Security Monitoring Jobs in the South West

Security Monitoring
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 286 257
Rank change year-on-year +101 -29 +35
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 2 7 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.056% 0.075% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.060% 0.090% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £48,250 £54,625
25th Percentile £48,894 £49,375 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,729 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.95% -21.43% +31.80%
75th Percentile £54,565 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +8.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Security 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 3,360 7,755 6,362
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 93.44% 83.54% 94.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,930 5,571 3,573
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,063 £37,500 £39,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the South West

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the South West.

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the South West

Security 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 Security Monitoring within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Devon - 1 £51,729 - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 - - 4
Security Monitoring
England

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Team Leader
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Insider Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) GCFE
1 1 (50.00%) GIAC
1 1 (50.00%) GISP
1 1 (50.00%) GSEC
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Intel