Security Hardening Job Trends in the North East

Security Hardening
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Security Hardening skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 81 -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Hardening 0 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East - 0.20% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.23% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £14,000 -
England median annual salary £75,000 £81,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.98% +16.43% +86.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North East

Security Hardening falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 836 857 481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 81.32% 86.39% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 545 400 412
10th Percentile £25,380 £30,750 £28,025
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £49,529
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,750 £85,000 £73,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Hardening relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Security Hardening job vacancy trend in the North East

Security Hardening
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Security Hardening.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Security Hardening