SANS Institute
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 808 780 1067
Rank change year-on-year -28 +287 -219
Permanent jobs citing SANS 34 107 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.14% 0.39% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17 60 130
10th Percentile £38,250 £51,125 £46,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £62,917 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £75,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% +12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £100,625 £100,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £114,500 £122,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,112 £73,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -28.61% +26.96% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 23,768 27,219 48,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 26.30% 33.73% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 13,396 13,767 20,158
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,425 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% +2.11%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SANS in the UK

SANS
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for SANS in the UK

SANS
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SANS in the UK

SANS
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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 -31 32 £57,500 -23.33% 5
UK excluding London -66 18 £52,112 -28.61% 3
London +47 13 £50,000 -41.18% 2
Work from Home +11 10 £60,000 -20.00% 5
South West -8 7 £87,500 +16.67%
Midlands -27 5 £44,225 -34.48% 2
North of England +11 3 £40,000 -23.81%
West Midlands -9 3 £75,000 +15.38% 2
North East - 3 £40,000 -
South East -26 2 £60,000 -20.00% 1
East Midlands -27 2 £44,225 -
East of England -4 1 - -

SANS
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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (44.12%) AWS
1 15 (44.12%) Azure
2 6 (17.65%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.82%) IaaS
3 3 (8.82%) PaaS
3 3 (8.82%) SaaS
4 2 (5.88%) Azure Service Fabric
4 2 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.94%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (50.00%) Firewall
2 14 (41.18%) Network Security
3 3 (8.82%) LAN
3 3 (8.82%) TCP/IP
3 3 (8.82%) WAN
4 2 (5.88%) DHCP
4 2 (5.88%) DNS
4 2 (5.88%) NX-OS
4 2 (5.88%) VPN
5 1 (2.94%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) GitLab
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (23.53%) Marketing
4 7 (20.59%) Finance
4 7 (20.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (17.65%) Law
6 5 (14.71%) Manufacturing
7 4 (11.76%) Retail
8 2 (5.88%) Advertising
9 1 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (44.12%) Architect
1 15 (44.12%) Senior
2 10 (29.41%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 9 (26.47%) Security Architect
4 7 (20.59%) Analyst
5 6 (17.65%) Lead
5 6 (17.65%) Lead Architect
5 6 (17.65%) Security Analyst
6 5 (14.71%) Senior Architect
7 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (11.76%) Security Engineer
7 4 (11.76%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (8.82%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (8.82%) Senior Security Analyst
8 3 (8.82%) Senior Security Engineer
9 2 (5.88%) Information Security Architect
9 2 (5.88%) Principal Architect
9 2 (5.88%) Principal Security Architect
9 2 (5.88%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) REST
1 2 (5.88%) SOAP
1 2 (5.88%) Web Services
2 1 (2.94%) LDAP
2 1 (2.94%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (26.47%) Management Information System
2 8 (23.53%) Public Cloud
3 6 (17.65%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (14.71%) Cloud Native
4 5 (14.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 5 (14.71%) IoT
4 5 (14.71%) Replication
5 4 (11.76%) Cyber Security Posture
5 4 (11.76%) Digital Media
6 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
6 2 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (5.88%) NHS
6 2 (5.88%) Operational Technology
6 2 (5.88%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (82.35%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (47.06%) Information Security
3 15 (44.12%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (35.29%) Security Architecture
4 12 (35.29%) SIEM
5 11 (32.35%) Application Security
5 11 (32.35%) Computer Science
6 10 (29.41%) Data Security
6 10 (29.41%) OWASP
6 10 (29.41%) Technical Leadership
7 9 (26.47%) ITIL
8 8 (23.53%) Architectural Patterns
8 8 (23.53%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (20.59%) Change Management
9 7 (20.59%) Configuration Management
9 7 (20.59%) Decision-Making
9 7 (20.59%) SABSA
9 7 (20.59%) SDLC
9 7 (20.59%) TOGAF
10 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 13 (38.24%) Python
2 8 (23.53%) SQL
3 7 (20.59%) PowerShell
4 6 (17.65%) C
4 6 (17.65%) Java
4 6 (17.65%) R
4 6 (17.65%) Scala
5 3 (8.82%) Bash
6 2 (5.88%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (82.35%) CISSP
2 16 (47.06%) CISM
3 15 (44.12%) CISA
4 14 (41.18%) Degree
4 14 (41.18%) GIAC
5 9 (26.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (23.53%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (20.59%) AWS Certification
8 6 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (17.65%) CRISC
8 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
8 6 (17.65%) Security Cleared
9 5 (14.71%) Azure Certification
10 4 (11.76%) CCNA
10 4 (11.76%) CCNP
11 3 (8.82%) CISMP
11 3 (8.82%) GCIA
11 3 (8.82%) ISACA
12 2 (5.88%) CREST Certified
12 2 (5.88%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (35.29%) NIST
2 7 (20.59%) PCI DSS
3 6 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (14.71%) GRC
4 5 (14.71%) HIPAA
5 4 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (11.76%) NCSC
6 2 (5.88%) COBIT
6 2 (5.88%) GDPR
6 2 (5.88%) JSP 440
6 2 (5.88%) Web Application Security Consortium
7 1 (2.94%) GxP
7 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (2.94%) NIST 800
7 1 (2.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.94%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) vSphere
3 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Terraform
2 2 (5.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 2 (5.88%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) VMware
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco
3 2 (5.88%) Sophos
3 2 (5.88%) Zscaler
4 1 (2.94%) BeyondTrust
4 1 (2.94%) CyberArk
4 1 (2.94%) Okta
4 1 (2.94%) Thycotic