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 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 402 529 561
Rank change year-on-year +127 +32 +208
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 300 321 399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.61% 0.37% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.61% 1.07% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 230 256 206
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,625 £43,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £71,250 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +7.14% -11.33%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £100,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £72,500 £71,250 £66,500
% change year-on-year +1.75% +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 18,685 29,964 38,814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.74% 34.65% 43.87%
Number of salaries quoted 8,770 20,866 20,976
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,000 £35,679
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,650
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 21 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 21 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 +102 128 £82,500 -2.94% 168
South East +99 64 £62,500 +38.89% 60
North of England +47 58 £59,750 -0.42% 26
North West -4 40 £74,870 +24.78% 14
Midlands +49 16 £54,625 +4.05% 36
South West +124 15 £51,058 +13.46% 17
Yorkshire +72 14 £50,000 -2.44% 10
West Midlands +49 13 £57,500 +4.55% 30
East of England +39 9 £50,000 +17.65% 10
North East +38 4 £41,468 -7.85% 2
East Midlands +33 3 £52,500 - 6
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 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.67%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 121 (40.33%) Azure
2 70 (23.33%) AWS
3 41 (13.67%) GCP
4 28 (9.33%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (8.67%) Azure DevOps
5 26 (8.67%) Azure Sentinel
6 22 (7.33%) Entra ID
7 20 (6.67%) PaaS
8 17 (5.67%) SaaS
9 11 (3.67%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.00%) Azure AKS
11 5 (1.67%) IaaS
12 4 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
13 3 (1.00%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (1.00%) GitHub
13 3 (1.00%) Miro
13 3 (1.00%) Serverless
13 3 (1.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 96 (32.00%) Firewall
2 57 (19.00%) Network Security
3 27 (9.00%) VPN
4 20 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 17 (5.67%) DNS
6 11 (3.67%) TCP/IP
7 7 (2.33%) DHCP
7 7 (2.33%) VLAN
7 7 (2.33%) WAN
8 6 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (1.67%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.33%) HTTP
11 2 (0.67%) DKIM
11 2 (0.67%) DMARC
11 2 (0.67%) LAN
11 2 (0.67%) SMTP
11 2 (0.67%) Wireless
12 1 (0.33%) DMVPN
12 1 (0.33%) Ethernet
12 1 (0.33%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.33%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.00%) JIRA
2 2 (0.67%) Burp Suite
2 2 (0.67%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.33%) Postman
3 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
General
1 105 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 81 (27.00%) Finance
3 61 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (10.33%) Legal
4 31 (10.33%) Retail
5 23 (7.67%) Banking
6 22 (7.33%) Law
7 11 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 6 (2.00%) Aerospace
9 6 (2.00%) Electronics
9 6 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.67%) Front Office
10 5 (1.67%) Local Government
11 4 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.00%) Marketing
12 3 (1.00%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 80 (26.67%) Security Engineer
2 62 (20.67%) Analyst
3 46 (15.33%) Security Analyst
4 37 (12.33%) Senior
5 33 (11.00%) Lead
6 27 (9.00%) Security Manager
7 23 (7.67%) Architect
7 23 (7.67%) Cloud Engineer
7 23 (7.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 21 (7.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 19 (6.33%) Security Architect
10 16 (5.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 14 (4.67%) Information Analyst
11 14 (4.67%) Information Manager
11 14 (4.67%) Information Security Analyst
11 14 (4.67%) Information Security Manager
11 14 (4.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.67%) AWS Engineer
12 11 (3.67%) SOC Analyst
13 9 (3.00%) Head of Information
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.33%) YAML
2 6 (2.00%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (1.00%) RESTful
4 2 (0.67%) JSON
5 1 (0.33%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.33%) EDI
5 1 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.33%) HTML
5 1 (0.33%) JWT
5 1 (0.33%) OAuth
5 1 (0.33%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.33%) REST
5 1 (0.33%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 81 (27.00%) Management Information System
2 37 (12.33%) Cloud Security Posture
3 30 (10.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 24 (8.00%) Cyber Security Posture
5 23 (7.67%) Cloud Native
6 22 (7.33%) Cyber Threat
7 14 (4.67%) Self-Motivation
8 12 (4.00%) Social Media
8 12 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 11 (3.67%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.67%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.67%) Product Ownership
11 6 (2.00%) PKI
11 6 (2.00%) Taxonomies
12 4 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
13 3 (1.00%) Cyberattack
13 3 (1.00%) Machine to Machine
13 3 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.67%) Windows
2 25 (8.33%) Linux
3 17 (5.67%) Windows Server
4 12 (4.00%) Windows Vista
5 9 (3.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (2.67%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.67%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.00%) VMS
9 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (61.67%) Cybersecurity
2 141 (47.00%) Information Security
3 121 (40.33%) Incident Response
4 120 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 98 (32.67%) Cloud Security
5 98 (32.67%) Risk Management
6 85 (28.33%) SIEM
7 79 (26.33%) Security Operations
8 68 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (21.33%) DevOps
10 56 (18.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 51 (17.00%) Mentoring
12 50 (16.67%) DevSecOps
13 49 (16.33%) Incident Management
14 48 (16.00%) CI/CD
14 48 (16.00%) Computer Science
15 45 (15.00%) Agile
16 44 (14.67%) Data Loss Prevention
17 39 (13.00%) Data Protection
18 37 (12.33%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 47 (15.67%) PowerShell
2 27 (9.00%) Python
3 18 (6.00%) Bash
4 15 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.33%) SQL
5 4 (1.33%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.00%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (0.67%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.33%) R
8 1 (0.33%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 94 (31.33%) Degree
2 73 (24.33%) CISSP
3 57 (19.00%) CISM
4 42 (14.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (13.33%) Master's Degree
6 36 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (11.33%) CEH
8 32 (10.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 27 (9.00%) Security Cleared
10 26 (8.67%) CISA
11 24 (8.00%) SC Cleared
12 22 (7.33%) CompTIA Security+
13 21 (7.00%) AWS Certification
14 19 (6.33%) CCSP
15 12 (4.00%) CRISC
15 12 (4.00%) DBS Check
16 11 (3.67%) GCIH
17 10 (3.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
18 9 (3.00%) GIAC
18 9 (3.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (45.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 125 (41.67%) NIST
3 72 (24.00%) GDPR
4 36 (12.00%) PCI DSS
5 26 (8.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (6.33%) GRC
7 18 (6.00%) NCSC
8 14 (4.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 13 (4.33%) SOC 2
10 9 (3.00%) HIPAA
10 9 (3.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 8 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 7 (2.33%) NIST 800
13 6 (2.00%) SOC 1
14 5 (1.67%) QA
15 2 (0.67%) Def Stans
16 1 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
16 1 (0.33%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 21 (7.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (3.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (2.67%) Docker
5 5 (1.67%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.33%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.33%) Snort
7 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (7.00%) Terraform
2 19 (6.33%) Kubernetes
3 18 (6.00%) CASB
4 13 (4.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.00%) QRadar
5 6 (2.00%) RSA Archer
6 5 (1.67%) Ansible
6 5 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.33%) CSIRT
7 4 (1.33%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.33%) ZENworks
8 3 (1.00%) Istio
8 3 (1.00%) linkerd
8 3 (1.00%) Nessus
8 3 (1.00%) Progress Chef
8 3 (1.00%) Puppet
9 2 (0.67%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.67%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 98 (32.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.67%) Google
2 14 (4.67%) VMware
3 13 (4.33%) Splunk
4 8 (2.67%) Cisco
5 7 (2.33%) Citrix
6 6 (2.00%) Palo Alto
7 5 (1.67%) Fortinet
7 5 (1.67%) Tanium
7 5 (1.67%) Tenable
8 4 (1.33%) Meraki
9 3 (1.00%) Alibaba
9 3 (1.00%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.00%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.00%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.00%) Symantec
9 3 (1.00%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.67%) EMC
10 2 (0.67%) NetApp
10 2 (0.67%) Red Hat