Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SABSA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SABSA over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 673 836 915
Rank change year-on-year +163 +79 +186
Permanent jobs citing SABSA 33 62 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.062% 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.073% 0.068%
Number of salaries quoted 19 38 49
10th Percentile £75,250 £50,000 £60,000
25th Percentile £76,751 £53,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,801 £73,750 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.27% -18.06% +5.88%
75th Percentile £96,250 £83,750 £102,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £86,500 £111,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £82,500 £58,750 £75,000
% change year-on-year +40.43% -21.67% -6.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SABSA 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 51,302 84,920 96,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.76% 85.59% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27,015 59,883 56,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,008 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

SABSA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SABSA in the UK

SABSA
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SABSA in the UK

SABSA
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SABSA over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SABSA in the UK

SABSA
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SABSA within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +136 30 £83,901 +21.16% 40
London +98 18 £95,000 +26.67% 12
UK excluding London +179 15 £82,500 +40.43% 36
Work from Home +153 13 £82,801 +10.40% 30
South East +94 6 £82,500 +57.14% 7
Midlands +64 3 £82,500 - 8
West Midlands - 2 £80,151 - 2
North of England - 2 £82,282 - 9
South West +104 1 £90,000 +10.77% 3
East Midlands +41 1 £82,500 - 5
Wales - 1 £81,764 - 2
North East - 1 £81,764 - 3
North West - 1 £82,801 - 6
Northern Ireland - 1 £82,801 - 5
Scotland - 1 £81,764 - 3

SABSA
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 9 (27.27%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) AWS
3 6 (18.18%) GCP
4 4 (12.12%) IaaS
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Purview
4 4 (12.12%) SaaS
5 3 (9.09%) Serverless
6 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.03%) Akamai
7 1 (3.03%) Amazon EventBridge
7 1 (3.03%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (3.03%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (3.03%) OpenShift
7 1 (3.03%) PaaS
7 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.21%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.06%) Big Data
2 2 (6.06%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.03%) DB2
3 1 (3.03%) Power BI
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (48.48%) Finance
2 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
3 13 (39.39%) Influencing Skills
4 11 (33.33%) Legal
5 7 (21.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (12.12%) Aerospace
6 4 (12.12%) Law
6 4 (12.12%) Public Sector
7 3 (9.09%) Marketing
8 2 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (3.03%) Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (75.76%) Architect
2 17 (51.52%) Security Architect
3 9 (27.27%) Enterprise Architect
4 7 (21.21%) Principal Architect
4 7 (21.21%) Principal Security Architect
5 5 (15.15%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 5 (15.15%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (12.12%) Senior
7 3 (9.09%) Data Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) Data Manager
7 3 (9.09%) IT Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) IT Manager
7 3 (9.09%) IT Security Manager
7 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) Security Manager
7 3 (9.09%) Senior Data Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) Senior IT Engineer
7 3 (9.09%) Senior IT Manager
7 3 (9.09%) Senior Manager
7 3 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) Kafka
2 1 (3.03%) Middleware
2 1 (3.03%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) PKI
2 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
2 3 (9.09%) Virtual Team
3 2 (6.06%) Product Ownership
4 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) IoT
4 1 (3.03%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.03%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (3.03%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (72.73%) TOGAF
2 20 (60.61%) Security Architecture
3 18 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
4 17 (51.52%) Information Security
4 17 (51.52%) Roadmaps
5 15 (45.45%) Risk Management
6 11 (33.33%) Decision-Making
7 10 (30.30%) Cloud Security
7 10 (30.30%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (24.24%) Agile
8 8 (24.24%) Architectural Patterns
8 8 (24.24%) Penetration Testing
9 7 (21.21%) Information Assurance
9 7 (21.21%) Information Security Management
9 7 (21.21%) Risk Analysis
9 7 (21.21%) Risk Assessment
9 7 (21.21%) Security Management
9 7 (21.21%) Strategic Roadmap
10 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
11 5 (15.15%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.03%) Bash
1 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (54.55%) CISSP
2 14 (42.42%) Security Cleared
3 13 (39.39%) SC Cleared
4 12 (36.36%) Degree
5 8 (24.24%) CISM
6 7 (21.21%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (15.15%) CCSK
7 5 (15.15%) CCSP
7 5 (15.15%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (15.15%) SANS
8 4 (12.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (12.12%) Azure Certification
9 3 (9.09%) AWS Certification
9 3 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (9.09%) CISA
9 3 (9.09%) CRISC
10 1 (3.03%) ACSP
10 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
10 1 (3.03%) GIAC
10 1 (3.03%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (54.55%) NIST
2 12 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (27.27%) NCSC
4 7 (21.21%) QA
5 4 (12.12%) Def Stans
6 3 (9.09%) GDPR
6 3 (9.09%) NIST 800
7 2 (6.06%) SOC 2
8 1 (3.03%) COBIT
8 1 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (3.03%) GRC
8 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (9.09%) CASB
1 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Ansible
2 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) VMware
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) Zscaler
3 3 (9.09%) Symantec
4 2 (6.06%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Netskope
5 1 (3.03%) Okta
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle