Security Posture Job Trends in Leicester

Security Posture
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Leicester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.12% - 0.57%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.52% - 1.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £52,500
75th Percentile £52,500 - £53,750
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £50,000 - £52,500

All Generic Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 193 77 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 23.00% 42.78% 33.52%
Number of salaries quoted 113 35 62
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.56% -3.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £58,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £76,750 £76,750 £82,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £55,000 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +26.44% -3.33% -18.18%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Leicester

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Incident Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Incident Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001