Cyber Security Posture Job Trends in Kent

Cybersecurity Posture
South East > Kent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Kent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.058% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £89,000 - -
75th Percentile £91,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £50,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.32% -20.83% -20.00%

All Generic Skills
Kent

Cyber 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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 424 322 335
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 24.74% 41.49% 32.75%
Number of salaries quoted 294 254 128
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,988 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £38,325 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -14.83% -10.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £46,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -18.18% -2.70%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cyber Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Kent.

Cyber Security Posture job vacancy trend in Kent

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Cyber Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Cyber Security Posture

Cyber Security Posture
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the Kent region over the 6 months to 8 October 2026. 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
Sevenoaks - 1 £89,000 -
Cyber Security Posture
South East

Cyber Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Digital
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Head of Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft