SANS Job Trends in Wokingham

SANS Institute
Berkshire > Wokingham

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Wokingham with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SANS 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wokingham 3.57% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 31.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £58,875 - -
25th Percentile £60,938 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 - -
75th Percentile £78,438 - -
90th Percentile £81,625 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £70,000 - £60,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.79%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wokingham

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 Wokingham.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 16 28 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wokingham 11.43% 71.79% 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 10 8 7
10th Percentile £46,158 £45,625 £35,540
25th Percentile £47,648 £47,500 £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,442 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.88% +11.11% -20.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £76,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £86,875 £112,500 £81,500
Berkshire median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +7.11%

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

SANS job vacancy trend in Wokingham

SANS
Salary Histogram in Wokingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS in Wokingham over the 6 months to 31 May 2026.

Salary histogram for SANS in Wokingham

SANS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham 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 4 (80.00%) DNS
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) HTTP
1 4 (80.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Analyst
3 3 (60.00%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (20.00%) CSOC
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
1 5 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 4 (80.00%) Blue Team
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Impact Assessments
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Management
2 4 (80.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 4 (80.00%) Offensive Security
2 4 (80.00%) Purple Team
2 4 (80.00%) Red Team
2 4 (80.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Tradecraft
2 4 (80.00%) Use Case
2 4 (80.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) GIAC
2 4 (80.00%) CREST Certified
2 4 (80.00%) GCED
2 4 (80.00%) GCIA
2 4 (80.00%) GCIH
2 4 (80.00%) OSCP
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Splunk
2 4 (80.00%) Carbon Black
2 4 (80.00%) CrowdStrike