Security Posture Jobs in London

Security Posture
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 357 420
Rank change year-on-year +88 +63 +268
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 124 151 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.98% 0.63% 0.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.20% 1.56% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 97 125 124
10th Percentile £53,649 £61,250 £48,175
25th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £85,000 £75,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +12.21% -10.88%
75th Percentile £111,250 £97,500 £98,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,250 £115,000
England median annual salary £74,870 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.27% +11.54% -10.96%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,640 9,664 15,186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.44% 40.31% 46.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3,014 6,778 10,288
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £44,142
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £76,391
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -1.82% +1.85%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £130,000 £123,750
England 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 London

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in London.

Salary trend for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in London

Security Posture
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London -13 14 £80,000 -5.88% 4
West London +24 8 £63,750 -19.30% 13
East London - 4 £96,250 - 1
South London +1 1 £75,000 -11.76%
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (4.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (51.61%) Azure
2 31 (25.00%) GCP
3 29 (23.39%) AWS
4 15 (12.10%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (9.68%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (8.87%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.45%) Entra ID
7 8 (6.45%) SaaS
8 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (3.23%) PaaS
10 3 (2.42%) Azure AKS
10 3 (2.42%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.42%) GitHub
10 3 (2.42%) Miro
11 2 (1.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.61%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.61%) IaaS
11 2 (1.61%) Serverless
11 2 (1.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (31.45%) Firewall
2 31 (25.00%) Network Security
3 10 (8.06%) VPN
4 7 (5.65%) DNS
5 3 (2.42%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.61%) DKIM
6 2 (1.61%) DMARC
6 2 (1.61%) HTTP
6 2 (1.61%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.61%) WAN
6 2 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.61%) Wireless
7 1 (0.81%) Asterisk PBX
7 1 (0.81%) DHCP
7 1 (0.81%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.81%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.81%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.81%) Modbus
7 1 (0.81%) NAS
7 1 (0.81%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.81%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.42%) JIRA
2 1 (0.81%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.81%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.81%) Postman
2 1 (0.81%) REST Assured
2 1 (0.81%) SoapUI
General
1 49 (39.52%) Social Skills
2 43 (34.68%) Finance
3 22 (17.74%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (16.94%) Legal
4 21 (16.94%) Retail
5 15 (12.10%) Banking
6 10 (8.06%) Law
7 9 (7.26%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (4.03%) Front Office
8 5 (4.03%) Local Government
9 3 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.42%) Marketing
10 2 (1.61%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.61%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.81%) Games
11 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.81%) Military
11 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (19.35%) Senior
2 20 (16.13%) Analyst
3 15 (12.10%) Security Analyst
3 15 (12.10%) Security Engineer
4 12 (9.68%) Lead
5 11 (8.87%) Security Manager
6 9 (7.26%) Architect
7 8 (6.45%) Information Analyst
7 8 (6.45%) Information Security Analyst
7 8 (6.45%) Senior Security Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Head of Information
8 7 (5.65%) Head of Information Security
8 7 (5.65%) Head of Security
8 7 (5.65%) Information Manager
8 7 (5.65%) Information Security Manager
8 7 (5.65%) Security Architect
8 7 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.84%) Security Solutions Architect
9 6 (4.84%) Security Specialist
9 6 (4.84%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.42%) RESTful
2 2 (1.61%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (1.61%) YAML
3 1 (0.81%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.81%) JWT
3 1 (0.81%) OAuth
3 1 (0.81%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.81%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 47 (37.90%) Management Information System
2 13 (10.48%) Cloud Security Posture
3 10 (8.06%) Security Operations Centre
4 7 (5.65%) Cyber Security Posture
4 7 (5.65%) Taxonomies
5 6 (4.84%) Cloud Native
6 4 (3.23%) PKI
7 3 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.42%) Machine to Machine
7 3 (2.42%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.42%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.61%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.81%) Fibre Optics
9 1 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.81%) Insider Threat
9 1 (0.81%) SCADA
9 1 (0.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.29%) Windows
2 8 (6.45%) Linux
3 7 (5.65%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.61%) VMS
5 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.81%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (63.71%) Information Security
2 67 (54.03%) Cybersecurity
3 53 (42.74%) Risk Management
4 52 (41.94%) Incident Response
5 46 (37.10%) Vulnerability Management
6 42 (33.87%) SIEM
7 35 (28.23%) Cloud Security
8 32 (25.81%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (25.00%) Incident Management
9 31 (25.00%) Security Operations
10 29 (23.39%) Data Loss Prevention
11 26 (20.97%) Identity Access Management
12 24 (19.35%) Data Protection
12 24 (19.35%) Data Security
12 24 (19.35%) Security Management
13 21 (16.94%) Root Cause Analysis
14 20 (16.13%) CI/CD
15 19 (15.32%) Data Privacy
15 19 (15.32%) Internal Audit
15 19 (15.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.29%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.87%) Python
3 6 (4.84%) Bash
4 2 (1.61%) SQL
5 1 (0.81%) R
5 1 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 40 (32.26%) Degree
2 32 (25.81%) CISSP
3 26 (20.97%) CISM
4 21 (16.94%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (14.52%) CCSP
6 17 (13.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 15 (12.10%) Master's Degree
8 11 (8.87%) CRISC
9 10 (8.06%) CISA
10 8 (6.45%) AWS Certification
10 8 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (5.65%) CEH
11 7 (5.65%) SC Cleared
11 7 (5.65%) Security Cleared
12 6 (4.84%) CCSK
13 5 (4.03%) GCIH
13 5 (4.03%) GIAC
14 4 (3.23%) OSCP
15 3 (2.42%) CCNA
15 3 (2.42%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (56.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (54.03%) NIST
3 35 (28.23%) GDPR
4 26 (20.97%) PCI DSS
5 14 (11.29%) SOC 2
6 13 (10.48%) GRC
7 8 (6.45%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (5.65%) NIST 800
8 7 (5.65%) SOC 1
9 6 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 5 (4.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (4.03%) HIPAA
10 5 (4.03%) QA
11 4 (3.23%) NCSC
12 3 (2.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.81%) ISAE 3402
System Software
1 6 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.03%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (4.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.61%) Docker
3 2 (1.61%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.81%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (8.06%) Kubernetes
1 10 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (6.45%) CASB
2 8 (6.45%) Terraform
3 7 (5.65%) RSA Archer
4 3 (2.42%) Ansible
4 3 (2.42%) CSIRT
4 3 (2.42%) Progress Chef
4 3 (2.42%) Puppet
4 3 (2.42%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.61%) Istio
5 2 (1.61%) linkerd
5 2 (1.61%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.61%) SCCM
5 2 (1.61%) ZENworks
6 1 (0.81%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (30.65%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.45%) Citrix
3 6 (4.84%) Google
3 6 (4.84%) VMware
4 5 (4.03%) Tanium
5 4 (3.23%) Cisco
6 3 (2.42%) Alibaba
6 3 (2.42%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.42%) Splunk
6 3 (2.42%) Symantec
6 3 (2.42%) Zscaler
7 2 (1.61%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.61%) EMC
7 2 (1.61%) Meraki
7 2 (1.61%) NetApp
7 2 (1.61%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.81%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.81%) Ivanti
8 1 (0.81%) Juniper
8 1 (0.81%) Salesforce