Protective Monitoring Job Trends in the South West

Protective Monitoring
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Protective Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 190 219
Rank change year-on-year +12 +29 +45
Permanent jobs citing Protective Monitoring 3 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.059% 0.024% 0.063%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.083% 0.028% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile - - £43,500
25th Percentile £77,500 £66,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £67,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% +35.00% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £68,750 £55,000
90th Percentile - - £56,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -19.23% +30.00% -28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Protective Monitoring 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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,620 3,550 4,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.51% 85.42% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,491 1,780 3,234
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,450 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,875 £40,236 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +2.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,100
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Protective Monitoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Protective Monitoring job vacancy trend in the South West

Protective Monitoring
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Protective Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Protective Monitoring

Protective Monitoring
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the South West region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £80,000 -
Protective Monitoring
England

Protective Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Military
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Development
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 3 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Information Assurance
1 3 (100.00%) MODAF
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) RMADS