Blue Teaming
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Blue Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Blue Team over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 894 1189
Rank change year-on-year +12 +295 -329
Permanent jobs citing Blue Team 12 91 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.086% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.090% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 4 31 13
10th Percentile £54,875 £60,000 -
25th Percentile £56,563 £64,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £75,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +76.47% -
75th Percentile £67,813 £98,000 £57,250
90th Percentile £70,625 £105,000 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £68,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +88.89% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Blue Team is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,343 100,922 147,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,769 59,097 83,311
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,488
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Blue Team
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Blue Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Team in the UK

Blue Team
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Blue Team.

Salary trend for Blue Team in the UK

Blue Team
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Blue Team over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Blue Team in the UK

Blue Team
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Team within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +56 10 £61,250 -18.33% 5
UK excluding London -25 10 £60,000 -11.76% 4
North of England +56 7 £60,000 -11.76% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £62,500 - 3
Work from Home +84 2 £65,000 -4.41%
Wales -2 2 - -
London +128 1 £70,000 -26.32% 1
North West +9 1 £57,500 -15.44%
South West - 1 - -

Blue Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (41.67%) Firewall
1 5 (41.67%) TCP/IP
2 4 (33.33%) HTTP
2 4 (33.33%) Internet
2 4 (33.33%) Network Security
2 4 (33.33%) SMTP
2 4 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (16.67%) DMZ
3 2 (16.67%) DNS
3 2 (16.67%) FTP
3 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (16.67%) LAN
3 2 (16.67%) Sourcefire
3 2 (16.67%) tcpdump
3 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 2 (16.67%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Games
2 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Law
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Information Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Lead
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Tester
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (25.00%) PKI
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
3 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (8.33%) Cyberattack
4 1 (8.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) Windows
3 1 (8.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Red Team
2 6 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (41.67%) Mentoring
3 5 (41.67%) SIEM
3 5 (41.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 4 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (25.00%) Application Security
5 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Information Security
5 3 (25.00%) SDLC
5 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
5 3 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Bash
1 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) CREST Certified
3 3 (25.00%) GCIH
4 2 (16.67%) AWS Certification
4 2 (16.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (16.67%) CASP
4 2 (16.67%) CISSP
4 2 (16.67%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (16.67%) GCFA
4 2 (16.67%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (8.33%) CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (8.33%) CISM
5 1 (8.33%) GCFE
5 1 (8.33%) GCIA
5 1 (8.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (16.67%) NIST
2 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) FortiGate
1 2 (16.67%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) ArcSight
2 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) F5
2 2 (16.67%) IBM
2 2 (16.67%) Juniper
2 2 (16.67%) Splunk
2 2 (16.67%) TippingPoint
2 2 (16.67%) Trend Micro