Security Monitoring Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Security Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 477 507
Rank change year-on-year +4 +30 +149
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 36 89 66
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.085% 0.25% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.28% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 28 61 55
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £38,130
25th Percentile £40,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £72,500 £72,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Monitoring 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Monitoring relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Security Monitoring job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Security Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Security Monitoring

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
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 Security Monitoring within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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 +41 11 £45,000 - 22
Midlands +21 8 £65,000 +18.18% 15
West Midlands +18 6 £65,000 +18.18% 6
North of England -38 5 £65,000 +44.44% 15
South West +13 4 £50,000 -11.11% 11
Wales - 4 - - 5
Yorkshire -47 3 £90,000 +100.00% 7
East of England +16 2 £82,500 +43.48% 15
North West +11 2 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Scotland +1 2 £66,300 +20.55% 3
East Midlands - 2 £36,000 - 8
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (41.67%) Azure
2 10 (27.78%) AWS
3 6 (16.67%) GCP
3 6 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (13.89%) Azure AI
4 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Copilot
4 5 (13.89%) Power Automate
4 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
5 4 (11.11%) Google Workspace
5 4 (11.11%) SurveyMonkey
6 3 (8.33%) SaaS
7 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
7 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.78%) GitHub
8 1 (2.78%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) Firewall
1 8 (22.22%) Network Security
2 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
3 5 (13.89%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (13.89%) VLAN
4 4 (11.11%) Bluetooth
4 4 (11.11%) DNS
4 4 (11.11%) Modbus
4 4 (11.11%) Wireshark
4 4 (11.11%) ZigBee
5 2 (5.56%) LAN
5 2 (5.56%) WAN
6 1 (2.78%) SAN
6 1 (2.78%) SSL
6 1 (2.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Burp Suite
1 4 (11.11%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.78%) GitLab
General
1 9 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Law
3 4 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 4 (11.11%) Finance
3 4 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.78%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 8 (22.22%) Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) IT Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) IT Security Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) IT Support
4 5 (13.89%) IT Support Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Security Support Engineer
4 5 (13.89%) Support Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 3 (8.33%) Incident Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Lead
5 3 (8.33%) Principal Security Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) Security Incident Analyst
5 3 (8.33%) SOC Engineer
6 2 (5.56%) Operational Security Analyst
6 2 (5.56%) Security Manager
6 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (19.44%) Operational Technology
3 6 (16.67%) SCADA
4 5 (13.89%) Onboarding
4 5 (13.89%) Security Posture
5 4 (11.11%) CAN bus
5 4 (11.11%) IoT
5 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
6 2 (5.56%) Blockchain
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (5.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (2.78%) CSOC
7 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (2.78%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (33.33%) Linux
2 8 (22.22%) Windows
3 4 (11.11%) Android
3 4 (11.11%) Kali Linux
3 4 (11.11%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (44.44%) Incident Response
3 11 (30.56%) Threat Detection
4 9 (25.00%) AI
4 9 (25.00%) SIEM
4 9 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 8 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 8 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 8 (22.22%) Security Architecture
5 8 (22.22%) Security Operations
5 8 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
6 7 (19.44%) Decision-Making
6 7 (19.44%) DevOps
6 7 (19.44%) DevSecOps
6 7 (19.44%) ITIL
7 6 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 6 (16.67%) SDLC
8 5 (13.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (13.89%) Digital Strategy
8 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 10 (27.78%) Python
2 6 (16.67%) Bash
2 6 (16.67%) Java
3 4 (11.11%) C++
3 4 (11.11%) R
3 4 (11.11%) Rust
4 3 (8.33%) Elixir
4 3 (8.33%) Erlang
4 3 (8.33%) PowerShell
5 2 (5.56%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.78%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 12 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.89%) CISSP
2 5 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (13.89%) Degree
3 4 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (11.11%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) CEH
4 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.56%) CISM
4 2 (5.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Certification
5 1 (2.78%) CCIE
5 1 (2.78%) CCIE Security
5 1 (2.78%) CCNA
5 1 (2.78%) CCNP
5 1 (2.78%) GCFA
5 1 (2.78%) GCFE
5 1 (2.78%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (30.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (22.22%) NIST
3 7 (19.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (13.89%) Accessibility
4 5 (13.89%) PCI DSS
5 2 (5.56%) GDPR
5 2 (5.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 4 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 4 (11.11%) Nessus
1 4 (11.11%) Nmap
2 3 (8.33%) Ansible
2 3 (8.33%) Grafana
2 3 (8.33%) Prometheus
2 3 (8.33%) Terraform
3 1 (2.78%) Argo
3 1 (2.78%) CSIRT
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) Cisco
2 6 (16.67%) Google
3 4 (11.11%) Qualtrics
3 4 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 4 (11.11%) Splunk
4 2 (5.56%) Meraki