SANS Job Trends in Yorkshire

SANS Institute
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for SANS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 144 169
Rank change year-on-year -16 +25 +109
Permanent jobs citing SANS 3 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.089% 0.26% 0.33%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.29% 0.66% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 11
10th Percentile - £55,500 £51,250
25th Percentile - - £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £75,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year - +32.74% -
75th Percentile - - £57,250
90th Percentile - - £58,750
England median annual salary £87,500 £66,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +32.08% +1.92% -10.34%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,025 1,217 693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 30.35% 39.09% 20.93%
Number of salaries quoted 385 243 439
10th Percentile £26,600 £26,250 £27,700
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £38,945
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

SANS job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

SANS
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SANS.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing SANS

SANS
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
North Yorkshire 0 3 - -
SANS
England

SANS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Defence Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) NIST