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 advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 561 760
Rank change year-on-year +37 +199 -124
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 320 396 414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.45% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.07% 1.04% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 255 200 193
10th Percentile £37,750 £43,675 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £66,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.02% -11.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £66,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.02% -5.00% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
England

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,801 38,126 63,333
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.50% 43.18% 46.89%
Number of salaries quoted 20,870 20,892 30,319
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,570 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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 17 May 2024.

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 17 May 2024. 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 +80 150 £85,000 +13.33% 42
North of England +56 52 £60,000 - 14
South East -39 52 £45,000 -35.71% 14
North West +17 42 £60,000 +3.45% 7
Midlands -13 28 £52,500 - 9
West Midlands +6 21 £55,000 +4.76% 6
South West -21 15 £45,000 -40.00% 8
East of England +15 12 £42,500 -10.53% 9
East Midlands -7 7 £52,500 +20.00% 3
Yorkshire +58 6 £51,250 -22.93% 5
North East - 4 £46,250 - 2
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 5 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.31%) Confluence
2 1 (0.31%) IIS
2 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (34.38%) Azure
2 48 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (13.75%) AWS
4 26 (8.13%) SaaS
5 14 (4.38%) Entra ID
5 14 (4.38%) GCP
6 13 (4.06%) Nutanix
7 10 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (3.13%) PaaS
8 9 (2.81%) Mimecast
9 8 (2.50%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (2.50%) IaaS
10 7 (2.19%) Azure API Management
10 7 (2.19%) GitHub
11 6 (1.88%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.94%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.94%) AWS CloudTrail
12 3 (0.94%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.63%) Amazon EC2
13 2 (0.63%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 81 (25.31%) Firewall
2 37 (11.56%) Intrusion Detection
2 37 (11.56%) Network Security
3 31 (9.69%) DNS
4 23 (7.19%) DHCP
5 14 (4.38%) WAN
6 13 (4.06%) SAN
6 13 (4.06%) SD-WAN
7 12 (3.75%) VPN
8 11 (3.44%) LAN
9 10 (3.13%) Wireless
10 9 (2.81%) TCP/IP
11 6 (1.88%) Internet
12 5 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.25%) NetScaler
14 2 (0.63%) VLAN
14 2 (0.63%) Wireless Security
15 1 (0.31%) Cisco IPT
15 1 (0.31%) Cisco ISE
15 1 (0.31%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.63%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.31%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (2.19%) GitLab
1 7 (2.19%) Katalon Studio
2 3 (0.94%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.63%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.31%) JIRA
General
1 123 (38.44%) Social Skills
2 68 (21.25%) Finance
3 66 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (14.38%) Legal
5 27 (8.44%) Law
6 24 (7.50%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (5.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.19%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.25%) Aerospace
11 4 (1.25%) Retail
12 3 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.63%) Advertising
13 2 (0.63%) Electronics
13 2 (0.63%) Games
13 2 (0.63%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.31%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.31%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 63 (19.69%) Security Manager
2 56 (17.50%) Architect
3 53 (16.56%) Security Architect
4 33 (10.31%) Senior
5 32 (10.00%) Analyst
6 28 (8.75%) Lead
7 27 (8.44%) Information Manager
7 27 (8.44%) Information Security Manager
8 26 (8.13%) Security Analyst
9 18 (5.63%) Security Engineer
10 15 (4.69%) IT Manager
10 15 (4.69%) Penetration Tester
10 15 (4.69%) Tester
11 13 (4.06%) Information Analyst
11 13 (4.06%) Information Security Analyst
11 13 (4.06%) IT Engineer
11 13 (4.06%) IT Security Manager
11 13 (4.06%) Network Engineer
11 13 (4.06%) Storage Specialist
12 12 (3.75%) Virtualisation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.06%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.75%) React
3 10 (3.13%) .NET
4 7 (2.19%) YAML
5 4 (1.25%) Web Services
6 3 (0.94%) OAuth
7 2 (0.63%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.63%) EDI
7 2 (0.63%) Flask
7 2 (0.63%) OpenID
7 2 (0.63%) SAML
8 1 (0.31%) JWT
8 1 (0.31%) Kafka
8 1 (0.31%) REST
8 1 (0.31%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 52 (16.25%) Management Information System
2 41 (12.81%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (7.81%) Cyber Security Posture
4 24 (7.50%) Cloud Security Posture
5 15 (4.69%) Cyberattack
6 10 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.13%) Operational Technology
6 10 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 10 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.81%) Security Operations Centre
8 7 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.19%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.88%) Public Cloud
10 5 (1.56%) PKI
11 4 (1.25%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.25%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.25%) PMI
12 3 (0.94%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (15.63%) Windows
2 24 (7.50%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.13%) Android
4 9 (2.81%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.50%) Linux
5 8 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (1.88%) Kali Linux
7 4 (1.25%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.94%) Unix
9 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.31%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (63.13%) Cybersecurity
2 158 (49.38%) Information Security
3 92 (28.75%) Incident Response
4 84 (26.25%) Risk Management
5 82 (25.63%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (21.88%) Security Architecture
7 62 (19.38%) Cloud Security
8 58 (18.13%) Security Management
8 58 (18.13%) SIEM
9 57 (17.81%) Security Operations
10 49 (15.31%) Computer Science
11 47 (14.69%) Disaster Recovery
12 45 (14.06%) Vulnerability Management
13 44 (13.75%) Roadmaps
14 43 (13.44%) Business Continuity
15 36 (11.25%) Penetration Testing
16 34 (10.63%) Identity Access Management
17 32 (10.00%) Agile
17 32 (10.00%) Data Security
18 30 (9.38%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.56%) Python
2 19 (5.94%) PowerShell
3 13 (4.06%) C#
4 11 (3.44%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.81%) SQL
6 5 (1.56%) Bash
7 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.31%) Go
8 1 (0.31%) Java
8 1 (0.31%) Lua
8 1 (0.31%) Ruby
8 1 (0.31%) Rust
Qualifications
1 132 (41.25%) CISSP
2 88 (27.50%) Degree
3 59 (18.44%) CISM
4 53 (16.56%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (12.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 36 (11.25%) CCSP
7 27 (8.44%) CISA
8 26 (8.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (7.81%) Computer Science Degree
10 22 (6.88%) CRISC
11 19 (5.94%) CCSK
12 18 (5.63%) GIAC
13 17 (5.31%) CEH
14 16 (5.00%) GSEC
15 15 (4.69%) Master's Degree
15 15 (4.69%) MCSE
15 15 (4.69%) OSCP
15 15 (4.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 14 (4.38%) SSCP
17 13 (4.06%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (40.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (26.25%) NIST
3 58 (18.13%) GDPR
4 38 (11.88%) GRC
5 31 (9.69%) PCI DSS
6 28 (8.75%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (5.31%) SOC 2
8 14 (4.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 8 (2.50%) NIST 800
10 7 (2.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (2.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 6 (1.88%) COBIT
12 5 (1.56%) HIPAA
13 4 (1.25%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.63%) FISMA
15 2 (0.63%) GLBA
15 2 (0.63%) NCSC
15 2 (0.63%) QA
16 1 (0.31%) PSD2
System Software
1 43 (13.44%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.06%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.56%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.94%) Docker
5 3 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.31%) Firmware
7 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (3.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.13%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.81%) Terraform
4 8 (2.50%) CASB
4 8 (2.50%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.56%) Nessus
6 4 (1.25%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.25%) Suricata
7 3 (0.94%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.94%) Nmap
8 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.63%) DatAdvantage
8 2 (0.63%) QRadar
8 2 (0.63%) SCCM
8 2 (0.63%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 2 (0.63%) WSUS
9 1 (0.31%) Ansible
9 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.31%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 87 (27.19%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.00%) VMware
3 15 (4.69%) Veeam
4 14 (4.38%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (4.06%) Commvault
5 13 (4.06%) HP
5 13 (4.06%) Nimble Storage
6 12 (3.75%) Cisco
7 9 (2.81%) Meraki
7 9 (2.81%) Splunk
8 8 (2.50%) Proofpoint
8 8 (2.50%) Rapid7
9 7 (2.19%) Darktrace
9 7 (2.19%) Google
10 6 (1.88%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.88%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.88%) Symantec
10 6 (1.88%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.56%) CA
11 5 (1.56%) Sophos