SANS Jobs in the UK excluding London

SANS Institute
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 730 680
Rank change year-on-year +175 -50 +128
Permanent jobs citing SANS 30 33 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.077% 0.047% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.17% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 18 20 30
10th Percentile £52,125 £36,875 £53,375
25th Percentile £53,688 £43,421 £56,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £56,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.47% -19.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,750 £62,500 £78,125
UK median annual salary £70,000 £59,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +18.64% -21.33% -9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 21,340 19,428 21,804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.60% 27.42% 36.57%
Number of salaries quoted 8,878 12,209 8,120
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,708 £78,800 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%

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 15 May 2025.

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 15 May 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
Midlands +72 14 £53,688 -7.43% 3
West Midlands +64 14 £53,688 -7.43% 3
South West +118 6 £75,000 - 4
North of England +47 5 £55,000 -2.65% 7
North West - 4 £60,000 - 5
South East +94 2 £65,000 +8.33% 6
Scotland - 2 £80,000 - 1
Yorkshire +58 1 £45,000 -20.35% 2
Wales - 1 £52,500 - 2
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) AWS
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) Network Security
2 5 (16.67%) VPN
3 4 (13.33%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (6.67%) Internet
5 1 (3.33%) SAN
5 1 (3.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Retail
4 3 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.67%) Police
6 1 (3.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (60.00%) Security Engineer
2 13 (43.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Applications Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Head of Operations
4 3 (10.00%) Head of Security
5 2 (6.67%) Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) AWS Architect
5 2 (6.67%) AWS Security Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Information Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Malware Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Security Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Security Manager
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Security Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 1 (3.33%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (6.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.67%) PKI
2 2 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.33%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Linux
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
1 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (76.67%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (40.00%) SIEM
3 11 (36.67%) Security Operations
4 10 (33.33%) Information Security
4 10 (33.33%) ITIL
5 9 (30.00%) Incident Response
5 9 (30.00%) Problem Management
6 8 (26.67%) Compliance Management
6 8 (26.67%) Penetration Testing
6 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
6 8 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (23.33%) Application Security
8 6 (20.00%) Agile
8 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
8 6 (20.00%) Data Protection
8 6 (20.00%) Incident Management
8 6 (20.00%) Roadmaps
8 6 (20.00%) Security Testing
8 6 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (6.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 25 (83.33%) CISSP
2 17 (56.67%) CISM
2 17 (56.67%) GIAC
3 13 (43.33%) ISACA
4 11 (36.67%) CISA
4 11 (36.67%) Security Cleared
5 10 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 8 (26.67%) Degree
7 6 (20.00%) CEH
8 4 (13.33%) CREST Certified
8 4 (13.33%) GCIH
9 3 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (6.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (6.67%) Cyber Scheme
10 2 (6.67%) GCIA
10 2 (6.67%) GISF
10 2 (6.67%) IISP
10 2 (6.67%) ISSAP
10 2 (6.67%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) GRC
1 8 (26.67%) JSP 440
1 8 (26.67%) NCSC
2 6 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (16.67%) NIST
4 4 (13.33%) Accessibility
4 4 (13.33%) COBIT
4 4 (13.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (10.00%) PCI DSS
6 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (6.67%) GDPR
6 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 2 (6.67%) SOC 2
7 1 (3.33%) NIST 800
7 1 (3.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Snort
1 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Nessus
2 4 (13.33%) FortiGate
3 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (3.33%) Ansible
4 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.00%) Tenable
3 5 (16.67%) Cisco
3 5 (16.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.33%) HP
4 1 (3.33%) LogRhythm
4 1 (3.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (3.33%) Qualys
4 1 (3.33%) Splunk
4 1 (3.33%) VMware
4 1 (3.33%) Zscaler