SANS Institute
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 843 806 1035
Rank change year-on-year -37 +229 -286
Permanent jobs citing SANS 62 167 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.49% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 42 98 108
10th Percentile £38,750 £51,250 £48,900
25th Percentile £52,313 £57,500 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £75,000 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -4.76% +12.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £103,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £114,125 £123,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.29% +16.67% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 27,308 34,050 41,646
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 27.84% 32.73% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 17,248 15,235 18,977
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,803 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £71,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -

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 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SANS in the UK

SANS
Top 14 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 28 April 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 +19 56 £57,750 -23.00% 18
UK excluding London -56 34 £56,500 -19.29% 9
Work from Home +31 31 £60,000 -18.64% 12
London +86 22 £72,500 -25.64% 6
North of England +48 15 £56,500 -
Yorkshire +100 8 £56,500 -
Midlands -2 8 £58,000 -17.14% 1
West Midlands +27 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
North East +1 6 £40,000 -
South West -22 5 - - 2
South East -34 5 £60,000 -12.73% 5
East Midlands -13 2 £44,225 -36.82%
North West +16 1 £50,000 -
East of England +10 1 - - 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 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (53.23%) Azure
2 16 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (22.58%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (22.58%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (22.58%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (22.58%) Microsoft Purview
4 12 (19.35%) AWS
4 12 (19.35%) Entra ID
5 7 (11.29%) IaaS
5 7 (11.29%) PaaS
5 7 (11.29%) SaaS
6 6 (9.68%) Azure Service Fabric
7 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 35 (56.45%) Firewall
2 28 (45.16%) Network Security
3 20 (32.26%) LAN
3 20 (32.26%) TCP/IP
3 20 (32.26%) WAN
4 16 (25.81%) Wireshark
5 3 (4.84%) VPN
6 2 (3.23%) DHCP
6 2 (3.23%) DNS
6 2 (3.23%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) GitLab
1 2 (3.23%) JIRA
General
1 20 (32.26%) Finance
2 19 (30.65%) Social Skills
3 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.29%) Law
4 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
4 7 (11.29%) Marketing
5 5 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (8.06%) Legal
6 4 (6.45%) Retail
7 2 (3.23%) Advertising
8 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (30.65%) Security Engineer
2 18 (29.03%) Senior
3 17 (27.42%) Architect
4 14 (22.58%) Analyst
4 14 (22.58%) Lead
5 12 (19.35%) Security Architect
6 11 (17.74%) Information Security Engineer
7 10 (16.13%) Cybersecurity Architect
8 9 (14.52%) Security Analyst
8 9 (14.52%) Team Leader
9 8 (12.90%) Senior Security Engineer
10 6 (9.68%) Information Architect
10 6 (9.68%) Information Security Architect
11 5 (8.06%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 5 (8.06%) Lead Architect
11 5 (8.06%) Senior Architect
12 4 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 4 (6.45%) Security Manager
13 3 (4.84%) Senior Analyst
14 2 (3.23%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.68%) REST
1 6 (9.68%) SOAP
1 6 (9.68%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (40.32%) Management Information System
2 14 (22.58%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (14.52%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (11.29%) IoT
4 7 (11.29%) Public Cloud
5 6 (9.68%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (8.06%) Cloud Native
6 5 (8.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 5 (8.06%) Replication
7 4 (6.45%) Digital Media
8 3 (4.84%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (4.84%) PKI
9 2 (3.23%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (3.23%) Data Centre
9 2 (3.23%) NHS
9 2 (3.23%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (1.61%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (30.65%) Windows
2 14 (22.58%) Android
2 14 (22.58%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.61%) Linux
3 1 (1.61%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (80.65%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (64.52%) Information Security
3 30 (48.39%) SIEM
4 27 (43.55%) Security Management
5 23 (37.10%) Information Security Management
6 20 (32.26%) Cloud Security
6 20 (32.26%) Identity Access Management
6 20 (32.26%) Regulatory Compliance
7 19 (30.65%) Roadmaps
8 18 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (29.03%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (27.42%) Application Security
9 17 (27.42%) Computer Science
9 17 (27.42%) Security Operations
10 16 (25.81%) Data Loss Prevention
10 16 (25.81%) DevOps
10 16 (25.81%) Security Architecture
11 15 (24.19%) Process Improvement
12 14 (22.58%) Key Management
12 14 (22.58%) Project Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 31 (50.00%) Python
2 24 (38.71%) PowerShell
3 11 (17.74%) SQL
4 6 (9.68%) Bash
5 5 (8.06%) C
5 5 (8.06%) Java
5 5 (8.06%) R
5 5 (8.06%) Scala
6 2 (3.23%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (91.94%) CISSP
2 25 (40.32%) GIAC
3 21 (33.87%) CISA
3 21 (33.87%) CISM
4 20 (32.26%) CEH
4 20 (32.26%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (29.03%) Degree
6 15 (24.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 15 (24.19%) CCSP
7 14 (22.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (22.58%) SSCP
8 12 (19.35%) CRISC
9 11 (17.74%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (11.29%) AWS Certification
11 6 (9.68%) CISMP
11 6 (9.68%) Master's Degree
12 5 (8.06%) Azure Certification
12 5 (8.06%) OSCP
13 4 (6.45%) GCIH
13 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (50.00%) NIST
2 24 (38.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (37.10%) PCI DSS
4 8 (12.90%) COBIT
5 6 (9.68%) GDPR
5 6 (9.68%) Web Application Security Consortium
6 5 (8.06%) HIPAA
7 4 (6.45%) GRC
7 4 (6.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (4.84%) NCSC
9 2 (3.23%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (3.23%) GLBA
9 2 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (22.58%) Virtual Desktop
2 7 (11.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.23%) vSphere
4 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (29.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (22.58%) Nmap
3 6 (9.68%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (3.23%) CSIRT
4 2 (3.23%) FortiGate
4 2 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (37.10%) Microsoft
2 14 (22.58%) Qualys
2 14 (22.58%) Rapid7
2 14 (22.58%) Splunk
2 14 (22.58%) Thycotic
3 3 (4.84%) VMware
4 2 (3.23%) Cisco
4 2 (3.23%) Sophos
5 1 (1.61%) Zscaler