Security Posture Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 227 206 257
Rank change year-on-year -21 +51 -49
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 17 59 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.25% 0.96% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.76% 2.31% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 7
10th Percentile £58,750 £45,000 £48,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £47,813 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £78,438 £58,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £81,875 £64,375 £87,100
South East median annual salary £59,500 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -20.67% +25.00% -

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,246 2,549 2,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 33.37% 41.56% 38.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,513 1,200 1,472
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,750 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.18% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £73,366
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.91% - +4.76%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the Thames Valley

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Oxfordshire +15 10 £76,250 +32.61%
Berkshire -6 6 £70,000 - 3
Buckinghamshire -21 1 £60,000 +33.33% 1
Security Posture
South East

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (76.47%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (23.53%) AWS
4 3 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.88%) GCP
5 1 (5.88%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Network Security
2 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (11.76%) Internet
3 2 (11.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (52.94%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Architect
1 13 (76.47%) Security Architect
2 8 (47.06%) Information Architect
2 8 (47.06%) Information Security Architect
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Security Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Security Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse Manager
4 1 (5.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Security Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 3 (17.65%) Cloud Native
2 3 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (11.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.88%) Educational Technology
4 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
4 1 (5.88%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Security Architecture
2 11 (64.71%) Incident Response
2 11 (64.71%) Security Management
3 10 (58.82%) Information Security
4 9 (52.94%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (52.94%) Regulatory Compliance
4 9 (52.94%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (29.41%) Application Security
5 5 (29.41%) Zero Trust
6 4 (23.53%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (23.53%) OWASP
6 4 (23.53%) SIEM
6 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (17.65%) Data Loss Prevention
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL
7 3 (17.65%) Network Architecture
7 3 (17.65%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (17.65%) Security Operations
8 2 (11.76%) Conflict Resolution
8 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
1 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (64.71%) CISSP
1 11 (64.71%) Degree
2 9 (52.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 9 (52.94%) CCSK
2 9 (52.94%) CCSP
2 9 (52.94%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) AWS Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (82.35%) NIST
2 12 (70.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (64.71%) GDPR
3 11 (64.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 9 (52.94%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (17.65%) COBIT
6 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Suricata
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Splunk
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Juniper
3 2 (11.76%) Palo Alto