SANS Jobs in the West Midlands

SANS Institute
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered 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 184 252 265
Rank change year-on-year +68 +13 +6
Permanent jobs citing SANS 13 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.30% 0.081% 0.078%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.31% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 5
10th Percentile - - £50,250
25th Percentile - £55,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £58,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -17.14% -17.65%
75th Percentile - £60,500 £72,500
90th Percentile - £97,700 £72,800
England median annual salary £70,000 £58,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +20.69% -22.67% -11.76%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
West Midlands

SANS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,422 1,962 2,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.30% 26.59% 41.31%
Number of salaries quoted 573 1,288 966
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,675 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% +11.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £66,242
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SANS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SANS in the West Midlands

SANS
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SANS in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SANS in the West Midlands

SANS
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS within the West Midlands region 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
Warwickshire - 9 - -
Birmingham +38 2 - - 4
Staffordshire - 2 £53,688 - 2
SANS
England

SANS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (23.08%) VPN
4 2 (15.38%) Internet
4 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (15.38%) Police
1 2 (15.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 10 (76.92%) Security Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Head of Operations
2 2 (15.38%) Head of Security
2 2 (15.38%) Malware Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) ITIL
2 9 (69.23%) Problem Management
3 8 (61.54%) Compliance Management
4 6 (46.15%) SIEM
4 6 (46.15%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (30.77%) Information Security
5 4 (30.77%) Security Operations
6 3 (23.08%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
7 2 (15.38%) Agile
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (15.38%) Digital Forensics
7 2 (15.38%) EAM
7 2 (15.38%) Ethical Hacking
7 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
7 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
7 2 (15.38%) IT Governance
7 2 (15.38%) Malware Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 11 (84.62%) CISM
1 11 (84.62%) CISSP
1 11 (84.62%) GIAC
1 11 (84.62%) ISACA
2 9 (69.23%) CISA
2 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) A+ Certification
3 2 (15.38%) APMG
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certification
3 2 (15.38%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (15.38%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) IISP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) GRC
1 8 (61.54%) JSP 440
1 8 (61.54%) NCSC
2 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Nessus
2 4 (30.77%) FortiGate
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Tenable
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Fortinet