Security Posture Job Trends 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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 217 324
Rank change year-on-year -12 +107 +35
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 49 49 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.40% 0.69% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.44% 2.05% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 29 26 20
10th Percentile £51,250 £36,250 £35,675
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £44,250
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +24.29% -38.97%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,875 £71,875
90th Percentile £78,750 £79,500 £80,500
England median annual salary £71,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +1.43% - +2.94%

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 3,396 2,391 4,885
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 27.57% 33.57% 33.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,824 1,196 3,373
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,500 £40,000 £34,500
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 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -15.38%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in the South East

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the South East

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

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

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the South East over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

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 17 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
Hampshire +15 21 £65,000 +44.44% 4
Thames Valley -5 17 £62,500 -10.71% 11
Berkshire 0 10 £53,750 -23.21% 6
Middlesex +9 5 - -
Oxfordshire +1 5 £62,500 -60.32% 4
Surrey -28 3 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Buckinghamshire -8 2 £67,500 - 1
Kent -19 1 £112,500 +44.23%
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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 15 (30.61%) Azure
2 8 (16.33%) AWS
3 7 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (12.24%) PaaS
5 3 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
6 2 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (4.08%) SaaS
7 1 (2.04%) Azure AKS
7 1 (2.04%) Azure API Management
7 1 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.04%) GCP
7 1 (2.04%) GitHub
7 1 (2.04%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (2.04%) IaaS
7 1 (2.04%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 14 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (8.16%) BGP
2 4 (8.16%) Cisco ASA
3 3 (6.12%) DNS
3 3 (6.12%) Network Security
3 3 (6.12%) VPN
4 2 (4.08%) DMZ
4 2 (4.08%) HTTP
4 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.04%) AMQP
5 1 (2.04%) HTTPS
5 1 (2.04%) Modbus
5 1 (2.04%) SMTP
5 1 (2.04%) SSL
5 1 (2.04%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Git
1 1 (2.04%) Snyk
General
1 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.53%) Organisational Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Finance
4 9 (18.37%) Public Sector
5 6 (12.24%) Banking
5 6 (12.24%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (8.16%) Marketing
6 4 (8.16%) Retail
6 4 (8.16%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) Security Manager
2 13 (26.53%) Security Assurance Manager
3 11 (22.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 10 (20.41%) Security Engineer
5 8 (16.33%) Senior
6 7 (14.29%) Lead
7 5 (10.20%) Risk Manager
8 4 (8.16%) Analyst
8 4 (8.16%) Network Engineer
8 4 (8.16%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) Consultant
9 3 (6.12%) IT Manager
9 3 (6.12%) IT Risk Manager
9 3 (6.12%) IT Security Manager
9 3 (6.12%) Product Owner
9 3 (6.12%) Security Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) Senior Security Analyst
10 2 (4.08%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 2 (4.08%) Junior Penetration Tester
10 2 (4.08%) Junior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.20%) YAML
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.04%) gRPC
2 1 (2.04%) JSON
2 1 (2.04%) JSON Schema
2 1 (2.04%) LDAP
2 1 (2.04%) OAuth
2 1 (2.04%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.04%) Regular Expression
2 1 (2.04%) REST
2 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Cloud Native
1 8 (16.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (12.24%) Cloud Security Posture
3 5 (10.20%) Data Centre
4 4 (8.16%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.12%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
6 2 (4.08%) Blog
6 2 (4.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (4.08%) PKI
7 1 (2.04%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (2.04%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 2 (4.08%) Windows
3 1 (2.04%) FreeBSD
3 1 (2.04%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.04%) OpenBSD
3 1 (2.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (65.31%) Cybersecurity
2 24 (48.98%) Continuous Improvement
3 19 (38.78%) Information Security
4 13 (26.53%) Vulnerability Management
5 11 (22.45%) Regulatory Change
5 11 (22.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (20.41%) Security Operations
7 9 (18.37%) Cloud Security
7 9 (18.37%) Incident Response
8 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
8 8 (16.33%) DevOps
8 8 (16.33%) Threat Modelling
8 8 (16.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
9 7 (14.29%) Risk Management
9 7 (14.29%) SDLC
9 7 (14.29%) Security Architecture
9 7 (14.29%) Zero Trust
10 6 (12.24%) Application Security
10 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
10 6 (12.24%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.16%) Python
3 3 (6.12%) Bash
4 2 (4.08%) SQL
5 1 (2.04%) C#
5 1 (2.04%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 12 (24.49%) CREST Certified
3 10 (20.41%) Degree
4 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
5 5 (10.20%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (10.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 5 (10.20%) Master's Degree
6 4 (8.16%) CISM
6 4 (8.16%) CISSP
7 3 (6.12%) DV Cleared
7 3 (6.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (4.08%) CEH
8 2 (4.08%) CGEIT
8 2 (4.08%) CHECK Team Leader
8 2 (4.08%) CHECK Team Member
8 2 (4.08%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (4.08%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (4.08%) CRISC
8 2 (4.08%) GCIH
8 2 (4.08%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (55.10%) NIST
3 22 (44.90%) NCSC
4 18 (36.73%) Cyber Essentials
5 17 (34.69%) GDPR
6 16 (32.65%) SOC 2
7 15 (30.61%) GRC
7 15 (30.61%) PCI DSS
8 12 (24.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 12 (24.49%) SOC 3
9 2 (4.08%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (4.08%) JSP 440
10 1 (2.04%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (10.20%) VMware NSX
2 2 (4.08%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.04%) KVM
3 1 (2.04%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (4.08%) Nessus
1 2 (4.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.04%) Ansible
2 1 (2.04%) Grafana
2 1 (2.04%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.04%) Prometheus
2 1 (2.04%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.24%) VMware
3 5 (10.20%) Cisco
4 4 (8.16%) CheckPoint
5 3 (6.12%) Tenable
6 2 (4.08%) Qualys
6 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.04%) Checkmarx
7 1 (2.04%) Splunk