QRadar Job Trends

IBM QRadar Security Intelligence Platform
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring QRadar skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 700 698
Rank change year-on-year +70 -2 +280
Permanent jobs citing QRadar 24 42 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.043% 0.068% 0.024%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.56% 0.64% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18 30 12
10th Percentile £34,925 £57,125 £44,000
25th Percentile £55,875 £59,813 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -10.34% +3.57%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £72,625 £86,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.90% +3.33% +4.35%

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 4,320 6,523 7,766
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.66% 10.50% 15.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,116 4,001 6,438
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,881 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £83,313 £86,250 £84,056
90th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £56,525
% change year-on-year -8.70% +1.72% -1.70%

QRadar
Job Vacancy Trend

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

QRadar job vacancy trend in the UK

QRadar
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing QRadar.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing QRadar

QRadar
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing QRadar over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for QRadar in the UK

QRadar
Top 12 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 7 December 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 +81 21 £70,000 +7.69% 37
UK excluding London +80 11 £70,000 +12.90% 37
London +62 11 £75,000 +15.38% 3
Work from Home +69 9 £77,500 +19.23% 1
South East +49 6 £54,000 - 10
Midlands +36 1 - - 8
West Midlands +35 1 - - 4
North of England +31 1 £57,500 -23.33% 7
East of England +8 1 £80,000 +30.08% 7
Scotland - 1 £80,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £57,500 - 4
South West - 1 £80,000 - 3

QRadar
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) AWS
1 4 (16.67%) Azure
1 4 (16.67%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (12.50%) GCP
3 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
4 1 (4.17%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.17%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 11 (45.83%) Firewall
2 8 (33.33%) VPN
3 7 (29.17%) Wireshark
4 3 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (4.17%) DMARC
5 1 (4.17%) Internet
5 1 (4.17%) Network Security
5 1 (4.17%) WAN
5 1 (4.17%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Law
4 1 (4.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Information Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Information Security Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) Security Analyst
2 7 (29.17%) SOC Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Security Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Technical Security Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Threat Hunter
5 1 (4.17%) Active Directory Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Developer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) IT Security Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Lead
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Specialist
5 1 (4.17%) SOC Manager
5 1 (4.17%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (29.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 7 (29.17%) Security Posture
2 3 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.17%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.17%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) MISP
3 1 (4.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 10 (41.67%) Linux
2 8 (33.33%) Windows
3 3 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (95.83%) SIEM
2 20 (83.33%) Security Operations
3 17 (70.83%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (70.83%) Incident Response
4 12 (50.00%) Analytics
4 12 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 12 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 12 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (41.67%) Forensic Analysis
7 9 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
7 9 (37.50%) Information Security
7 9 (37.50%) Security Monitoring
8 8 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
8 8 (33.33%) Threat Detection
9 6 (25.00%) Cloud Security
10 5 (20.83%) Incident Management
10 5 (20.83%) Use Case
10 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (16.67%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 13 (54.17%) PowerShell
1 13 (54.17%) Python
2 8 (33.33%) Bash
3 4 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (4.17%) Perl
4 1 (4.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (41.67%) GIAC
2 7 (29.17%) CEH
2 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 7 (29.17%) GCIH
3 6 (25.00%) OSCP
4 5 (20.83%) SC Cleared
4 5 (20.83%) Security Cleared
5 4 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (16.67%) GCFA
5 4 (16.67%) GCIA
6 3 (12.50%) CCNA
6 3 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (12.50%) CISM
6 3 (12.50%) CISSP
6 3 (12.50%) CompTIA CySA+
6 3 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (12.50%) GREM
6 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (12.50%) Postgraduate
7 2 (8.33%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (54.17%) NIST
2 7 (29.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (25.00%) GDPR
4 3 (12.50%) HIPAA
4 3 (12.50%) ITGC
5 2 (8.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.17%) Hyper-V
1 1 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) ArcSight ESM
1 3 (12.50%) Computer Incident Response Team
2 2 (8.33%) Nessus
3 1 (4.17%) CASB
3 1 (4.17%) SCCM
3 1 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (83.33%) Splunk
2 16 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 7 (29.17%) CrowdStrike
4 5 (20.83%) ArcSight
5 4 (16.67%) Cisco
5 4 (16.67%) Palo Alto
6 3 (12.50%) LogLogic
6 3 (12.50%) LogRhythm
6 3 (12.50%) McAfee
6 3 (12.50%) Qualys
7 2 (8.33%) Carbon Black
7 2 (8.33%) Rapid7
8 1 (4.17%) Citrix
8 1 (4.17%) CyberArk
8 1 (4.17%) Exabeam
8 1 (4.17%) Forcepoint
8 1 (4.17%) Google
8 1 (4.17%) Thales
8 1 (4.17%) VMware