Security Posture Jobs in the South East

Security Posture
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 349 301
Rank change year-on-year +105 -48 +131
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 64 37 64
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.63% 0.21% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.54% 0.65% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 38 16 30
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £46,125
25th Percentile £45,222 £43,125 £53,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £59,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.48% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,125 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +3.70%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 4,143 5,696 4,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 40.82% 32.86% 39.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,066 3,594 2,876
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.28% +3.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £57,836 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.16% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the South East

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the South East over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the South East

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 Security Posture within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 July 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 - 24 - - 1
Hampshire +79 21 £49,000 -2.00% 7
Thames Valley +44 11 £70,000 - 9
Surrey +49 7 £75,000 -1.64% 3
Oxfordshire +45 5 £45,000 -
Berkshire +13 4 £70,000 - 6
Buckinghamshire - 2 £58,750 - 3
Kent - 1 - - 3
Security Posture
England

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 36 (56.25%) Azure
2 16 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 16 (25.00%) PaaS
3 13 (20.31%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (18.75%) AWS
5 7 (10.94%) GCP
5 7 (10.94%) SaaS
6 2 (3.13%) Entra ID
6 2 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (25.00%) Firewall
2 12 (18.75%) VPN
3 5 (7.81%) Network Security
4 4 (6.25%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (3.13%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.13%) WAN
5 2 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.56%) HTTP
6 1 (1.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.56%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.56%) Snyk
General
1 23 (35.94%) Finance
2 21 (32.81%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.31%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.81%) Aerospace
4 5 (7.81%) Aviation
4 5 (7.81%) Retail
5 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.56%) Law
6 1 (1.56%) Legal
6 1 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (40.63%) Security Engineer
2 16 (25.00%) Analyst
2 16 (25.00%) Lead
3 13 (20.31%) Security Analyst
4 9 (14.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 6 (9.38%) SOC Analyst
5 6 (9.38%) Vulnerability Manager
6 5 (7.81%) Coordinator
6 5 (7.81%) Security Assurance Coordinator
7 3 (4.69%) Infrastructure Manager
7 3 (4.69%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.69%) Senior
8 2 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (3.13%) Senior Analyst
9 1 (1.56%) Information Analyst
9 1 (1.56%) Junior
9 1 (1.56%) Operations Manager
9 1 (1.56%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (25.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (18.75%) Management Information System
2 8 (12.50%) Cyber Security Posture
3 7 (10.94%) Cloud Native
3 7 (10.94%) Cloud Security Posture
3 7 (10.94%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (6.25%) Operational Technology
5 2 (3.13%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.56%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.56%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Windows
2 6 (9.38%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.25%) Linux
4 2 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (89.06%) Cybersecurity
2 33 (51.56%) Mentoring
3 29 (45.31%) Vulnerability Management
4 23 (35.94%) Agile
4 23 (35.94%) Coaching
4 23 (35.94%) Creative Thinking
4 23 (35.94%) Incident Response
5 21 (32.81%) Computer Science
5 21 (32.81%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (28.13%) Cloud Security
6 18 (28.13%) DevSecOps
7 17 (26.56%) Application Security
7 17 (26.56%) CI/CD
7 17 (26.56%) DevOps
7 17 (26.56%) OWASP
7 17 (26.56%) SIEM
7 17 (26.56%) Test Automation
7 17 (26.56%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 16 (25.00%) Product Management
8 16 (25.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 26 (40.63%) PowerShell
2 10 (15.63%) Bash
2 10 (15.63%) Python
3 9 (14.06%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.56%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (1.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (53.13%) Degree
2 21 (32.81%) Computer Science Degree
3 16 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 15 (23.44%) CISSP
5 11 (17.19%) CEH
5 11 (17.19%) CompTIA Security+
6 10 (15.63%) CISM
7 8 (12.50%) OSCP
8 3 (4.69%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (4.69%) GCIH
8 3 (4.69%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (4.69%) SC Cleared
8 3 (4.69%) Security Cleared
9 2 (3.13%) CISA
10 1 (1.56%) CISMP
10 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (53.13%) NIST
2 31 (48.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (25.00%) NCSC
4 12 (18.75%) GDPR
5 7 (10.94%) HIPAA
6 6 (9.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (7.81%) ISO 31000
8 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (3.13%) PCI DSS
9 1 (1.56%) GRC
9 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (9.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (6.25%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.69%) Active Directory
4 2 (3.13%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (10.94%) QRadar
2 5 (7.81%) CASB
3 4 (6.25%) FortiGate
4 3 (4.69%) Nessus
5 2 (3.13%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 42 (65.63%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.50%) Splunk
3 7 (10.94%) Cisco
3 7 (10.94%) Palo Alto
4 6 (9.38%) VMware
5 4 (6.25%) Fortinet
5 4 (6.25%) Tenable
6 2 (3.13%) Meraki
7 1 (1.56%) Checkmarx
7 1 (1.56%) Google
7 1 (1.56%) Qualys
7 1 (1.56%) Salesforce