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 19 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 597 496
Rank change year-on-year +153 -101 +138
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 142 177 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.36% 0.22% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.04% 0.69% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 103 133 121
10th Percentile £40,008 £35,850 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,625 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,000 £94,375
UK median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -3.70%

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 13,666 25,608 23,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.39% 31.43% 42.88%
Number of salaries quoted 6,081 15,603 10,766
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,450 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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 19 June 2025.

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 19 June 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
South East +103 58 £62,500 +25.00% 203
North of England +46 32 £74,870 +49.74% 215
North West +17 28 £74,870 +24.78% 115
Midlands +89 19 £50,500 -3.81% 173
South West +109 15 £51,058 +13.46% 111
West Midlands +64 14 £57,500 +4.55% 102
Scotland +90 7 £45,000 -35.71% 70
East of England +35 7 £50,000 +17.65% 124
East Midlands +50 5 £37,500 -28.57% 71
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 29
Yorkshire +59 3 £55,000 +46.67% 78
North East +44 1 £80,000 +77.78% 22
Wales +42 1 £55,000 - 25
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 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.70%) IIS
2 1 (0.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 54 (38.03%) Azure
2 28 (19.72%) AWS
3 18 (12.68%) PaaS
4 17 (11.97%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (10.56%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (9.86%) Entra ID
7 11 (7.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 9 (6.34%) SaaS
9 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (4.23%) GCP
11 3 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
11 3 (2.11%) IaaS
12 2 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.70%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.70%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 38 (26.76%) Firewall
2 17 (11.97%) Network Security
3 14 (9.86%) VPN
4 13 (9.15%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (6.34%) DNS
6 7 (4.93%) DHCP
7 6 (4.23%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.52%) VLAN
9 3 (2.11%) WAN
9 3 (2.11%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (2.11%) Wireshark
10 2 (1.41%) HTTP
10 2 (1.41%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.41%) SMTP
11 1 (0.70%) DMARC
11 1 (0.70%) Internet
11 1 (0.70%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (3.52%) Burp Suite
1 5 (3.52%) Metasploit
2 3 (2.11%) AppScan
General
1 50 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 38 (26.76%) Finance
3 35 (24.65%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (7.04%) Retail
5 8 (5.63%) Banking
5 8 (5.63%) Legal
6 6 (4.23%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.11%) Law
8 3 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.41%) Advertising
9 2 (1.41%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.41%) Aviation
9 2 (1.41%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.70%) Automotive
10 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.70%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 51 (35.92%) Security Engineer
2 37 (26.06%) Analyst
3 31 (21.83%) Security Analyst
4 20 (14.08%) Lead
5 15 (10.56%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 10 (7.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (6.34%) Architect
7 9 (6.34%) Cloud Engineer
7 9 (6.34%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 8 (5.63%) Senior
8 8 (5.63%) SOC Analyst
9 7 (4.93%) Operations Engineer
9 7 (4.93%) Security Architect
9 7 (4.93%) Security Manager
10 6 (4.23%) IT Analyst
10 6 (4.23%) IT Security Analyst
10 6 (4.23%) Vulnerability Manager
11 5 (3.52%) Information Analyst
11 5 (3.52%) Information Security Analyst
12 4 (2.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (11.27%) YAML
2 1 (0.70%) EDI
2 1 (0.70%) HTML
2 1 (0.70%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 30 (21.13%) Management Information System
2 20 (14.08%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (9.15%) Cloud Native
3 13 (9.15%) Cloud Security Posture
3 13 (9.15%) Cyber Threat
4 11 (7.75%) Cyber Security Posture
5 7 (4.93%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.93%) Public Cloud
5 7 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (4.23%) Social Media
6 6 (4.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 5 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (3.52%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.82%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.41%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (1.41%) Cyberattack
9 2 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (1.41%) YARA
10 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (14.79%) Windows
2 18 (12.68%) Linux
3 8 (5.63%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (4.23%) Windows Vista
6 3 (2.11%) Kali Linux
6 3 (2.11%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (73.94%) Cybersecurity
2 55 (38.73%) Incident Response
3 53 (37.32%) Information Security
4 52 (36.62%) Vulnerability Management
5 44 (30.99%) Cloud Security
6 40 (28.17%) Computer Science
7 37 (26.06%) Mentoring
8 35 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (24.65%) Risk Management
8 35 (24.65%) SIEM
9 32 (22.54%) Security Operations
10 30 (21.13%) Agile
11 26 (18.31%) Coaching
11 26 (18.31%) DevSecOps
12 25 (17.61%) DevOps
13 23 (16.20%) Creative Thinking
13 23 (16.20%) Threat Intelligence
14 21 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (14.08%) Threat Detection
15 20 (14.08%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 32 (22.54%) PowerShell
2 13 (9.15%) Python
3 9 (6.34%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (4.93%) Bash
5 4 (2.82%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.41%) Search Processing Language
6 2 (1.41%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.70%) SAPscript
7 1 (0.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (38.03%) Degree
2 38 (26.76%) CISSP
3 35 (24.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 25 (17.61%) CISM
5 22 (15.49%) Master's Degree
6 20 (14.08%) CEH
7 15 (10.56%) CompTIA Security+
8 12 (8.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 12 (8.45%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (7.75%) CISA
9 11 (7.75%) Security Cleared
10 9 (6.34%) OSCP
10 9 (6.34%) SC Cleared
11 7 (4.93%) GCIH
12 6 (4.23%) DBS Check
12 6 (4.23%) GIAC
13 5 (3.52%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (2.11%) AWS Certification
14 3 (2.11%) GPEN
14 3 (2.11%) GWAPT
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (39.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 49 (34.51%) NIST
3 21 (14.79%) GDPR
4 16 (11.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (11.27%) NCSC
5 7 (4.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (2.82%) HIPAA
6 4 (2.82%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.41%) GRC
7 2 (1.41%) ISO 31000
7 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.70%) COBIT
8 1 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 13 (9.15%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.93%) Docker
2 7 (4.93%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (3.52%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.70%) Snort
Systems Management
1 8 (5.63%) Terraform
2 7 (4.93%) Nessus
3 6 (4.23%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.52%) CASB
4 5 (3.52%) QRadar
5 4 (2.82%) FortiGate
6 3 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.41%) Ansible
7 2 (1.41%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.41%) ZENworks
8 1 (0.70%) Nmap
8 1 (0.70%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 64 (45.07%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) Splunk
3 7 (4.93%) VMware
4 4 (2.82%) Cisco
4 4 (2.82%) Fortinet
4 4 (2.82%) Palo Alto
4 4 (2.82%) Tenable
5 3 (2.11%) Google
5 3 (2.11%) Trustwave
6 2 (1.41%) Meraki
7 1 (0.70%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.70%) Okta
7 1 (0.70%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.70%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.70%) SAP