Security Posture Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Security Posture
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 25 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.49% 1.71% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.08% 7.14% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £45,625 - -
25th Percentile £48,438 £66,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 £67,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - -
75th Percentile £63,438 £68,750 -
90th Percentile £65,875 - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 -
% change year-on-year -3.70% - -

All Generic Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 65 28 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 15.82% 23.93% 27.17%
Number of salaries quoted 44 17 72
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,700 £28,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £39,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.86% -4.24% -8.33%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,000 £60,313
90th Percentile £73,126 £68,750 £62,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £36,925 £45,000
% change year-on-year +35.41% -17.94% +0.84%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Posture relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Stoke-on-Trent over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in Stoke-on-Trent

Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) NGFW
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) High Availability
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Network Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCSP
2 1 (50.00%) CEH
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Dell
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto