SANS Jobs in England

SANS Institute
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SANS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 785 784 991
Rank change year-on-year -1 +207 -235
Permanent jobs citing SANS 56 131 165
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.065% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% 0.45% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 36 77 109
10th Percentile £38,125 £53,750 £49,100
25th Percentile £49,293 £67,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £75,000 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.67% -9.09% +13.79%
75th Percentile £73,750 £106,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £75,625 £122,750 £122,500
UK median annual salary £59,000 £77,500 £78,750
% change year-on-year -23.87% -1.59% +12.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

SANS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,480 29,085 36,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.30% 32.85% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 15,745 13,288 16,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,680 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,134
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.17% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

SANS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SANS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SANS in England.

Salary trend for SANS in England

SANS
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SANS in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SANS in England

SANS
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SANS within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
London +55 23 £72,500 -25.64% 8
North of England - 14 £56,500 - 1
Midlands 0 8 £58,000 -17.14% 1
Yorkshire - 8 £56,500 -
West Midlands +15 6 £58,000 -17.14% 1
South West -13 6 - - 2
North East - 6 £40,000 -
South East -51 3 £60,000 -20.00% 4
East Midlands -12 2 £44,225 -36.82%
East of England 0 1 - -
SANS
UK

SANS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (53.57%) Azure
2 16 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (25.00%) AWS
3 14 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 14 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
3 14 (25.00%) Microsoft Purview
4 6 (10.71%) Entra ID
5 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.79%) IaaS
6 1 (1.79%) PaaS
6 1 (1.79%) SaaS
6 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 36 (64.29%) Firewall
2 29 (51.79%) Network Security
3 20 (35.71%) LAN
3 20 (35.71%) TCP/IP
3 20 (35.71%) WAN
4 16 (28.57%) Wireshark
5 3 (5.36%) VPN
6 2 (3.57%) DHCP
6 2 (3.57%) DNS
6 2 (3.57%) NX-OS
7 1 (1.79%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) GitLab
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
General
1 21 (37.50%) Finance
2 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 10 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 8 (14.29%) Marketing
5 7 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (12.50%) Law
6 4 (7.14%) Retail
7 3 (5.36%) Legal
8 2 (3.57%) Advertising
9 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (33.93%) Security Engineer
2 18 (32.14%) Senior
3 15 (26.79%) Lead
4 13 (23.21%) Analyst
4 13 (23.21%) Architect
5 11 (19.64%) Information Security Engineer
6 10 (17.86%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 9 (16.07%) Security Analyst
7 9 (16.07%) Team Leader
8 8 (14.29%) Senior Security Engineer
9 7 (12.50%) Security Architect
10 6 (10.71%) Lead Architect
11 5 (8.93%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 5 (8.93%) Senior Architect
12 4 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 4 (7.14%) Security Manager
13 3 (5.36%) Senior Analyst
14 2 (3.57%) Risk Analyst
14 2 (3.57%) Senior Security Analyst
14 2 (3.57%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (46.43%) Management Information System
2 14 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (16.07%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (14.29%) IoT
4 8 (14.29%) Public Cloud
5 5 (8.93%) Cloud Native
5 5 (8.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 5 (8.93%) Replication
6 4 (7.14%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (7.14%) Digital Media
7 3 (5.36%) PKI
8 2 (3.57%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
8 2 (3.57%) NHS
8 2 (3.57%) Operational Technology
9 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (1.79%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (33.93%) Windows
2 14 (25.00%) Android
2 14 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.79%) Linux
3 1 (1.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (80.36%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (64.29%) Information Security
3 30 (53.57%) SIEM
4 21 (37.50%) Security Management
5 20 (35.71%) Cloud Security
5 20 (35.71%) Identity Access Management
5 20 (35.71%) Roadmaps
6 19 (33.93%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (32.14%) Vulnerability Management
8 17 (30.36%) Information Security Management
8 17 (30.36%) Security Operations
9 16 (28.57%) Agile
9 16 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
9 16 (28.57%) DevOps
9 16 (28.57%) Validation
10 15 (26.79%) Process Improvement
10 15 (26.79%) Regulatory Compliance
11 14 (25.00%) Key Management
11 14 (25.00%) Privileged Access Management
11 14 (25.00%) Project Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 32 (57.14%) Python
2 24 (42.86%) PowerShell
3 6 (10.71%) Bash
3 6 (10.71%) C
3 6 (10.71%) Java
3 6 (10.71%) R
3 6 (10.71%) Scala
3 6 (10.71%) SQL
4 2 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (89.29%) CISSP
2 21 (37.50%) CISA
2 21 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (32.14%) CEH
4 17 (30.36%) GIAC
5 15 (26.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 15 (26.79%) CCSP
6 14 (25.00%) CISM
6 14 (25.00%) Degree
6 14 (25.00%) SSCP
7 12 (21.43%) CRISC
8 11 (19.64%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (12.50%) AWS Certification
11 6 (10.71%) CISMP
12 5 (8.93%) Azure Certification
13 4 (7.14%) CCNP
13 4 (7.14%) GCIH
13 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
13 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (48.21%) NIST
2 25 (44.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (41.07%) PCI DSS
4 6 (10.71%) GDPR
5 5 (8.93%) GRC
5 5 (8.93%) HIPAA
6 4 (7.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 3 (5.36%) NCSC
7 3 (5.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (3.57%) COBIT
8 2 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (3.57%) GLBA
9 1 (1.79%) GxP
9 1 (1.79%) NIST 800
9 1 (1.79%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (14.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.57%) vSphere
4 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (32.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (25.00%) Nmap
3 3 (5.36%) Terraform
4 2 (3.57%) CSIRT
4 2 (3.57%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (41.07%) Microsoft
2 14 (25.00%) Qualys
2 14 (25.00%) Rapid7
2 14 (25.00%) Splunk
2 14 (25.00%) Thycotic
3 3 (5.36%) VMware
4 2 (3.57%) Cisco
4 2 (3.57%) Sophos
4 2 (3.57%) Zscaler