SANS Jobs in the UK excluding London

SANS Institute
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 727 684 809
Rank change year-on-year -43 +125 -192
Permanent jobs citing SANS 34 71 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.12% 0.060%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.17% 0.32% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 21 30 18
10th Percentile £37,500 £53,375 £45,700
25th Percentile £43,421 £56,354 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.29% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £60,500 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £78,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -22.67% -9.09% +17.86%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications 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 academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,515 21,982 22,529
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 27.48% 36.54% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 12,241 8,204 10,270
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,603 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% +1.42%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SANS in the UK excluding London

SANS
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SANS in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SANS in the UK excluding London

SANS
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SANS in the UK excluding London

SANS
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 SANS within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
North of England - 15 £56,500 - 1
Midlands -5 8 £58,000 -17.14%
Yorkshire - 8 £56,500 -
West Midlands +25 6 £58,000 -17.14%
South West -27 6 - - 2
North East - 6 £40,000 -
South East -41 4 £60,000 -17.24% 3
East Midlands -11 2 £44,225 -36.82%
East of England +13 1 - - 1
North West - 1 £50,000 - 1
SANS
UK

SANS
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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 13 (38.24%) Azure
2 8 (23.53%) AWS
3 6 (17.65%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (17.65%) Cloud Computing
3 6 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (52.94%) Firewall
2 13 (38.24%) Network Security
3 12 (35.29%) LAN
3 12 (35.29%) WAN
4 11 (32.35%) TCP/IP
5 8 (23.53%) Wireshark
6 2 (5.88%) DHCP
6 2 (5.88%) DNS
6 2 (5.88%) NX-OS
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) GitLab
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 11 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (20.59%) Law
5 6 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 6 (17.65%) Marketing
6 4 (11.76%) Legal
7 2 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (35.29%) Lead
2 11 (32.35%) Senior
3 10 (29.41%) Analyst
3 10 (29.41%) Security Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Information Security Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Lead Architect
4 6 (17.65%) Security Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) Team Leader
5 5 (14.71%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 5 (14.71%) Senior Architect
6 4 (11.76%) Security Manager
6 4 (11.76%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Incident Engineer
7 2 (5.88%) Risk Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
8 1 (2.94%) Lead Infrastructure Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (32.35%) Management Information System
2 8 (23.53%) Public Cloud
3 6 (17.65%) IoT
3 6 (17.65%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (14.71%) Cloud Native
4 5 (14.71%) Replication
5 4 (11.76%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
6 2 (5.88%) Digital Media
6 2 (5.88%) PKI
7 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Android
2 6 (17.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (50.00%) Information Security
3 16 (47.06%) SIEM
4 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (35.29%) Risk Management
6 11 (32.35%) Cloud Security
6 11 (32.35%) Security Management
7 10 (29.41%) Data Protection
7 10 (29.41%) Decision-Making
8 9 (26.47%) Application Security
8 9 (26.47%) Computer Science
8 9 (26.47%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (23.53%) DevOps
9 8 (23.53%) Security Operations
10 7 (20.59%) Information Security Management
10 7 (20.59%) Process Improvement
10 7 (20.59%) Validation
11 6 (17.65%) Agile
11 6 (17.65%) Cryptography
11 6 (17.65%) Ethical Hacking
Programming Languages
1 22 (64.71%) Python
2 14 (41.18%) PowerShell
3 6 (17.65%) Bash
3 6 (17.65%) C
3 6 (17.65%) Java
3 6 (17.65%) R
3 6 (17.65%) Scala
3 6 (17.65%) SQL
4 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (88.24%) CISSP
2 17 (50.00%) CISA
3 13 (38.24%) GIAC
4 12 (35.29%) CRISC
5 10 (29.41%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (26.47%) CEH
6 9 (26.47%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (26.47%) Degree
7 7 (20.59%) CISM
7 7 (20.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (17.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 6 (17.65%) CCSP
8 6 (17.65%) CISMP
8 6 (17.65%) SSCP
9 4 (11.76%) CCNA
10 3 (8.82%) GCFA
10 3 (8.82%) GCIH
10 3 (8.82%) OSCP
10 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
10 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (47.06%) NIST
2 13 (38.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (26.47%) PCI DSS
4 5 (14.71%) GDPR
5 4 (11.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (5.88%) COBIT
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (5.88%) GLBA
6 2 (5.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.94%) NCSC
7 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
1 6 (17.65%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (17.65%) Nmap
3 3 (8.82%) Terraform
4 2 (5.88%) CSIRT
4 2 (5.88%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Qualys
2 6 (17.65%) Rapid7
2 6 (17.65%) Splunk
2 6 (17.65%) Thycotic
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco
3 2 (5.88%) VMware