Cyber Security Posture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cybersecurity Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cyber Security Posture in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cyber Security Posture over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 744 827
Rank change year-on-year +26 +83 -163
Permanent jobs citing Cyber Security Posture 38 18 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.054% 0.029% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.16% 0.071% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 36 13 5
10th Percentile £36,000 £60,000 £34,650
25th Percentile £37,750 £65,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,250 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.67% +3.45% -19.44%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £78,750
90th Percentile £76,875 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% -16.67% +1.44%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Cyber 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 UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,930 25,206 30,729
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.07% 41.04% 43.36%
Number of salaries quoted 15,226 11,416 15,872
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £82,725
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Cyber Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cyber Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cyber Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cyber Security Posture in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Cyber Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Cyber Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cyber Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cyber Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Cyber Security Posture
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cyber Security Posture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East +13 12 £38,500 -48.67% 4
North of England +35 6 £40,000 -38.46%
South West -15 6 £65,000 -13.33%
East of England - 6 £42,500 -
North East - 5 £40,000 -
Scotland - 4 £67,500 -
Northern Ireland - 3 £90,000 -
West Midlands +26 1 £75,000 -2.60% 1
Midlands +9 1 £75,000 - 1
North West - 1 £27,500 -
Cyber Security Posture
UK

Cyber Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (42.11%) Azure
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.79%) Mimecast
3 4 (10.53%) AWS
3 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (28.95%) Firewall
2 7 (18.42%) LAN
3 6 (15.79%) DHCP
3 6 (15.79%) DNS
4 5 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (7.89%) WAN
6 2 (5.26%) Network Security
7 1 (2.63%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.63%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.63%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (47.37%) Social Skills
2 17 (44.74%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (15.79%) Finance
4 3 (7.89%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.26%) Legal
5 2 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.63%) Local Government
6 1 (2.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (21.05%) Security Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) Systems Engineer
3 6 (15.79%) Security Manager
4 5 (13.16%) Administrator
4 5 (13.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (13.16%) IT Engineer
4 5 (13.16%) Systems Administrator
5 4 (10.53%) Operational Security Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Operations Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Security Operations Manager
5 4 (10.53%) Senior
6 3 (7.89%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Firewall Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Security Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Cloud Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Firewall Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 22 (57.89%) Security Posture
2 9 (23.68%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (15.79%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (10.53%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (7.89%) Cloud Native
6 2 (5.26%) IoT
6 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.63%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 16 (42.11%) Windows
2 9 (23.68%) Android
3 8 (21.05%) Apple iOS
4 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (7.89%) Unix
6 1 (2.63%) Linux
6 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.63%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (44.74%) SIEM
4 9 (23.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
6 6 (15.79%) Email Filtering
6 6 (15.79%) Kalman Filter
6 6 (15.79%) Security Management
6 6 (15.79%) Security Operations
7 5 (13.16%) Computer Science
7 5 (13.16%) Cyber Resilience
7 5 (13.16%) Incident Response
7 5 (13.16%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 4 (10.53%) Analytical Thinking
8 4 (10.53%) Cloud Security
8 4 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (10.53%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (10.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 3 (7.89%) Patch Management
9 3 (7.89%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) Python
2 2 (5.26%) Bash
2 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.63%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) CISSP
3 4 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.89%) GIAC
5 2 (5.26%) CISA
5 2 (5.26%) CISM
5 2 (5.26%) CISMP
5 2 (5.26%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (5.26%) SANS
6 1 (2.63%) CASP
6 1 (2.63%) CEH
6 1 (2.63%) CRISC
6 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) GDPR
1 2 (5.26%) GRC
1 2 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (2.63%) NCSC
2 1 (2.63%) NIST
2 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.63%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.89%) Terraform
3 1 (2.63%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) VMware
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 5 (13.16%) Acronis
3 5 (13.16%) CrowdStrike
3 5 (13.16%) Meraki
3 5 (13.16%) Sophos
3 5 (13.16%) Synology
4 4 (10.53%) Darktrace
5 1 (2.63%) Apple
5 1 (2.63%) Fortinet