Security Posture Job Trends in Yorkshire

Security Posture
England > Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 179 118 217
Rank change year-on-year -61 +99 +65
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 14 21 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.26% 0.93% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 2.55% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 12 21 6
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,716 -
25th Percentile £49,063 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £45,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +72.22% -12.20% -23.79%
75th Percentile £89,063 £55,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £64,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year - +1.45% +1.47%

All Generic Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,388 822 1,662
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 25.80% 36.23% 30.35%
Number of salaries quoted 760 476 1,255
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £34,448
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,706 £73,886 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £82,215
England median annual salary £59,773 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.38% +9.09% -15.38%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Security Posture job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Security Posture
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Posture.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Posture

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in Yorkshire

Security Posture
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
West Yorkshire -33 10 £87,500 +62.04% 4
East Yorkshire -34 3 £45,000 -
South Yorkshire -38 1 £75,000 +21.95% 1
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) Confluence
1 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Amazon GuardDuty
2 2 (14.29%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) DHCP
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.14%) VLAN
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (7.14%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Aviation
4 1 (7.14%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Information Manager
1 5 (35.71%) Information Security Manager
1 5 (35.71%) Security Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Head of Security
4 1 (7.14%) Head of Testing
4 1 (7.14%) IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) IT Support
4 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Product Owner
4 1 (7.14%) Security Tester
4 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) JWT
1 1 (7.14%) OAuth
1 1 (7.14%) SAML
1 1 (7.14%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (28.57%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.14%) IoT
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.14%) Robotics
3 1 (7.14%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
1 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.14%) Android
2 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
2 1 (7.14%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (64.29%) Incident Response
2 9 (64.29%) Vulnerability Management
3 8 (57.14%) Data Protection
4 7 (50.00%) SIEM
5 6 (42.86%) Information Security
6 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
6 5 (35.71%) Risk Register
7 4 (28.57%) Cloud Security
7 4 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
7 4 (28.57%) DevOps
7 4 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
8 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
8 3 (21.43%) DevSecOps
8 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (21.43%) Security Testing
8 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 2 (14.29%) Agile
9 2 (14.29%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Bicep
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) CISSP
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) OSCP
1 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (50.00%) GDPR
2 7 (50.00%) NIST
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (21.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (14.29%) GRC
4 2 (14.29%) SOC 2
5 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
5 1 (7.14%) NCSC
5 1 (7.14%) PCI DSS
5 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) Meraki
2 1 (7.14%) Qualys
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk