Online Security Job Trends in the South East

Online Security
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Online Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 - 360
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Permanent jobs citing Online Security 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.008% - 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.011% - 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81,250 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 - £58,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £73,750 £70,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.36% +21.74% +24.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Online Security 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,387 6,305 12,385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 75.63% 90.16% 85.32%
Number of salaries quoted 5,949 3,264 9,157
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Online Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Online Security job vacancy trend in the South East

Online Security
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Online Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Online Security

Online Security
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 Online Security within the South East region over the 6 months to 20 March 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
Surrey - 1 £82,500 - 1
Online Security
England

Online Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Head of IT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Transformation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Juniper
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft