Suricata Job Trends

Suricata Intrusion Detection System (IDS)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Suricata skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
25 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 744 -
Rank change year-on-year +85 - -
Permanent jobs citing Suricata 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.004% 0.004% -
As % of the Systems Management category 0.040% 0.046% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

Suricata falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,983 6,575 8,416
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.09% 9.58% 15.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,133 3,957 6,878
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £48,925 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% +3.85% -3.70%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £102,500 £103,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -11.20% - +4.55%

Suricata
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Suricata relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Suricata job vacancy trend in the UK

Suricata
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Suricata.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Suricata

Suricata
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Suricata within the UK over the 6 months to 25 October 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 +90 2 £75,000 +30.43% 2
London +74 2 £75,000 +30.43%
Work from Home +61 2 £75,000 +30.43% 3

Suricata
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (100.00%) Banking
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Unix
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) GCFA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIA
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) NIST