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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 822 889
Rank change year-on-year +146 +67 +236
Permanent jobs citing CASB 26 85 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.082% 0.082%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.46% 0.86% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 16 61 39
10th Percentile £51,625 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £81,250 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +72.87% -1.05% -32.14%
75th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £83,617
90th Percentile £110,813 £95,000 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +17.02% -37.33% +11.11%

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 5,670 9,873 13,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.15% 9.52% 14.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,113 7,021 8,779
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,200
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £47,595
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £61,206 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.28% -9.32% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,750 £83,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +9.09% -7.60% +0.89%

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 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for CASB in the UK

CASB
Top 9 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 31 May 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
England +116 22 £76,250 +52.50% 25
UK excluding London +144 15 £55,000 +17.02% 15
London +89 10 £90,000 +12.50% 17
South West +104 5 £55,000 +22.22% 3
South East +70 5 - - 2
Work from Home +74 4 £87,500 +86.17% 19
Northern Ireland - 3 £110,000 - 5
Scotland +115 1 £75,000 +59.57% 1
East of England - 1 £52,000 -

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 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (19.23%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (26.92%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
2 5 (19.23%) GCP
3 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (7.69%) Azure AKS
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (7.69%) SaaS
6 1 (3.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (42.31%) Firewall
2 8 (30.77%) Network Security
2 8 (30.77%) WAN
3 7 (26.92%) VPN
4 5 (19.23%) ADSL
4 5 (19.23%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (19.23%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (19.23%) LoRaWAN
4 5 (19.23%) Modbus
4 5 (19.23%) MPLS
4 5 (19.23%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (7.69%) LAN
6 1 (3.85%) NGFW
6 1 (3.85%) SAN
6 1 (3.85%) SD-WAN
6 1 (3.85%) VoIP
6 1 (3.85%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (19.23%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (42.31%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (23.08%) Law
4 4 (15.38%) Legal
5 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Marketing
6 1 (3.85%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Network Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Presales Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Presales Network Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Manager
3 4 (15.38%) Architect
3 4 (15.38%) IT Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Security Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Data Manager
4 3 (11.54%) IT Manager
4 3 (11.54%) IT Security Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Network Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Security Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Security Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Senior IT Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior IT Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Security Posture
2 9 (34.62%) Cloud Security Posture
3 8 (30.77%) Cloud Native
4 7 (26.92%) Management Information System
5 5 (19.23%) Cyber Security Posture
5 5 (19.23%) Operational Technology
6 4 (15.38%) PKI
7 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Cloud
7 3 (11.54%) Virtual Team
8 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) Cloud Security
2 13 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 12 (46.15%) Data Loss Prevention
4 10 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (38.46%) Roadmaps
4 10 (38.46%) Vulnerability Management
5 9 (34.62%) Agile
6 7 (26.92%) Information Security
6 7 (26.92%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 6 (23.08%) Data Security
7 6 (23.08%) Identity Management
8 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
8 5 (19.23%) Coaching
8 5 (19.23%) Creative Thinking
8 5 (19.23%) DevSecOps
8 5 (19.23%) Network Design
8 5 (19.23%) Presales
8 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (19.23%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (19.23%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) Bash
1 5 (19.23%) PowerShell
1 5 (19.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
2 12 (46.15%) CISSP
3 9 (34.62%) CCSP
4 8 (30.77%) Degree
5 6 (23.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (19.23%) CCDA
6 5 (19.23%) CCDP
6 5 (19.23%) CCNA
6 5 (19.23%) CCNP
7 3 (11.54%) CCSK
7 3 (11.54%) CEH
7 3 (11.54%) GCIH
7 3 (11.54%) OSCP
8 2 (7.69%) AWS Certification
8 2 (7.69%) CISM
8 2 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (7.69%) Security Cleared
9 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
9 1 (3.85%) PMP
9 1 (3.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) GDPR
1 3 (11.54%) NIST
2 2 (7.69%) PCI DSS
2 2 (7.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) Ansible
1 5 (19.23%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (11.54%) CSIRT
4 2 (7.69%) Istio
4 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
4 2 (7.69%) linkerd
4 2 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) Fortinet
2 6 (23.08%) Juniper
2 6 (23.08%) Palo Alto
3 5 (19.23%) Aerohive Networks
3 5 (19.23%) Ekahau
3 5 (19.23%) Extreme Networks
3 5 (19.23%) Meraki
3 5 (19.23%) SolarWinds
4 4 (15.38%) Zscaler
5 3 (11.54%) Symantec
6 2 (7.69%) Google
7 1 (3.85%) Aruba
7 1 (3.85%) Dell
7 1 (3.85%) EMC
7 1 (3.85%) VMware