Protective Monitoring Job Trends in the North of England

Protective Monitoring
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Protective Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 271 -
Rank change year-on-year +12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Protective Monitoring 3 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.028% 0.033% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.035% 0.036% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £44,400 - -
25th Percentile £46,500 £54,375 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,750 -
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £63,125 -
90th Percentile £54,000 - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +30.00% -28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Protective Monitoring 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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,531 8,241 7,566
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.17% 90.66% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,542 3,667 5,961
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,040 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Protective Monitoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Protective Monitoring job vacancy trend in the North of England

Protective Monitoring
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Protective Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Protective Monitoring

Protective Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Protective Monitoring in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Protective Monitoring in the North of England

Protective Monitoring
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
North West - 3 £50,000 - 1
Protective Monitoring
England

Protective Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyberattack
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) GCIA
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) SSCP
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory