SANS Jobs in the North of England

SANS Institute
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 371 -
Rank change year-on-year +40 - -
Permanent jobs citing SANS 5 15 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.043% 0.086% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.075% 0.38% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 0
10th Percentile £48,000 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £52,500 £37,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,250 -
90th Percentile £67,250 - -
England median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -22.67% -11.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of England

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 6,688 3,921 5,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 57.85% 22.39% 30.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,134 2,688 1,767
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £28,900
25th Percentile £40,748 £35,000 £38,787
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,734 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -11.20% +15.54%
75th Percentile £58,943 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SANS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SANS in the North of England

SANS
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SANS in the North of England.

Salary trend for SANS in the North of England

SANS
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SANS in the North of England

SANS
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 SANS within the North of England region over the 6 months to 13 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
North West +15 4 £60,000 +20.00% 4
Yorkshire +65 1 £45,000 -20.35% 3
SANS
England

SANS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Information Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Information Security Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (40.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (40.00%) Information Security
2 2 (40.00%) OWASP
2 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (40.00%) Runbook
2 2 (40.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (40.00%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Blue Team
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) SIEM
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CEH
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) CISA
2 2 (40.00%) CISM
2 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (40.00%) CRISC
2 2 (40.00%) GCIH
2 2 (40.00%) GIAC
2 2 (40.00%) GISF
2 2 (40.00%) ISACA
2 2 (40.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) COBIT
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (20.00%) NIST 800
3 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Qualys