Security Monitoring
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 743 789 888
Rank change year-on-year +46 +99 -167
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 153 181 353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.17% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 126 147 261
10th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £39,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £69,250 £79,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £49,454
% change year-on-year +10.53% -3.95% +1.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring.

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 +100 143 £55,000 -12.00% 45
London +133 82 £55,000 -15.38% 23
UK excluding London -10 69 £52,500 +10.53% 23
Work from Home +98 65 £52,500 -16.00% 24
South East +30 36 £52,500 +40.00% 11
North of England +42 10 £40,000 -33.33% 2
South West +1 10 £55,000 -21.43% 5
North West +7 7 £37,500 -37.50% 2
West Midlands +27 6 £26,500 -51.82% 1
Midlands +5 6 £26,500 -48.24% 1
Yorkshire +89 3 £58,750 -
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Scotland -68 2 £69,674 +63.94% 2
Northern Ireland +25 1 - - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Security Monitoring
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 10 (6.54%) IIS
1 10 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.54%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (23.53%) AWS
2 30 (19.61%) Azure
3 22 (14.38%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.65%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.65%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.65%) GitHub
5 1 (0.65%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (0.65%) Serverless
5 1 (0.65%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 44 (28.76%) Firewall
2 35 (22.88%) Network Security
3 22 (14.38%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (6.54%) VPN
5 9 (5.88%) LAN
6 6 (3.92%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.27%) Internet
7 5 (3.27%) WAN
8 2 (1.31%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.31%) Skype
8 2 (1.31%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Git
2 4 (2.61%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.61%) Subversion
3 2 (1.31%) JIRA
4 1 (0.65%) NUnit
4 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 50 (32.68%) Analytical Skills
1 50 (32.68%) Social Skills
2 36 (23.53%) Finance
3 12 (7.84%) Legal
3 12 (7.84%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.23%) Law
5 7 (4.58%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (3.92%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.92%) Retail
7 5 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.31%) Banking
8 2 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Aviation
9 1 (0.65%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.65%) Games
9 1 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 76 (49.67%) Analyst
2 54 (35.29%) Security Analyst
3 34 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 19 (12.42%) Security Engineer
5 18 (11.76%) Senior
6 13 (8.50%) Consultant
6 13 (8.50%) Information Analyst
6 13 (8.50%) Information Security Analyst
7 12 (7.84%) IT Analyst
7 12 (7.84%) SOC Analyst
8 11 (7.19%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 10 (6.54%) SIEM Analyst
10 9 (5.88%) Security Consultant
11 8 (5.23%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 8 (5.23%) IT Engineer
11 8 (5.23%) IT Security Analyst
11 8 (5.23%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (4.58%) Architect
12 7 (4.58%) Security Architect
13 6 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.58%) web3js
2 2 (1.31%) Web Services
3 1 (0.65%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 34 (22.22%) Management Information System
2 30 (19.61%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (8.50%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 11 (7.19%) Security Operations Centre
5 10 (6.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (6.54%) PKI
6 9 (5.88%) Security Posture
7 7 (4.58%) Blockchain
7 7 (4.58%) Data Centre
7 7 (4.58%) IoT
7 7 (4.58%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (4.58%) Web3
8 6 (3.92%) Client/Server
8 6 (3.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (3.27%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.61%) PMI
11 3 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.96%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.31%) Driving Licence
12 2 (1.31%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.95%) Windows
2 17 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.23%) Linux
4 5 (3.27%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.61%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.31%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.65%) Android
7 1 (0.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (71.24%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (41.83%) SIEM
3 60 (39.22%) Information Security
4 56 (36.60%) Security Operations
5 55 (35.95%) Incident Response
6 36 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 31 (20.26%) Penetration Testing
8 30 (19.61%) Cloud Security
9 28 (18.30%) Incident Management
10 26 (16.99%) Application Security
11 23 (15.03%) Computer Science
12 21 (13.73%) Risk Management
12 21 (13.73%) Security Architecture
13 20 (13.07%) Threat Detection
14 19 (12.42%) Runbook
14 19 (12.42%) Security Management
15 18 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
16 17 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
16 17 (11.11%) Use Case
17 16 (10.46%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 10 (6.54%) Python
2 9 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.92%) SQL
4 3 (1.96%) Bash
4 3 (1.96%) C++
5 1 (0.65%) C#
Qualifications
1 65 (42.48%) CISSP
2 28 (18.30%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (16.99%) CompTIA Security+
3 26 (16.99%) Degree
4 23 (15.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 23 (15.03%) CCSP
5 20 (13.07%) Network+ Certification
6 19 (12.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 19 (12.42%) CompTIA CySA+
7 16 (10.46%) CISM
7 16 (10.46%) Security Cleared
8 14 (9.15%) CEH
9 8 (5.23%) GIAC
10 7 (4.58%) CESG Certified Professional
10 7 (4.58%) CISMP
10 7 (4.58%) CREST Certified
11 6 (3.92%) DV Cleared
12 5 (3.27%) CCNA
12 5 (3.27%) CCNP
12 5 (3.27%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (32.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 44 (28.76%) NIST
3 16 (10.46%) SOC 2
4 9 (5.88%) GRC
4 9 (5.88%) PCI DSS
5 8 (5.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (3.92%) GDPR
7 3 (1.96%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (1.96%) SLA
8 2 (1.31%) NCSC
9 1 (0.65%) ISA99
9 1 (0.65%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (12.42%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.23%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.92%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (3.92%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.31%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.31%) vSphere
7 1 (0.65%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 12 (7.84%) QRadar
2 6 (3.92%) SCOM
2 6 (3.92%) WSUS
3 4 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 2 (1.31%) Suricata
5 1 (0.65%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.65%) Grafana
5 1 (0.65%) Nessus
5 1 (0.65%) Network Intrusion Detection System
5 1 (0.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (28.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.42%) Splunk
3 11 (7.19%) IBM
4 9 (5.88%) VMware
5 6 (3.92%) Cisco
6 5 (3.27%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.27%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.61%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.96%) Oracle
9 2 (1.31%) Citrix
9 2 (1.31%) Juniper
10 1 (0.65%) Apple
10 1 (0.65%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.65%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.65%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.65%) Foundry
10 1 (0.65%) Google
10 1 (0.65%) iManage
10 1 (0.65%) Intel
10 1 (0.65%) SonicWALL