Security Monitoring Jobs in England

Security Monitoring
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 704 792 864
Rank change year-on-year +88 +72 -185
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 140 155 290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.17% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.18% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 119 134 234
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,423 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £67,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,083 88,114 126,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.76% 95.63% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53,858 52,089 73,941
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,308 £33,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,650 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

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 5 May 2024.

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 5 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 +127 79 £55,000 -15.38% 32
South East +25 37 £52,500 +40.00% 10
North of England +36 9 £40,000 -33.33% 2
South West -23 9 £55,000 -21.43% 4
North West +9 7 £37,500 -37.50%
West Midlands +20 6 £26,500 -51.82% 1
Midlands +13 6 £26,500 -50.09% 3
Yorkshire +80 2 £58,750 - 1
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 10 (7.14%) IIS
1 10 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (7.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (23.57%) AWS
2 29 (20.71%) Azure
3 22 (15.71%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.71%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.71%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.71%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 43 (30.71%) Firewall
2 34 (24.29%) Network Security
3 20 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (7.86%) VPN
5 6 (4.29%) LAN
5 6 (4.29%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.57%) Internet
7 2 (1.43%) Skype
7 2 (1.43%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.43%) WAN
8 1 (0.71%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Git
2 4 (2.86%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.86%) Subversion
3 1 (0.71%) JIRA
3 1 (0.71%) NUnit
3 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (32.14%) Analytical Skills
2 44 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 36 (25.71%) Finance
4 11 (7.86%) Public Sector
5 10 (7.14%) Legal
6 8 (5.71%) Law
7 6 (4.29%) Aerospace
7 6 (4.29%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (4.29%) Retail
8 5 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.43%) Banking
9 2 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Aviation
10 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.71%) Games
10 1 (0.71%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (52.14%) Analyst
2 52 (37.14%) Security Analyst
3 31 (22.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 17 (12.14%) Senior
5 14 (10.00%) Security Engineer
6 13 (9.29%) Consultant
6 13 (9.29%) Information Analyst
6 13 (9.29%) Information Security Analyst
6 13 (9.29%) IT Analyst
7 12 (8.57%) SOC Analyst
8 11 (7.86%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 9 (6.43%) IT Security Analyst
9 9 (6.43%) Security Consultant
9 9 (6.43%) SIEM Analyst
10 8 (5.71%) Architect
10 8 (5.71%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 8 (5.71%) Security Architect
10 8 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
11 6 (4.29%) Principal Engineer
11 6 (4.29%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.00%) web3js
2 3 (2.14%) Web Services
3 1 (0.71%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 34 (24.29%) Management Information System
2 28 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (8.57%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 10 (7.14%) PKI
5 9 (6.43%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (5.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (5.00%) Blockchain
7 7 (5.00%) Data Centre
7 7 (5.00%) IoT
7 7 (5.00%) Security Posture
7 7 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (5.00%) Web3
8 6 (4.29%) Client/Server
8 6 (4.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (3.57%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.86%) PMI
11 3 (2.14%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.43%) CCTV
12 2 (1.43%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.00%) Windows
2 16 (11.43%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.00%) Linux
4 5 (3.57%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.86%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (2.14%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.71%) Android
7 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (73.57%) Cybersecurity
2 60 (42.86%) Information Security
3 56 (40.00%) SIEM
4 52 (37.14%) Incident Response
5 50 (35.71%) Security Operations
6 30 (21.43%) Cloud Security
7 29 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (19.29%) Penetration Testing
9 26 (18.57%) Incident Management
10 25 (17.86%) Application Security
11 22 (15.71%) Security Architecture
12 21 (15.00%) Computer Science
13 20 (14.29%) Risk Management
14 19 (13.57%) Identity Access Management
14 19 (13.57%) Security Management
15 18 (12.86%) Threat Detection
16 17 (12.14%) Runbook
17 16 (11.43%) Risk Assessment
17 16 (11.43%) Vulnerability Management
18 14 (10.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.14%) Python
2 9 (6.43%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.29%) SQL
4 3 (2.14%) Bash
4 3 (2.14%) C++
5 1 (0.71%) C#
Qualifications
1 60 (42.86%) CISSP
2 25 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
3 24 (17.14%) CompTIA Security+
4 23 (16.43%) Degree
5 21 (15.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 21 (15.00%) CCSP
6 18 (12.86%) Network+ Certification
7 17 (12.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 17 (12.14%) CompTIA CySA+
8 16 (11.43%) Security Cleared
9 13 (9.29%) CEH
9 13 (9.29%) CISM
10 7 (5.00%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (5.00%) CISMP
10 7 (5.00%) CREST Certified
11 6 (4.29%) DV Cleared
12 5 (3.57%) GIAC
13 4 (2.86%) CCNP
13 4 (2.86%) CRISC
13 4 (2.86%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (34.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 40 (28.57%) NIST
3 14 (10.00%) SOC 2
4 9 (6.43%) GRC
4 9 (6.43%) PCI DSS
5 8 (5.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 4 (2.86%) GDPR
6 4 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (2.14%) ISO 9001
7 3 (2.14%) SLA
8 2 (1.43%) NCSC
9 1 (0.71%) ISA99
9 1 (0.71%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (13.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.71%) Hyper-V
3 7 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.29%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (4.29%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (2.86%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.43%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.43%) vSphere
7 1 (0.71%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (8.57%) QRadar
2 6 (4.29%) SCOM
2 6 (4.29%) WSUS
3 4 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (2.14%) Suricata
5 1 (0.71%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.71%) Nessus
5 1 (0.71%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 44 (31.43%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.43%) Splunk
3 11 (7.86%) IBM
4 9 (6.43%) VMware
5 7 (5.00%) Cisco
6 5 (3.57%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.57%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.86%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.14%) Juniper
8 3 (2.14%) Oracle
9 2 (1.43%) Citrix
10 1 (0.71%) Apple
10 1 (0.71%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.71%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.71%) Darktrace
10 1 (0.71%) Foundry
10 1 (0.71%) Google
10 1 (0.71%) Intel
10 1 (0.71%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.71%) SonicWALL