Security Monitoring Jobs

Security Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 761 775
Rank change year-on-year +155 +14 +116
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 102 153 178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.15% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.18% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 78 125 144
10th Percentile £34,250 £38,239 £33,625
25th Percentile £44,098 £47,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £88,250 £87,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,115 £52,500 £51,201
% change year-on-year -0.73% +2.54% +1.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Monitoring 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 51,417 86,448 93,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.74% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,323 60,550 54,986
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 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 +123 89 £65,000 +18.18% 247
UK excluding London +181 52 £52,115 -0.73% 203
London +60 43 £75,000 +33.33% 72
Midlands +74 19 £55,000 +107.55% 35
West Midlands +68 17 £55,000 +107.55% 19
South East +73 10 £37,000 -29.52% 63
North of England +42 9 £65,000 +62.50% 42
Work from Home +61 8 £65,000 +23.81% 126
Northern Ireland +50 7 - - 5
North West +4 6 £76,250 +103.33% 20
South West +114 3 £51,729 -5.95% 26
Yorkshire +59 3 £52,500 -10.64% 18
Scotland +123 2 £34,000 -28.42% 9
East Midlands - 2 £48,500 - 14
East of England - 2 £33,750 - 28

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 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.96%) Confluence
3 1 (0.98%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 39 (38.24%) Azure
2 21 (20.59%) AWS
3 15 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (7.84%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (6.86%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.90%) GCP
8 4 (3.92%) PaaS
8 4 (3.92%) Serverless
9 3 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 2 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (1.96%) AWS KMS
10 2 (1.96%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (1.96%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.96%) IaaS
11 1 (0.98%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (21.57%) Firewall
2 14 (13.73%) WAN
3 13 (12.75%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (12.75%) Network Security
4 12 (11.76%) DNS
5 10 (9.80%) SD-WAN
6 8 (7.84%) Wireshark
7 5 (4.90%) TCP/IP
8 4 (3.92%) LAN
9 2 (1.96%) NAS
9 2 (1.96%) SAN
9 2 (1.96%) VPN
10 1 (0.98%) DHCP
10 1 (0.98%) Internet
10 1 (0.98%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.86%) Burp Suite
General
1 31 (30.39%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.61%) Finance
3 13 (12.75%) Banking
4 7 (6.86%) Law
5 5 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.92%) Legal
7 3 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.96%) Advertising
8 2 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Retail
8 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.98%) Automotive
9 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.98%) Games
9 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 31 (30.39%) Lead
2 26 (25.49%) Analyst
3 15 (14.71%) Security Analyst
4 14 (13.73%) SOC Analyst
5 10 (9.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 10 (9.80%) Senior
6 8 (7.84%) 2nd Line Engineer
6 8 (7.84%) Security Engineer
7 7 (6.86%) Information Analyst
7 7 (6.86%) Information Security Analyst
7 7 (6.86%) Threat Hunter
7 7 (6.86%) WAN Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Architect
8 6 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) 2nd Line Support
9 5 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Lead Architect
9 5 (4.90%) Security Specialist
9 5 (4.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Vulnerability Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.94%) Kafka
2 2 (1.96%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.96%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.96%) scikit-learn
2 2 (1.96%) TensorFlow
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 28 (27.45%) Management Information System
2 20 (19.61%) Security Posture
3 12 (11.76%) Operational Technology
4 10 (9.80%) Private Cloud
5 9 (8.82%) Cloud Native
5 9 (8.82%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (7.84%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (6.86%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (4.90%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (2.94%) CSOC
10 3 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.94%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
10 3 (2.94%) PKI
10 3 (2.94%) Replication
10 3 (2.94%) Virtual Team
11 2 (1.96%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (1.96%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 37 (36.27%) Windows
2 22 (21.57%) Linux
3 4 (3.92%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.94%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.98%) Android
6 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (68.63%) Cybersecurity
2 49 (48.04%) Incident Response
3 47 (46.08%) SIEM
4 36 (35.29%) Information Security
5 34 (33.33%) Security Operations
6 33 (32.35%) Vulnerability Management
7 20 (19.61%) Cloud Security
7 20 (19.61%) Data Loss Prevention
7 20 (19.61%) Threat Intelligence
8 19 (18.63%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 16 (15.69%) Mentoring
9 16 (15.69%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (15.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 15 (14.71%) Risk Analysis
11 14 (13.73%) Kalman Filter
12 13 (12.75%) CI/CD
12 13 (12.75%) ITIL
13 12 (11.76%) Threat Modelling
14 11 (10.78%) Change Control
14 11 (10.78%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 15 (14.71%) Python
3 10 (9.80%) Bash
3 10 (9.80%) C#
4 4 (3.92%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (2.94%) Java
6 1 (0.98%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 17 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 16 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 15 (14.71%) CISSP
4 12 (11.76%) Degree
4 12 (11.76%) GCIA
4 12 (11.76%) GCIH
5 11 (10.78%) GCFA
6 6 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.90%) AWS Certification
7 5 (4.90%) CISM
8 3 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.94%) CEH
8 3 (2.94%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.94%) SANS
9 2 (1.96%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.96%) ISSAP
9 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.96%) OSCP
9 2 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (21.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (9.80%) COBIT
2 10 (9.80%) NIST
3 7 (6.86%) GDPR
4 4 (3.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.94%) HIPAA
5 3 (2.94%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (1.96%) ISO 9000
7 1 (0.98%) NCSC
7 1 (0.98%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 8 (7.84%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.94%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.96%) Docker
4 2 (1.96%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.90%) CASB
3 4 (3.92%) QRadar
3 4 (3.92%) Terraform
4 3 (2.94%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.96%) Grafana
5 2 (1.96%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.96%) SCCM
6 1 (0.98%) Ansible
6 1 (0.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.98%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.98%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.98%) Puppet
6 1 (0.98%) SCOM
6 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (34.31%) Microsoft
2 14 (13.73%) Cisco
3 11 (10.78%) VMware
4 6 (5.88%) Splunk
5 4 (3.92%) Acronis
6 3 (2.94%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.96%) Dell
7 2 (1.96%) EMC
7 2 (1.96%) Fujitsu
7 2 (1.96%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.96%) Qualys
7 2 (1.96%) SonicWALL
7 2 (1.96%) Tenable
8 1 (0.98%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.98%) Google
8 1 (0.98%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.98%) Okta
8 1 (0.98%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.98%) Varonis