Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring CASB skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 758 665 735
Rank change year-on-year -93 +70 +33
Permanent jobs citing CASB 29 21 56
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.027% 0.042% 0.068%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.49% 0.38% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 24 13 38
10th Percentile - £51,400 £45,000
25th Percentile £71,250 £52,500 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £59,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -26.25% +113.33%
75th Percentile £75,188 - £95,000
90th Percentile £103,500 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +31.82% +22.22% -5.26%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

CASB falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,931 5,465 7,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 5.52% 10.94% 8.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,282 3,280 4,982
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,751 £85,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.50% -0.91% -8.33%

CASB
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CASB relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

CASB job vacancy trend in the UK

CASB
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CASB.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing CASB

CASB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CASB over the 6 months to 18 August 2026.

Salary histogram for CASB in the UK

CASB
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CASB within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 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
England -77 29 £73,750 +29.39% 7
Work from Home -2 19 £72,500 -38.30% 5
London -25 17 £75,000 -27.71% 4
South East -21 11 £72,500 +22.88% 3
UK excluding London -97 11 £72,500 +31.82% 5

CASB
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 9 (31.03%) Azure
2 8 (27.59%) AWS
3 6 (20.69%) GCP
4 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (6.90%) SaaS
6 1 (3.45%) Azure AI
6 1 (3.45%) Azure API Management
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (3.45%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (51.72%) WAN
2 14 (48.28%) Network Security
2 14 (48.28%) SD-WAN
3 13 (44.83%) VPN
4 11 (37.93%) BGP
4 11 (37.93%) IPsec
4 11 (37.93%) SSL
5 10 (34.48%) DHCP
5 10 (34.48%) DNS
5 10 (34.48%) FTP
5 10 (34.48%) HTTP
5 10 (34.48%) ICMP
5 10 (34.48%) MPLS
5 10 (34.48%) SNMP
5 10 (34.48%) SSH
5 10 (34.48%) VLAN
6 8 (27.59%) Firewall
7 4 (13.79%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (3.45%) EIGRP
8 1 (3.45%) OSPF
General
1 5 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Legal
5 1 (3.45%) French Language
5 1 (3.45%) German Language
5 1 (3.45%) Law
5 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Architect
2 14 (48.28%) Security Architect
3 10 (34.48%) Network Architect
3 10 (34.48%) Network Security Architect
4 7 (24.14%) Analyst
4 7 (24.14%) Security Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Sales Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Data Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Security Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Security Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Security Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Consultant
7 1 (3.45%) Information Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Information Security Manager
7 1 (3.45%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (37.93%) SAML
2 10 (34.48%) OAuth
3 1 (3.45%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 3 (10.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.45%) Cloud Native
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.45%) PKI
4 1 (3.45%) Security Posture
4 1 (3.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (58.62%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (55.17%) Data Loss Prevention
3 13 (44.83%) Cloud Security
3 13 (44.83%) Zero Trust
4 12 (41.38%) Network Segmentation
5 10 (34.48%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 8 (27.59%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (24.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (24.14%) Data Protection
8 6 (20.69%) Customer Requirements
8 6 (20.69%) Presales
9 5 (17.24%) Incident Response
9 5 (17.24%) Threat Analysis
9 5 (17.24%) Threat Modelling
10 4 (13.79%) Decision-Making
10 4 (13.79%) Information Security
10 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (13.79%) Vulnerability Management
11 3 (10.34%) Configuration Management
11 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) Python
2 2 (6.90%) Bash
3 1 (3.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
1 6 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 4 (13.79%) CISM
3 4 (13.79%) CISSP
4 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (3.45%) CCSP
4 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (55.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 16 (55.17%) NIST
2 8 (27.59%) GDPR
3 6 (20.69%) PCI DSS
4 5 (17.24%) GRC
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.45%) HIPAA
5 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) FortiGate
2 2 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (3.45%) Nessus
3 1 (3.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (51.72%) Cisco
1 15 (51.72%) Palo Alto
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft
3 11 (37.93%) Zscaler
4 4 (13.79%) Netskope
5 3 (10.34%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.90%) Fortinet
7 1 (3.45%) Foundry
7 1 (3.45%) Qualys
7 1 (3.45%) Rapid7
7 1 (3.45%) Tenable