 28 (10.53%) Cloud Security Posture
4 19 (7.14%) Cloud Native
5 17 (6.39%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (6.02%) Cyber Security Posture
7 9 (3.38%) Public Cloud
7 9 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (3.01%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.63%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.63%) Social Media
9 7 (2.63%) Taxonomies
9 7 (2.63%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 6 (2.26%) PKI
11 5 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.50%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (1.13%) Cyberattack
13 3 (1.13%) Machine to Machine
13 3 (1.13%) Renewable Energy
13 3 (1.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.16%) Windows
2 25 (9.40%) Linux
3 15 (5.64%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.01%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.63%) Windows Vista
7 3 (1.13%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.75%) VMS
8 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.38%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.38%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (64.29%) Cybersecurity
2 133 (50.00%) Information Security
3 110 (41.35%) Incident Response
4 102 (38.35%) Vulnerability Management
5 86 (32.33%) Risk Management
6 82 (30.83%) Cloud Security
7 81 (30.45%) SIEM
8 65 (24.44%) Security Operations
9 63 (23.68%) Problem-Solving
10 47 (17.67%) Incident Management
10 47 (17.67%) Mentoring
11 46 (17.29%) Agile
12 45 (16.92%) Computer Science
13 44 (16.54%) Data Loss Prevention
13 44 (16.54%) DevOps
14 42 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (15.04%) DevSecOps
16 38 (14.29%) CI/CD
17 36 (13.53%) Threat Intelligence
18 34 (12.78%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 42 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 22 (8.27%) Python
3 13 (4.89%) Bash
4 10 (3.76%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.50%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.13%) Search Processing Language
6 3 (1.13%) SQL
7 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.38%) R
8 1 (0.38%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 88 (33.08%) Degree
2 66 (24.81%) CISSP
3 52 (19.55%) CISM
4 37 (13.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 37 (13.91%) Master's Degree
5 30 (11.28%) CEH
5 30 (11.28%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (9.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 26 (9.77%) Security Cleared
7 23 (8.65%) SC Cleared
8 22 (8.27%) CISA
9 19 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
10 18 (6.77%) CCSP
11 13 (4.89%) CRISC
12 12 (4.51%) AWS Certification
13 11 (4.14%) GCIH
14 9 (3.38%) OSCP
15 8 (3.01%) GIAC
15 8 (3.01%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (2.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (48.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 115 (43.23%) NIST
3 60 (22.56%) GDPR
4 33 (12.41%) PCI DSS
5 24 (9.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (7.14%) NCSC
7 16 (6.02%) GRC
8 15 (5.64%) SOC 2
9 12 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (3.38%) HIPAA
11 8 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (2.63%) NIST 800
12 7 (2.63%) SOC 1
13 5 (1.88%) QA
13 5 (1.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.38%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 18 (6.77%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (3.01%) Docker
5 5 (1.88%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.38%) Snort
7 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 16 (6.02%) Terraform
2 15 (5.64%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.26%) CASB
4 13 (4.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.63%) RSA Archer
6 6 (2.26%) QRadar
6 6 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.88%) Ansible
8 4 (1.50%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.50%) ZENworks
9 3 (1.13%) CSIRT
9 3 (1.13%) Nessus
9 3 (1.13%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.13%) Puppet
10 2 (0.75%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.75%) Istio
10 2 (0.75%) linkerd
10 2 (0.75%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 101 (37.97%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.89%) Splunk
3 12 (4.51%) VMware
4 10 (3.76%) Google
5 8 (3.01%) Cisco
5 8 (3.01%) Citrix
6 5 (1.88%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.88%) Tanium
7 4 (1.50%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.50%) Meraki
8 3 (1.13%) Alibaba
8 3 (1.13%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.13%) Symantec
8 3 (1.13%) Tenable
8 3 (1.13%) Zscaler
9 2 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.75%) EMC
9 2 (0.75%) NetApp
9 2 (0.75%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.38%) SAP