Security Hardening Job Trends in the South West

Security Hardening
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Security Hardening skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 - 227
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Permanent jobs citing Security Hardening 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.048% - 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% - 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £57,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £59,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.85%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £61,750
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £61,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -15.17% +20.83% -11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

Security Hardening 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 7,445 2,911 5,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.33% 82.35% 75.96%
Number of salaries quoted 5,067 1,803 3,096
10th Percentile £30,575 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £31,625 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

Security Hardening
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Security Hardening job vacancy trend in the South West

Security Hardening
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Security Hardening.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Security Hardening

Security Hardening
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 Security Hardening within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Bristol - 4 - -
Security Hardening
England

Security Hardening
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations Specialist
1 3 (60.00%) Security Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) IT Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) IT Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) Application Security
2 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (20.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CEH
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Firmware
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) SonicWALL
1 1 (20.00%) VMware