Security Posture Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Posture
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 185 230 244
Rank change year-on-year +45 +14 +22
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 11 17 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.25% 0.23% 0.53%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.82% 0.69% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 15
10th Percentile £48,643 £36,275 £42,200
25th Percentile £56,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% - -24.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £89,500 £70,625 £93,125
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £66,500
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -11.33%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,338 2,470 3,131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 29.97% 34.12% 46.98%
Number of salaries quoted 698 1,708 979
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -4.55% +15.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 £64,108 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +31 5 £57,500 +36.90% 2
Warwickshire -17 2 - - 5
Staffordshire - 2 £70,000 - 4
Herefordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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 7 (63.64%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) AWS
3 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 2 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (18.18%) GCP
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) Network Security
2 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Legal
3 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity Practitioner
1 2 (18.18%) SOC Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Consultant
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Security Analyst
2 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
2 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
2 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Security Posture
1 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Cloud
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
1 2 (18.18%) PKI
1 2 (18.18%) Public Cloud
1 2 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Operational Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (45.45%) Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) Incident Response
3 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) SIEM
3 4 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 3 (27.27%) Cloud Security
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) Identity Access Management
4 3 (27.27%) Incident Management
4 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (27.27%) Security Management
4 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
5 2 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security
5 2 (18.18%) Information Security Management
5 2 (18.18%) Malware Detection/Protection
5 2 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (18.18%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
1 2 (18.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) CISM
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
3 2 (18.18%) CASP
3 2 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
4 1 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (18.18%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Splunk