Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring CASB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CASB over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 761 750 1041
Rank change year-on-year -11 +291 -42
Permanent jobs citing CASB 49 26 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.043% 0.083%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.67% 0.28% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 30 19 68
10th Percentile £49,775 £32,500 £65,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £36,250 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £37,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +113.33% -53.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £95,000 £38,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £95,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,050 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - +0.63%

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 7,325 9,222 24,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.29% 15.11% 16.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,100 6,984 12,403
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,000 £36,850
25th Percentile £48,438 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £84,056 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,525 £59,526 £56,480
% change year-on-year -5.04% +5.39% +2.69%

CASB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CASB in the UK

CASB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CASB.

Salary trend for CASB in the UK

CASB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CASB over the 6 months to 9 October 2024.

Salary histogram for CASB in the UK

CASB
Top 11 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 9 October 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 -13 45 £80,000 +113.33% 12
London +17 27 £95,000 +153.33% 11
UK excluding London -21 18 £53,050 - 2
Work from Home +36 15 £53,050 -29.27% 5
South East - 7 £53,050 -
Scotland - 4 £57,500 -
South West - 3 £87,500 -
North of England +4 2 - -
North West -20 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - - 1
Midlands - 2 - - 1

CASB
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (57.14%) Azure
2 15 (30.61%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (20.41%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (20.41%) Microsoft Purview
4 9 (18.37%) AWS
4 9 (18.37%) SaaS
5 5 (10.20%) Entra ID
5 5 (10.20%) GCP
5 5 (10.20%) IaaS
5 5 (10.20%) PaaS
6 3 (6.12%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.08%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (4.08%) GitHub
7 2 (4.08%) Mimecast
7 2 (4.08%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.65%) Firewall
1 16 (32.65%) Network Security
2 10 (20.41%) SD-WAN
2 10 (20.41%) WAN
3 5 (10.20%) TCP/IP
4 4 (8.16%) Internet
5 3 (6.12%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (4.08%) LAN
7 1 (2.04%) BGP
7 1 (2.04%) NGFW
7 1 (2.04%) OSPF
Development Applications
1 6 (12.24%) JIRA
General
1 24 (48.98%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Finance
3 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Advertising
5 2 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Automotive
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (28.57%) Security Engineer
1 14 (28.57%) Senior
2 13 (26.53%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (20.41%) Analyst
3 10 (20.41%) Architect
3 10 (20.41%) IT Analyst
3 10 (20.41%) IT Security Analyst
3 10 (20.41%) Security Analyst
4 9 (18.37%) Cloud Security Engineer
5 8 (16.33%) Lead
6 7 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (12.24%) Cisco Architect
7 6 (12.24%) Cisco Solutions Architect
7 6 (12.24%) Senior Architect
7 6 (12.24%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 6 (12.24%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
7 6 (12.24%) Senior Cloud Engineer
7 6 (12.24%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 6 (12.24%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (10.20%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 16 (32.65%) Security Posture
2 6 (12.24%) Data Centre
2 6 (12.24%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.20%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (10.20%) Enterprise Cloud
3 5 (10.20%) PKI
4 4 (8.16%) Cloud Native
5 3 (6.12%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (4.08%) Public Cloud
7 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (2.04%) Product Ownership
7 1 (2.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 17 (34.69%) Windows
2 8 (16.33%) Linux
3 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (67.35%) Cybersecurity
2 23 (46.94%) SIEM
3 20 (40.82%) Data Loss Prevention
4 19 (38.78%) Vulnerability Management
5 17 (34.69%) Cloud Security
6 15 (30.61%) Information Security
7 12 (24.49%) DevOps
7 12 (24.49%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (20.41%) Security Operations
9 9 (18.37%) Fintech
9 9 (18.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (16.33%) CI/CD
10 8 (16.33%) Data Security
10 8 (16.33%) Incident Response
11 7 (14.29%) Customer Service
11 7 (14.29%) Risk Management
11 7 (14.29%) Roadmaps
12 6 (12.24%) Customer Engagement
12 6 (12.24%) Time Management
12 6 (12.24%) UEBA
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.65%) Python
2 14 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 10 (20.41%) Bash
Qualifications
1 31 (63.27%) Degree
2 16 (32.65%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (20.41%) CISSP
4 8 (16.33%) CCNP
4 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (14.29%) AWS Certification
5 7 (14.29%) Azure Certification
6 6 (12.24%) CCNA
6 6 (12.24%) CCSP
6 6 (12.24%) CEH
6 6 (12.24%) CISM
6 6 (12.24%) GCIH
6 6 (12.24%) OSCP
7 5 (10.20%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 5 (10.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (10.20%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 5 (10.20%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (10.20%) CISA
7 5 (10.20%) SC Cleared
7 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) NIST
2 7 (14.29%) GDPR
2 7 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (14.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 6 (12.24%) PCI DSS
4 2 (4.08%) COBIT
4 2 (4.08%) FISMA
4 2 (4.08%) GLBA
4 2 (4.08%) HIPAA
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.04%) GRC
System Software
1 7 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (18.37%) CSIRT
2 8 (16.33%) Terraform
3 6 (12.24%) Kubernetes
4 4 (8.16%) Ansible
5 3 (6.12%) QRadar
6 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 23 (46.94%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.37%) Cisco
2 9 (18.37%) Google
2 9 (18.37%) ServiceNow
2 9 (18.37%) Zscaler
3 8 (16.33%) Apple
4 6 (12.24%) Adobe
4 6 (12.24%) Meraki
5 5 (10.20%) Remedy
5 5 (10.20%) Salesforce
6 3 (6.12%) Broadcom
6 3 (6.12%) Darktrace
6 3 (6.12%) IBM
6 3 (6.12%) Kenna
6 3 (6.12%) Proofpoint
6 3 (6.12%) Rapid7
6 3 (6.12%) Thales
7 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.04%) Palo Alto