Protective Monitoring Job Trends

Protective Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Protective Monitoring skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 641 673 718
Rank change year-on-year +32 +45 +227
Permanent jobs citing Protective Monitoring 12 26 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.020% 0.049% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.025% 0.054% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 10 22 2
10th Percentile £31,250 £54,938 £43,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £62,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +30.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £68,625 £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £63,125 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.79% +26.25% -28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Protective Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Protective Monitoring job vacancy trend in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Protective Monitoring.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Protective Monitoring

Protective Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Protective Monitoring over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Protective Monitoring in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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 +48 12 £52,500 -19.23% 5
UK excluding London +63 11 £50,000 -20.79% 3
South East - 5 £34,500 - 1
Work from Home +48 3 £38,000 -41.54% 5
South West +14 3 £80,000 +18.52%
North of England +8 3 £50,000 -14.89% 1
North West - 3 £50,000 - 1
London +34 1 £55,000 -15.38% 2

Protective Monitoring
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 1 (8.33%) AWS
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (8.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Military
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Analyst
2 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
2 4 (33.33%) Security Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Junior
4 2 (16.67%) Junior Penetration Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Junior Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (16.67%) Tester
5 1 (8.33%) Lead
5 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Security Technical Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Senior
5 1 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) PKI
3 2 (16.67%) Cyberattack
3 2 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Linux
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Incident Response
2 8 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 5 (41.67%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (41.67%) SIEM
5 4 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 4 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (25.00%) Agile
6 3 (25.00%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) Business Development
6 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (25.00%) Cryptography
6 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (25.00%) Information Assurance
6 3 (25.00%) MODAF
6 3 (25.00%) Security Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (25.00%) Threat Detection
6 3 (25.00%) Threat Management
6 3 (25.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
4 2 (16.67%) CHECK Team Member
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) OSCP
5 1 (8.33%) CEH
5 1 (8.33%) CISSP
5 1 (8.33%) GCIA
5 1 (8.33%) GCIH
5 1 (8.33%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (25.00%) RMADS
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (16.67%) GRC
3 1 (8.33%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) LogRhythm
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft