Cyber Security Posture Jobs in the South East

Cybersecurity Posture
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Cyber 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 303 384 388
Rank change year-on-year +81 +4 -
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 9 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.093% 0.091% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.24% 0.27% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 7
10th Percentile - £35,225 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £38,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.38% -48.67% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £60,000 -
90th Percentile £101,750 £71,375 -
England median annual salary £75,500 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +25.83% -20.00% -16.67%

All Generic Skills
South East

Cyber 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,750 5,906 5,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 38.92% 33.67% 42.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,867 3,785 3,054
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,625 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Security Posture in the South East

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Security Posture in the South East.

Salary trend for Cyber Security Posture in the South East

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Cyber Security Posture in the South East

Cyber Security Posture
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the South East 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
Middlesex - 5 - -
Hampshire - 3 £30,000 - 7
Oxfordshire - 1 £115,000 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £115,000 - 8
Cyber Security Posture
England

Cyber Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (55.56%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Vulnerability Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Security Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Operations
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Security
3 1 (11.11%) Information Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Operations Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Security Posture
2 6 (66.67%) Management Information System
3 5 (55.56%) Cloud Native
3 5 (55.56%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (88.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 8 (88.89%) Threat Intelligence
3 7 (77.78%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (66.67%) Cloud Security
5 5 (55.56%) Agile
5 5 (55.56%) Coaching
5 5 (55.56%) Creative Thinking
5 5 (55.56%) Data Loss Prevention
5 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
5 5 (55.56%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (55.56%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
6 3 (33.33%) Information Security
6 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 3 (33.33%) SIEM
7 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (22.22%) SOAR
7 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) CISSP
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) CEH
3 1 (11.11%) CISMP
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) NIST
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) CASB
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Tenable