Security Posture Jobs in the Midlands

Security Posture
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 240 298 281
Rank change year-on-year +58 -17 +58
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 14 28 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.21% 0.23% 0.40%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.71% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 12 24 18
10th Percentile £37,800 £37,410 £37,400
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,125 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,375 £52,500 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +2.44% -30.51%
75th Percentile £58,750 £60,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £67,750 - £92,188
England median annual salary £74,935 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.36% +11.54% -13.33%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,268 3,966 3,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.26% 32.60% 43.84%
Number of salaries quoted 970 2,645 1,457
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +13.68%
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the Midlands over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the Midlands

Security Posture
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 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
West Midlands +58 11 £54,250 -1.36% 84
East Midlands +32 3 £52,500 - 50
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (50.00%) Network Security
2 6 (42.86%) Firewall
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Legal
2 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Analyst
1 6 (42.86%) Security Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
3 2 (14.29%) IT Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) IT Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) IT Security Officer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Officer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior IT Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SOC Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Information Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Management Information System
2 3 (21.43%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (14.29%) PKI
4 1 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
4 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Incident Response
2 8 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Risk Management
3 5 (35.71%) SIEM
4 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 4 (28.57%) Information Security
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) Security Management
4 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
4 4 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (21.43%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (21.43%) ITSM
5 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
5 3 (21.43%) Process Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Service Management
5 3 (21.43%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
2 1 (7.14%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) CISM
2 3 (21.43%) CISSP
3 2 (14.29%) CASP
3 2 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.14%) CISA
4 1 (7.14%) CISMP
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
3 1 (7.14%) GRC
3 1 (7.14%) NIST
3 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) QRadar
2 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) Splunk
3 1 (7.14%) SAP