IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring QRadar skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited QRadar over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 747 749 1018
Rank change year-on-year +2 +269 -21
Permanent jobs citing QRadar 37 15 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.026% 0.080%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.54% 0.17% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 25 15 50
10th Percentile £55,250 £42,900 £45,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £89,375
90th Percentile £78,250 £83,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,000 £66,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.42% +15.22% -8.00%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

QRadar 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 6,894 8,742 21,910
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.13% 15.31% 16.15%
Number of salaries quoted 3,865 6,802 12,077
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £84,056 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QRadar over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing QRadar within the UK over the 6 months to 8 November 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 -11 36 £65,000 -3.70% 7
UK excluding London -27 23 £62,000 -6.42% 1
East of England -31 18 £61,500 +2.50%
Work from Home +31 16 £65,000 -10.34% 10
London +22 13 £65,000 -18.75% 7
South East - 4 - -
North West - 1 £75,000 -
North of England - 1 £75,000 -

QRadar
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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Azure
2 9 (24.32%) AWS
2 9 (24.32%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (21.62%) SaaS
4 6 (16.22%) IaaS
4 6 (16.22%) PaaS
5 4 (10.81%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (2.70%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 16 (43.24%) Intrusion Detection
2 14 (37.84%) TCP/IP
3 13 (35.14%) Firewall
4 12 (32.43%) Internet
5 11 (29.73%) Network Security
6 10 (27.03%) FTP
6 10 (27.03%) HTTP
6 10 (27.03%) LAN
6 10 (27.03%) SMTP
6 10 (27.03%) VPN
6 10 (27.03%) WAN
7 2 (5.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (27.03%) Relational Database
General
1 8 (21.62%) Aerospace
2 6 (16.22%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Law
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Retail
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
Job Titles
1 25 (67.57%) Analyst
1 25 (67.57%) SOC Analyst
2 8 (21.62%) Splunk Engineer
3 5 (13.51%) Senior
3 5 (13.51%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Operations Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Security Analyst
4 4 (10.81%) Security Engineer
4 4 (10.81%) Security Operations Analyst
5 1 (2.70%) Lead
5 1 (2.70%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.03%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (37.84%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (29.73%) Management Information System
2 11 (29.73%) Onboarding
3 10 (27.03%) Client/Server
3 10 (27.03%) Cyber Defence
4 9 (24.32%) CSOC
4 9 (24.32%) Virtual Team
5 4 (10.81%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (10.81%) Cyberattack
5 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (5.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Windows
3 2 (5.41%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (94.59%) SIEM
2 32 (86.49%) Incident Response
2 32 (86.49%) Security Operations
3 23 (62.16%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (56.76%) Threat Intelligence
5 20 (54.05%) Malware Analysis
6 19 (51.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 15 (40.54%) Security Monitoring
8 12 (32.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 11 (29.73%) Penetration Testing
9 11 (29.73%) Use Case
10 10 (27.03%) DevOps
10 10 (27.03%) Reverse Engineering
11 9 (24.32%) Architectural Design
11 9 (24.32%) Information Security
11 9 (24.32%) Mentoring
11 9 (24.32%) Open Source
11 9 (24.32%) Performance Management
11 9 (24.32%) Protective Monitoring
12 8 (21.62%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (5.41%) Bash
2 2 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (75.68%) Security Cleared
2 27 (72.97%) SC Cleared
3 16 (43.24%) DV Cleared
4 9 (24.32%) CISSP
5 7 (18.92%) Degree
6 4 (10.81%) CASP
6 4 (10.81%) CISMP
6 4 (10.81%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (10.81%) CompTIA Security+
6 4 (10.81%) GCIA
6 4 (10.81%) GCIH
6 4 (10.81%) GIAC
6 4 (10.81%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (8.11%) CEH
8 2 (5.41%) Azure Certification
9 1 (2.70%) AWS Certification
9 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (10.81%) GDPR
2 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 4 (10.81%) NCSC
3 2 (5.41%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (10.81%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (10.81%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (5.41%) CASB
3 1 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (70.27%) Microsoft
2 21 (56.76%) Splunk
3 18 (48.65%) IBM
4 5 (13.51%) LogRhythm
5 4 (10.81%) Darktrace
5 4 (10.81%) McAfee
6 2 (5.41%) ArcSight
6 2 (5.41%) Cisco
6 2 (5.41%) Kenna
6 2 (5.41%) Rapid7
7 1 (2.70%) ESET
7 1 (2.70%) Google
7 1 (2.70%) Netskope