Security Posture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 467 631
Rank change year-on-year -104 +164 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 136 215 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.45% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.67% 1.12% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 105 130 98
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,235 £37,643
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,938 £69,971
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,125 £81,625
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.54% - -

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 20,220 19,230 34,139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 30.98% 39.94% 43.59%
Number of salaries quoted 11,541 10,409 17,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,625 £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 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,970
UK median annual salary £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

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 Security Posture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 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 +9 46 £55,000 -6.78% 6
North West -5 35 £60,000 +1.69% 5
South East -21 33 £59,500 +3.48% 8
Midlands -24 24 £55,000 -8.33% 4
West Midlands -5 20 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Scotland -52 14 £70,000 +22.27% 1
South West -16 12 £64,000 -1.54% 4
Yorkshire +50 6 £55,000 -6.78% 1
East of England -7 6 £55,000 +7.32% 1
North East - 5 £45,000 -
East Midlands -28 4 £52,500 +50.00% 1
Wales +6 1 - - 1
Security Posture
UK

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 (0.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.47%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 44 (32.35%) Azure
2 23 (16.91%) AWS
3 16 (11.76%) SaaS
4 14 (10.29%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.15%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.94%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.94%) GCP
6 4 (2.94%) Mimecast
7 3 (2.21%) Amazon GuardDuty
7 3 (2.21%) AWS CloudTrail
7 3 (2.21%) AWS Control Tower
8 2 (1.47%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.47%) IaaS
8 2 (1.47%) PaaS
9 1 (0.74%) GitHub
9 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.74%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (30.15%) Firewall
2 25 (18.38%) Network Security
3 16 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (6.62%) VPN
5 8 (5.88%) LAN
5 8 (5.88%) WAN
6 7 (5.15%) DNS
6 7 (5.15%) Wireless
7 6 (4.41%) DHCP
7 6 (4.41%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
9 4 (2.94%) Internet
9 4 (2.94%) NetScaler
10 2 (1.47%) OSPF
10 2 (1.47%) WLAN
11 1 (0.74%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.74%) HTTP
11 1 (0.74%) SMTP
11 1 (0.74%) SSL
11 1 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.21%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.74%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.47%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.47%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.74%) JIRA
General
1 44 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
2 34 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.24%) Legal
4 12 (8.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (5.15%) Finance
6 5 (3.68%) Aerospace
6 5 (3.68%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.94%) Retail
8 3 (2.21%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.47%) Banking
9 2 (1.47%) Electronics
9 2 (1.47%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.47%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Law
10 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (13.97%) Analyst
1 19 (13.97%) Architect
2 18 (13.24%) Security Architect
2 18 (13.24%) Security Manager
3 11 (8.09%) Security Analyst
3 11 (8.09%) Senior
4 10 (7.35%) Lead
4 10 (7.35%) Network Engineer
4 10 (7.35%) Penetration Tester
4 10 (7.35%) Tester
5 8 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 7 (5.15%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (5.15%) Security Engineer
6 7 (5.15%) SOC Analyst
6 7 (5.15%) Systems Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Compliance Specialist
7 6 (4.41%) IT Engineer
7 6 (4.41%) Security Assurance Manager
7 6 (4.41%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (4.41%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.41%) .NET
1 6 (4.41%) React
2 5 (3.68%) OAuth
2 5 (3.68%) OpenID
2 5 (3.68%) SAML
3 4 (2.94%) Web Services
4 2 (1.47%) EDI
5 1 (0.74%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 25 (18.38%) Management Information System
2 23 (16.91%) Cyber Threat
3 14 (10.29%) Cyberattack
4 10 (7.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 9 (6.62%) Cyber Security Posture
6 8 (5.88%) Operational Technology
7 7 (5.15%) Data Centre
8 6 (4.41%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (4.41%) Onboarding
8 6 (4.41%) Product Ownership
9 4 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (2.21%) Public Cloud
10 3 (2.21%) SCADA
11 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (1.47%) CSOC
11 2 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.82%) Windows
2 5 (3.68%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.94%) Kali Linux
3 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.47%) Linux
4 2 (1.47%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.47%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (70.59%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (41.18%) Information Security
3 46 (33.82%) Incident Response
3 46 (33.82%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (31.62%) SIEM
5 35 (25.74%) Security Operations
6 33 (24.26%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (20.59%) Penetration Testing
8 25 (18.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (18.38%) Risk Management
9 20 (14.71%) Security Management
10 19 (13.97%) Security Architecture
11 17 (12.50%) Computer Science
12 16 (11.76%) Data Security
12 16 (11.76%) Incident Management
12 16 (11.76%) OWASP
13 15 (11.03%) Cloud Security
13 15 (11.03%) Identity Access Management
13 15 (11.03%) Project Management
14 14 (10.29%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 8 (5.88%) Python
2 7 (5.15%) JavaScript
3 6 (4.41%) C#
4 2 (1.47%) Bash
5 1 (0.74%) C++
5 1 (0.74%) Java
5 1 (0.74%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 35 (25.74%) CISSP
2 19 (13.97%) Degree
3 18 (13.24%) CISM
4 14 (10.29%) CEH
4 14 (10.29%) CISA
5 12 (8.82%) OSCP
6 9 (6.62%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (6.62%) Security Cleared
7 7 (5.15%) CRISC
7 7 (5.15%) GIAC
8 5 (3.68%) Azure Certification
8 5 (3.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (2.94%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.94%) CCNA
9 4 (2.94%) CCNA CyberOps
10 3 (2.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.21%) CCSP
11 2 (1.47%) DBS Check
11 2 (1.47%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 32 (23.53%) NIST
3 16 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (11.03%) GDPR
5 12 (8.82%) PCI DSS
5 12 (8.82%) SOC 2
6 10 (7.35%) GRC
7 8 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 7 (5.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 6 (4.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (2.94%) ISO 9001
11 3 (2.21%) COBIT
12 2 (1.47%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.74%) GxP
13 1 (0.74%) NCSC
13 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
System Software
1 8 (5.88%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.94%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.47%) vSphere
4 1 (0.74%) Docker
4 1 (0.74%) Firmware
4 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (3.68%) Nessus
2 4 (2.94%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.94%) Suricata
3 3 (2.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (2.21%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (2.21%) Terraform
4 2 (1.47%) DatAdvantage
4 2 (1.47%) Nmap
4 2 (1.47%) QRadar
4 2 (1.47%) SCCM
4 2 (1.47%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 1 (0.74%) Ansible
5 1 (0.74%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.74%) Stealthwatch
5 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.74%) WSUS
Vendors
1 22 (16.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.82%) Cisco
3 10 (7.35%) VMware
4 7 (5.15%) Splunk
5 5 (3.68%) Meraki
6 4 (2.94%) Citrix
6 4 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
6 4 (2.94%) Dell
6 4 (2.94%) Juniper
6 4 (2.94%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.94%) Proofpoint
6 4 (2.94%) Rapid7
7 3 (2.21%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.21%) Qualys
7 3 (2.21%) Symantec
8 2 (1.47%) Aruba
8 2 (1.47%) Darktrace
8 2 (1.47%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.47%) Varonis
8 2 (1.47%) Zscaler