Situational Awareness Jobs

Situational Awareness
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Situational Awareness skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Situational Awareness over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 636 826 902
Rank change year-on-year +190 +76 +119
Permanent jobs citing Situational Awareness 81 68 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.069% 0.078%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.080% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 68 45 36
10th Percentile £47,683 £26,250 £43,195
25th Percentile £52,250 £52,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.68% +9.09% -18.52%
75th Percentile £61,500 £76,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,793 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.38% -4.35% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Situational Awareness 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 51,728 84,924 96,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.83% 85.58% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 26,848 59,902 56,809
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,010 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,415 £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 £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Situational Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Situational Awareness as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Situational Awareness.

Salary trend for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Situational Awareness over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Situational Awareness within the UK over the 6 months to 12 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 +171 76 £54,793 -8.68% 30
UK excluding London +171 66 £54,793 -0.38% 15
North of England - 30 £54,793 - 3
North West - 30 £54,793 - 2
South West +125 23 £61,500 +207.50%
Work from Home +122 21 £54,793 -15.70% 30
London +119 14 £72,500 -3.33% 15
South East +67 8 £56,500 -9.60% 9
Scotland +103 5 £46,754 - 3

Situational Awareness
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 (6.17%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 28 (34.57%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (24.69%) Simulink
3 8 (9.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (9.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (6.17%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 4 (4.94%) Azure
1 4 (4.94%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (4.94%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Firewall
1 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.17%) Relational Database
2 4 (4.94%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 23 (28.40%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (8.64%) NDoc
General
1 32 (39.51%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.69%) Aerospace
3 11 (13.58%) Finance
4 10 (12.35%) Telecoms
5 7 (8.64%) Military
5 7 (8.64%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.41%) Legal
7 2 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (37.04%) Senior
1 30 (37.04%) Senior Systems Engineer
1 30 (37.04%) Systems Engineer
2 23 (28.40%) Principal Engineer
2 23 (28.40%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 20 (24.69%) Lead
3 20 (24.69%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 20 (24.69%) Team Leader
4 10 (12.35%) Electronics Engineer
4 10 (12.35%) Senior Electronics Engineer
5 8 (9.88%) Analyst
6 5 (6.17%) Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Incident Manager
6 5 (6.17%) Junior
6 5 (6.17%) Junior Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Junior Python Developer
6 5 (6.17%) Python Developer
7 3 (3.70%) Scrum Master
8 2 (2.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (2.47%) Junior Front-End Developer (Junior Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.17%) NumPy
1 5 (6.17%) Pandas
2 3 (3.70%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.05%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.64%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (6.17%) Fixed Income
3 5 (6.17%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.17%) Linux
1 5 (6.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (53.09%) Systems Engineering
2 25 (30.86%) Project Management
3 23 (28.40%) Agile
3 23 (28.40%) Requirements Management
3 23 (28.40%) Supplier Management
4 22 (27.16%) Coaching
5 20 (24.69%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
5 20 (24.69%) Safety Engineering
5 20 (24.69%) Software Delivery
5 20 (24.69%) SysML
5 20 (24.69%) System Testing
5 20 (24.69%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (16.05%) Business Continuity
6 13 (16.05%) Line Management
7 10 (12.35%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (12.35%) Incident Response
8 9 (11.11%) Threat Detection
9 7 (8.64%) Customer Service
9 7 (8.64%) Cyber Threat Analysis
9 7 (8.64%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.64%) Python
2 5 (6.17%) SQL
3 4 (4.94%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (3.70%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.23%) Perl
5 1 (1.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 43 (53.09%) BPSS Clearance
2 39 (48.15%) Degree
3 10 (12.35%) Security Cleared
4 9 (11.11%) SC Cleared
5 6 (7.41%) CISSP
6 5 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.17%) GCIA
6 5 (6.17%) GCIH
6 5 (6.17%) OSCE
6 5 (6.17%) OSCP
6 5 (6.17%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 5 (6.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 3 (3.70%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.23%) CEH
8 1 (1.23%) CISM
8 1 (1.23%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (28.40%) IEC 61508
Systems Management
1 23 (28.40%) Functional Safety
2 5 (6.17%) CSIRT
2 5 (6.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (34.57%) Microsoft
2 20 (24.69%) MathWorks
3 5 (6.17%) Adobe
4 4 (4.94%) ArcSight