SABSA Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SABSA skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 185 - 185
Rank change year-on-year - - +98
Permanent jobs citing SABSA 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.13% - 0.029%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% - 0.031%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - -
South East median annual salary £85,000 £67,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +26.39% +34.50% -41.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

SABSA 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,439 3,669 3,276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.29% 83.54% 94.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,501 1,778 2,213
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,750 £32,075
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SABSA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

SABSA job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SABSA
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SABSA.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SABSA

SABSA
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SABSA within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £85,000 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £85,000 -
SABSA
South East

SABSA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Information Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Security Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Information Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Information Security Architect
1 4 (80.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Security Assurance Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 5 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 4 (80.00%) Architecture Governance
2 4 (80.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (80.00%) Data Protection
2 4 (80.00%) Decision-Making
2 4 (80.00%) Design Patterns
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (80.00%) Information Security
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) CISM
1 5 (100.00%) CISSP
2 4 (80.00%) DBS Check
2 4 (80.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (20.00%) CRISC
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) COBIT
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
2 1 (20.00%) NIST