Security Posture Jobs

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 cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 555 580
Rank change year-on-year +179 +25 +178
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 351 357 465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.67% 0.36% 0.45%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.95% 1.02% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 263 285 221
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,870 £72,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% +9.02% -6.67%
75th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £96,750
90th Percentile £117,500 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -2.13%

All Generic Skills
UK

Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,032 35,027 45,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.57% 35.62% 43.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,839 23,030 23,975
10th Percentile £31,500 £28,000 £35,271
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £46,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £97,500 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%

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 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Top 17 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 30 April 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 +169 326 £70,000 - 194
UK excluding London +222 189 £55,000 +4.76% 100
London +83 137 £85,000 +6.25% 106
Work from Home +177 119 £52,500 -19.23% 134
North of England +100 68 £55,000 -8.33% 23
South East +125 64 £55,000 -7.56% 24
North West +38 47 £74,870 +24.78% 15
South West +117 18 £51,058 +10.40% 14
East of England +62 16 £48,750 +14.71% 10
Yorkshire +79 15 £45,000 -12.20% 8
Midlands +50 13 £57,500 +9.52% 13
West Midlands +45 11 £67,500 +22.73% 10
Scotland +122 6 £52,500 -16.00% 6
North East +54 6 £41,468 -10.34%
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 6
East Midlands +44 2 £53,750 +2.38% 3
Wales +40 1 £55,000 - 4

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 11 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.57%) IBM Domino
2 2 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 137 (39.03%) Azure
2 90 (25.64%) AWS
3 43 (12.25%) GCP
4 35 (9.97%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (8.26%) Azure Sentinel
6 26 (7.41%) Entra ID
7 22 (6.27%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (5.41%) SaaS
9 18 (5.13%) PaaS
10 13 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
11 10 (2.85%) Azure AKS
12 8 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
13 6 (1.71%) IaaS
14 4 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
14 4 (1.14%) Amazon S3
14 4 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
14 4 (1.14%) Serverless
14 4 (1.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 3 (0.85%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 3 (0.85%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 115 (32.76%) Firewall
2 62 (17.66%) Network Security
3 29 (8.26%) Intrusion Detection
4 26 (7.41%) VPN
5 19 (5.41%) DNS
6 12 (3.42%) TCP/IP
7 8 (2.28%) WAN
8 7 (1.99%) DHCP
8 7 (1.99%) VLAN
9 6 (1.71%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (1.42%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.14%) HTTP
12 3 (0.85%) DMARC
12 3 (0.85%) LAN
12 3 (0.85%) Wireshark
13 2 (0.57%) BGP
13 2 (0.57%) DKIM
13 2 (0.57%) SMTP
13 2 (0.57%) Wireless
14 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
2 2 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.57%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.71%) Burp Suite
1 6 (1.71%) Metasploit
2 3 (0.85%) AppScan
2 3 (0.85%) JIRA
3 1 (0.28%) Postman
3 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
General
1 110 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 81 (23.08%) Finance
3 64 (18.23%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (10.83%) Legal
5 34 (9.69%) Law
6 26 (7.41%) Retail
7 13 (3.70%) Banking
8 12 (3.42%) Aerospace
8 12 (3.42%) Electronics
9 10 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.56%) Marketing
11 8 (2.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.28%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.42%) Front Office
13 4 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.14%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.57%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 100 (28.49%) Security Engineer
2 63 (17.95%) Analyst
3 45 (12.82%) Security Analyst
4 44 (12.54%) Senior
5 42 (11.97%) Security Manager
6 39 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (9.97%) Architect
8 34 (9.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
9 30 (8.55%) Lead
9 30 (8.55%) Security Architect
10 29 (8.26%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 21 (5.98%) AWS Engineer
12 20 (5.70%) Information Manager
12 20 (5.70%) Information Security Manager
12 20 (5.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 13 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 13 (3.70%) Information Analyst
14 13 (3.70%) Information Security Analyst
15 12 (3.42%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.70%) YAML
2 11 (3.13%) Azure Blueprints
3 3 (0.85%) RESTful
4 2 (0.57%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.57%) JSON
5 1 (0.28%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.28%) EDI
5 1 (0.28%) HTML
5 1 (0.28%) JWT
5 1 (0.28%) OAuth
5 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.28%) REST
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 97 (27.64%) Management Information System
2 45 (12.82%) Cloud Security Posture
3 36 (10.26%) Cyber Threat
4 33 (9.40%) Cyber Security Posture
5 26 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 25 (7.12%) Cloud Native
7 24 (6.84%) Self-Motivation
8 21 (5.98%) Social Media
8 21 (5.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 11 (3.13%) Public Cloud
10 8 (2.28%) Operational Technology
10 8 (2.28%) Product Ownership
11 6 (1.71%) PKI
12 5 (1.42%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
13 4 (1.14%) Cyberattack
13 4 (1.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (1.14%) Video Conferencing
13 4 (1.14%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.85%) Machine to Machine
Operating Systems
1 52 (14.81%) Windows
2 26 (7.41%) Linux
3 21 (5.98%) Windows Server
3 21 (5.98%) Windows Vista
4 10 (2.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 9 (2.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (1.71%) Windows 10
7 5 (1.42%) VMS
8 4 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.85%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (60.97%) Cybersecurity
2 145 (41.31%) Information Security
3 140 (39.89%) Vulnerability Management
4 133 (37.89%) Incident Response
5 128 (36.47%) Cloud Security
6 118 (33.62%) Risk Management
7 102 (29.06%) SIEM
8 93 (26.50%) Security Operations
9 77 (21.94%) Continuous Improvement
10 75 (21.37%) DevOps
11 72 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
12 61 (17.38%) DevSecOps
13 60 (17.09%) Computer Science
14 55 (15.67%) CI/CD
15 51 (14.53%) Identity Access Management
16 49 (13.96%) Data Loss Prevention
16 49 (13.96%) Mentoring
17 48 (13.68%) Security Architecture
18 47 (13.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
19 46 (13.11%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 51 (14.53%) PowerShell
2 35 (9.97%) Python
3 23 (6.55%) Bash
4 16 (4.56%) Kusto Query Language
5 4 (1.14%) SQL
5 4 (1.14%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.85%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (0.57%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.28%) R
8 1 (0.28%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 93 (26.50%) Degree
2 89 (25.36%) CISSP
3 59 (16.81%) CISM
4 53 (15.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 45 (12.82%) Cisco Certification
6 42 (11.97%) CEH
7 40 (11.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 36 (10.26%) CISA
9 35 (9.97%) Master's Degree
10 32 (9.12%) AWS Certification
11 27 (7.69%) Security Cleared
12 24 (6.84%) SC Cleared
13 22 (6.27%) CompTIA Security+
14 21 (5.98%) DBS Check
15 18 (5.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 17 (4.84%) CCSP
17 14 (3.99%) OSCP
18 11 (3.13%) GCIH
18 11 (3.13%) GIAC
19 10 (2.85%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (40.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 136 (38.75%) NIST
3 89 (25.36%) GDPR
4 40 (11.40%) PCI DSS
5 31 (8.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (5.41%) GRC
7 17 (4.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 15 (4.27%) NCSC
9 14 (3.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (2.28%) HIPAA
10 8 (2.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 7 (1.99%) SOC 2
12 4 (1.14%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
System Software
1 28 (7.98%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.56%) Virtual Machines
3 11 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.99%) Docker
5 5 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) Snort
7 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 29 (8.26%) Terraform
2 25 (7.12%) CASB
3 24 (6.84%) Kubernetes
4 14 (3.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (1.99%) Ansible
5 7 (1.99%) Nessus
6 5 (1.42%) CSIRT
6 5 (1.42%) Istio
6 5 (1.42%) linkerd
6 5 (1.42%) QRadar
7 4 (1.14%) FortiGate
7 4 (1.14%) NetBackup
7 4 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.14%) ZENworks
8 3 (0.85%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.85%) Puppet
9 2 (0.57%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.57%) SCCM
10 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.28%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 98 (27.92%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.70%) Google
3 19 (5.41%) VMware
4 18 (5.13%) Splunk
5 9 (2.56%) Symantec
6 8 (2.28%) Tenable
7 7 (1.99%) Citrix
8 6 (1.71%) Carbon Black
8 6 (1.71%) Cisco
8 6 (1.71%) Fortinet
8 6 (1.71%) Qualys
9 5 (1.42%) CheckPoint
9 5 (1.42%) LogRhythm
9 5 (1.42%) Tanium
10 4 (1.14%) EMC
10 4 (1.14%) Meraki
10 4 (1.14%) NetApp
10 4 (1.14%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.14%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.85%) Alibaba