IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for QRadar skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited QRadar over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 732 986 1012
Rank change year-on-year +254 +26 -322
Permanent jobs citing QRadar 12 99 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.079% 0.065%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.15% 0.50% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 12 45 74
10th Percentile £44,000 £45,000 £29,525
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% - +47.37%
75th Percentile £74,688 £90,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £101,500 £89,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +33.33%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

QRadar is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 8,093 19,628 21,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.07% 15.67% 16.71%
Number of salaries quoted 6,437 11,577 14,092
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £84,056 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £103,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% +3.64% +6.28%

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 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Top 7 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 1 December 2023. 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 +262 6 £67,500 +12.50% 6
Work from Home +212 6 £72,500 -14.71% 3
UK excluding London +214 5 £60,000 +4.35% 6
London +246 4 £80,000 +14.29% 4
East of England +116 2 £60,000 +4.35% 2
Isle of Man - 2 £72,500 -
Northern Ireland - 1 £33,000 - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) SaaS
2 7 (58.33%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (58.33%) PaaS
3 3 (25.00%) Azure
3 3 (25.00%) IaaS
3 3 (25.00%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Firewall
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco ISE
2 3 (25.00%) DKIM
2 3 (25.00%) DMARC
2 3 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Information Officer
1 4 (33.33%) Information Security Officer
1 4 (33.33%) Security Officer
2 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) SIEM
2 6 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (33.33%) Internal Audit
3 4 (33.33%) Project Management
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Forensics
5 2 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Bash
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Degree
2 5 (41.67%) CISM
2 5 (41.67%) CISSP
3 4 (33.33%) CRISC
3 4 (33.33%) MCP
4 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
5 1 (8.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) CCSP
5 1 (8.33%) CEH
5 1 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (8.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (8.33%) GRC
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) CASB
1 3 (25.00%) DatAdvantage
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco
2 3 (25.00%) Darktrace
2 3 (25.00%) Splunk
2 3 (25.00%) Varonis
3 2 (16.67%) LogRhythm
4 1 (8.33%) ArcSight
4 1 (8.33%) Oracle
4 1 (8.33%) VMware