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 advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 594 517 644
Rank change year-on-year -77 +127 -108
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 168 246 205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.40% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.70% 0.97% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 132 97 76
10th Percentile £35,075 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,837 £43,750 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,375
90th Percentile £84,625 £97,750 £81,875
UK median annual salary £72,500 £66,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year +9.02% -6.67% +18.75%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills 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 generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,872 25,246 30,663
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.05% 41.09% 43.36%
Number of salaries quoted 15,186 11,415 15,886
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,250 £39,810
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 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +46 52 £60,000 -4.00% 10
South East -8 52 £59,500 -20.67% 21
North West +41 42 £60,000 +1.69% 6
Midlands -16 24 £52,500 -4.55% 11
West Midlands +7 17 £55,000 - 8
South West -20 15 £45,000 -40.00% 8
East of England +17 12 £42,500 -10.53% 5
Scotland -86 12 £62,500 -10.71% 4
East Midlands -7 7 £52,500 - 3
Yorkshire +76 6 £51,250 -22.93% 1
North East -2 4 £46,250 - 3
Wales 0 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 2 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.60%) IIS
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 64 (38.10%) Azure
2 36 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (11.90%) AWS
4 17 (10.12%) SaaS
5 7 (4.17%) Mimecast
6 4 (2.38%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.38%) GCP
7 3 (1.79%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (1.79%) PaaS
8 2 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.19%) AWS CloudTrail
8 2 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.19%) Serverless
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.60%) AWS Control Tower
9 1 (0.60%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.60%) SonarCloud
9 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 34 (20.24%) Firewall
2 20 (11.90%) Network Security
3 18 (10.71%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (5.36%) LAN
5 7 (4.17%) DHCP
5 7 (4.17%) DNS
5 7 (4.17%) VPN
5 7 (4.17%) Wireless
6 6 (3.57%) SD-WAN
6 6 (3.57%) WAN
7 5 (2.98%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.38%) Internet
8 4 (2.38%) NetScaler
8 4 (2.38%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.19%) Wireless Security
10 1 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.60%) NGFW
10 1 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.60%) MongoDB
1 1 (0.60%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Burp Suite
1 2 (1.19%) Metasploit
General
1 62 (36.90%) Social Skills
2 45 (26.79%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (11.31%) Finance
4 16 (9.52%) Legal
5 14 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (3.57%) Law
8 5 (2.98%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.98%) Retail
9 3 (1.79%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.19%) Banking
10 2 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.19%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.19%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (22.62%) Architect
2 35 (20.83%) Security Architect
3 19 (11.31%) Senior
4 17 (10.12%) Security Manager
5 16 (9.52%) Analyst
6 15 (8.93%) Penetration Tester
6 15 (8.93%) Tester
7 12 (7.14%) Network Engineer
8 11 (6.55%) Information Architect
8 11 (6.55%) Information Security Architect
9 10 (5.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.95%) IT Engineer
9 10 (5.95%) Lead
9 10 (5.95%) Security Analyst
9 10 (5.95%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (5.36%) Senior Security Analyst
11 8 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (4.17%) Information Analyst
12 7 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (4.17%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.14%) React
2 10 (5.95%) .NET
3 3 (1.79%) OAuth
3 3 (1.79%) OpenID
3 3 (1.79%) SAML
4 2 (1.19%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.19%) Flask
4 2 (1.19%) Web Services
5 1 (0.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.86%) Cyber Threat
2 22 (13.10%) Cyber Security Posture
2 22 (13.10%) Management Information System
3 15 (8.93%) Cyberattack
4 10 (5.95%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.95%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (3.57%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.98%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.98%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.98%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (2.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.79%) PMI
8 3 (1.79%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (1.19%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (1.19%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.60%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 23 (13.69%) Windows
2 9 (5.36%) Android
3 8 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 8 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (2.38%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.79%) Linux
5 3 (1.79%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.19%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.19%) Unix
6 2 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.60%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 66 (39.29%) Information Security
3 49 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (26.79%) Incident Response
5 38 (22.62%) SIEM
6 30 (17.86%) Security Architecture
7 29 (17.26%) Security Management
8 28 (16.67%) Security Operations
8 28 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
9 26 (15.48%) Risk Management
10 24 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
11 21 (12.50%) Project Management
11 21 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
11 21 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
12 20 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (11.90%) SDLC
13 18 (10.71%) Cloud Security
13 18 (10.71%) OWASP
14 17 (10.12%) Computer Science
15 16 (9.52%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.14%) C#
2 10 (5.95%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.57%) Python
4 3 (1.79%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.19%) Bash
5 2 (1.19%) SQL
5 2 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (25.00%) CISSP
2 41 (24.40%) Degree
3 19 (11.31%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (10.12%) CISM
5 14 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (7.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 12 (7.14%) CCSP
7 12 (7.14%) OSCP
8 11 (6.55%) CISA
9 10 (5.95%) CEH
10 9 (5.36%) CCSK
11 6 (3.57%) CRISC
12 5 (2.98%) Security Cleared
13 4 (2.38%) AWS Certification
13 4 (2.38%) CCNA
13 4 (2.38%) CCNA CyberOps
13 4 (2.38%) GIAC
13 4 (2.38%) Numerate Degree
13 4 (2.38%) PMI Certification
14 3 (1.79%) GCFE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (35.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 43 (25.60%) NIST
3 27 (16.07%) GDPR
4 26 (15.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (8.33%) GRC
5 14 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 11 (6.55%) PCI DSS
6 11 (6.55%) SOC 2
7 7 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 6 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.38%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.79%) COBIT
11 2 (1.19%) NCSC
11 2 (1.19%) QA
12 1 (0.60%) GxP
12 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
System Software
1 12 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.38%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.19%) Docker
5 1 (0.60%) Firmware
5 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.98%) Nessus
3 4 (2.38%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.19%) DatAdvantage
5 2 (1.19%) Nmap
5 2 (1.19%) QRadar
5 2 (1.19%) SCCM
5 2 (1.19%) Suricata
5 2 (1.19%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
6 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.60%) Ansible
6 1 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.60%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.60%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.60%) Terraform
6 1 (0.60%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (18.45%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.12%) VMware
3 12 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
4 9 (5.36%) Cisco
4 9 (5.36%) Meraki
5 7 (4.17%) Darktrace
5 7 (4.17%) Proofpoint
5 7 (4.17%) Rapid7
6 6 (3.57%) Splunk
7 5 (2.98%) Acronis
7 5 (2.98%) Citrix
7 5 (2.98%) Sophos
7 5 (2.98%) Synology
8 4 (2.38%) Dell
9 3 (1.79%) Qualys
9 3 (1.79%) Symantec
10 2 (1.19%) Aruba
10 2 (1.19%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.19%) Juniper
10 2 (1.19%) Varonis