Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 562 561 758
Rank change year-on-year -1 +197 -86
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 355 468 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.45% 0.33%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.02% 1.04% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 283 219 212
10th Percentile £37,750 £40,800 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £51,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £68,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +6.62% -4.56% +18.75%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,125 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £58,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -9.48% -1.28% -2.08%

All Generic Skills
UK

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture 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 +71 325 £70,000 +3.32% 103
UK excluding London -62 168 £52,500 -9.48% 60
London +115 158 £80,000 +6.67% 46
Work from Home +18 117 £65,000 -10.34% 56
North of England +56 52 £60,000 -7.69% 9
South East +2 52 £59,500 -20.67% 21
North West +33 42 £60,000 +1.69% 5
Midlands -8 24 £52,500 -4.55% 10
West Midlands +6 17 £55,000 - 8
South West -3 15 £45,000 -40.00% 8
East of England +17 12 £42,500 -10.53% 4
Scotland -89 12 £62,500 -10.71% 5
East Midlands -9 7 £52,500 - 2
Yorkshire +75 6 £51,250 -22.93% 1
North East 0 4 £46,250 - 3
Wales 0 1 - - 1

Security Posture
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 3 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) IIS
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 120 (33.80%) Azure
2 54 (15.21%) AWS
3 52 (14.65%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.32%) SaaS
5 22 (6.20%) GCP
6 15 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.66%) Nutanix
8 11 (3.10%) PaaS
9 9 (2.54%) IaaS
9 9 (2.54%) Mimecast
10 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (1.41%) Azure API Management
11 5 (1.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
11 5 (1.41%) GitHub
11 5 (1.41%) WhatsApp
12 4 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
13 3 (0.85%) Amazon S3
14 2 (0.56%) Amazon EC2
14 2 (0.56%) AWS CloudTrail
Communications & Networking
1 77 (21.69%) Firewall
2 39 (10.99%) Network Security
3 37 (10.42%) Intrusion Detection
4 30 (8.45%) DNS
5 22 (6.20%) DHCP
6 14 (3.94%) SD-WAN
6 14 (3.94%) WAN
7 13 (3.66%) SAN
7 13 (3.66%) VPN
8 12 (3.38%) LAN
9 11 (3.10%) TCP/IP
10 9 (2.54%) Wireless
11 6 (1.69%) Internet
12 5 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.13%) NetScaler
14 3 (0.85%) WLAN
15 2 (0.56%) VLAN
15 2 (0.56%) Wireless Security
16 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
16 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (1.41%) GitLab
1 5 (1.41%) Katalon Studio
2 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.56%) Metasploit
General
1 138 (38.87%) Social Skills
2 77 (21.69%) Analytical Skills
3 76 (21.41%) Finance
4 52 (14.65%) Legal
5 37 (10.42%) Law
6 24 (6.76%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 20 (5.63%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (3.10%) Retail
10 8 (2.25%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.97%) Banking
12 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.41%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.56%) Advertising
15 2 (0.56%) Games
16 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
16 1 (0.28%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 64 (18.03%) Security Manager
2 57 (16.06%) Architect
3 54 (15.21%) Security Architect
4 39 (10.99%) Analyst
4 39 (10.99%) Senior
5 33 (9.30%) Security Analyst
6 29 (8.17%) Information Manager
6 29 (8.17%) Information Security Manager
7 28 (7.89%) Lead
8 20 (5.63%) Penetration Tester
8 20 (5.63%) Tester
9 18 (5.07%) Security Engineer
10 17 (4.79%) IT Manager
11 16 (4.51%) Consultant
11 16 (4.51%) Information Analyst
11 16 (4.51%) Information Security Analyst
12 15 (4.23%) IT Security Manager
12 15 (4.23%) Security Consultant
13 13 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.66%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.66%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.38%) React
3 10 (2.82%) .NET
4 5 (1.41%) OAuth
4 5 (1.41%) YAML
5 3 (0.85%) OpenID
5 3 (0.85%) SAML
6 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.56%) Flask
6 2 (0.56%) JWT
6 2 (0.56%) Web Services
7 1 (0.28%) EDI
7 1 (0.28%) REST
7 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 60 (16.90%) Management Information System
2 45 (12.68%) Cyber Threat
3 25 (7.04%) Cyber Security Posture
4 23 (6.48%) Cloud Security Posture
5 15 (4.23%) Cyberattack
6 12 (3.38%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.10%) Operational Technology
7 11 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.97%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.69%) PKI
10 6 (1.69%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.41%) Data Centre
11 5 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.13%) PMI
13 3 (0.85%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 48 (13.52%) Windows
2 22 (6.20%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.94%) Android
4 13 (3.66%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.25%) Linux
5 8 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (1.41%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.13%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.85%) Unix
9 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (66.48%) Cybersecurity
2 177 (49.86%) Information Security
3 97 (27.32%) Incident Response
4 90 (25.35%) Problem-Solving
5 86 (24.23%) Risk Management
6 74 (20.85%) Security Architecture
7 67 (18.87%) Cloud Security
8 65 (18.31%) Security Management
9 57 (16.06%) SIEM
10 55 (15.49%) Security Operations
11 54 (15.21%) Computer Science
12 51 (14.37%) Roadmaps
13 49 (13.80%) Disaster Recovery
14 47 (13.24%) Vulnerability Management
15 45 (12.68%) Business Continuity
16 41 (11.55%) Penetration Testing
17 36 (10.14%) Risk Assessment
18 34 (9.58%) Agile
18 34 (9.58%) Project Management
19 32 (9.01%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.07%) Python
2 15 (4.23%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.94%) C#
4 12 (3.38%) JavaScript
5 7 (1.97%) Go
5 7 (1.97%) Java
5 7 (1.97%) SQL
6 6 (1.69%) Bash
7 2 (0.56%) Lua
7 2 (0.56%) Ruby
7 2 (0.56%) Rust
7 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 144 (40.56%) CISSP
2 102 (28.73%) Degree
3 69 (19.44%) CISM
4 59 (16.62%) Cisco Certification
5 45 (12.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 38 (10.70%) CCSP
7 31 (8.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 30 (8.45%) Microsoft Certification
9 27 (7.61%) CISA
10 22 (6.20%) CRISC
11 21 (5.92%) CCSK
12 20 (5.63%) CEH
12 20 (5.63%) OSCP
13 19 (5.35%) GSEC
14 18 (5.07%) GIAC
14 18 (5.07%) MCSE
15 15 (4.23%) Master's Degree
15 15 (4.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 14 (3.94%) SSCP
17 13 (3.66%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (40.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 95 (26.76%) NIST
3 67 (18.87%) GDPR
4 42 (11.83%) GRC
5 36 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 30 (8.45%) PCI DSS
7 17 (4.79%) SOC 2
8 16 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 10 (2.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (2.25%) NIST 800
11 7 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (1.69%) COBIT
12 6 (1.69%) HIPAA
13 4 (1.13%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.56%) FISMA
15 2 (0.56%) GLBA
15 2 (0.56%) NCSC
15 2 (0.56%) QA
16 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 43 (12.11%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.66%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.13%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.56%) Docker
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (3.38%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (2.25%) CASB
4 7 (1.97%) Terraform
5 6 (1.69%) Nessus
6 4 (1.13%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.85%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.85%) Nmap
7 3 (0.85%) WSUS
8 2 (0.56%) DatAdvantage
8 2 (0.56%) QRadar
8 2 (0.56%) SCCM
8 2 (0.56%) Suricata
8 2 (0.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.28%) Ansible
9 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.28%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (25.92%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.73%) VMware
3 16 (4.51%) Veeam
4 13 (3.66%) Commvault
4 13 (3.66%) CrowdStrike
4 13 (3.66%) HP
4 13 (3.66%) Nimble Storage
5 12 (3.38%) Cisco
5 12 (3.38%) Meraki
6 10 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.54%) Google
7 9 (2.54%) Splunk
8 7 (1.97%) Darktrace
8 7 (1.97%) Proofpoint
8 7 (1.97%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.69%) Symantec
10 5 (1.41%) CA
10 5 (1.41%) Citrix
10 5 (1.41%) Qualys
10 5 (1.41%) Sophos