Security Monitoring Jobs in England

Security Monitoring
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 694 750 890
Rank change year-on-year +56 +140 -176
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 142 159 278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 119 136 214
10th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £34,325
25th Percentile £48,000 £37,969 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +2.46% +1.67%
75th Percentile £67,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,781 82,738 134,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.16% 95.57% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54,521 49,312 73,714
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,329 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in England

Security Monitoring
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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 +146 83 £56,250 -21.90% 18
South East +2 36 £52,500 +40.00% 4
North of England +43 11 £40,000 -33.33% 11
North West +6 9 £37,500 -37.50% 8
South West -29 6 £55,000 -15.38% 3
West Midlands +4 5 £26,500 -51.82% 4
Midlands -15 5 £26,500 -51.82% 5
Yorkshire +74 2 £58,750 - 3
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (7.04%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.34%) IIS
3 2 (1.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 10 (7.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (23.24%) Azure
2 25 (17.61%) AWS
3 21 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.70%) Azure App Service
6 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 37 (26.06%) Network Security
2 36 (25.35%) Firewall
3 17 (11.97%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (7.75%) VPN
5 9 (6.34%) LAN
6 7 (4.93%) WAN
7 6 (4.23%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.52%) Internet
9 3 (2.11%) SSL
9 3 (2.11%) Wireshark
10 2 (1.41%) Skype
10 2 (1.41%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.70%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Git
2 3 (2.11%) Bitbucket
2 3 (2.11%) Subversion
3 1 (0.70%) JIRA
3 1 (0.70%) NUnit
3 1 (0.70%) Visual Studio
General
1 51 (35.92%) Analytical Skills
2 50 (35.21%) Social Skills
3 41 (28.87%) Finance
4 11 (7.75%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.34%) Legal
6 7 (4.93%) Law
7 6 (4.23%) Aerospace
7 6 (4.23%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (4.23%) Retail
8 5 (3.52%) Banking
9 4 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.11%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.11%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.70%) Aviation
12 1 (0.70%) Games
12 1 (0.70%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 73 (51.41%) Analyst
2 48 (33.80%) Security Analyst
3 28 (19.72%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 17 (11.97%) Senior
5 16 (11.27%) SOC Analyst
6 15 (10.56%) Information Analyst
6 15 (10.56%) Information Security Analyst
6 15 (10.56%) Security Engineer
7 13 (9.15%) IT Analyst
8 12 (8.45%) Consultant
9 9 (6.34%) Architect
9 9 (6.34%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 9 (6.34%) IT Security Analyst
9 9 (6.34%) Security Architect
9 9 (6.34%) Security Consultant
9 9 (6.34%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (5.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 7 (4.93%) SIEM Analyst
12 6 (4.23%) Principal Engineer
12 6 (4.23%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) web3js
2 4 (2.82%) Web Services
3 1 (0.70%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 38 (26.76%) Management Information System
2 16 (11.27%) Cyber Threat
3 10 (7.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 10 (7.04%) PKI
4 9 (6.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 9 (6.34%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (6.34%) Security Posture
5 7 (4.93%) Blockchain
5 7 (4.93%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.93%) IoT
5 7 (4.93%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (4.93%) Web3
6 6 (4.23%) Client/Server
7 5 (3.52%) Cyberattack
7 5 (3.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (3.52%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.82%) PMI
9 3 (2.11%) Insider Threat
9 3 (2.11%) Operational Technology
10 2 (1.41%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 30 (21.13%) Windows
2 15 (10.56%) Windows Server
3 9 (6.34%) Linux
4 7 (4.93%) Unix
5 5 (3.52%) Windows 10
6 4 (2.82%) Kali Linux
7 3 (2.11%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.70%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (73.94%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (44.37%) Information Security
3 61 (42.96%) Incident Response
3 61 (42.96%) SIEM
4 42 (29.58%) Security Operations
5 37 (26.06%) Cloud Security
6 34 (23.94%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (23.24%) Incident Management
8 28 (19.72%) Risk Management
9 26 (18.31%) Security Architecture
10 23 (16.20%) Security Management
11 22 (15.49%) Threat Detection
11 22 (15.49%) Threat Intelligence
12 21 (14.79%) Computer Science
12 21 (14.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 20 (14.08%) Identity Access Management
13 20 (14.08%) Vulnerability Management
14 19 (13.38%) Penetration Testing
14 19 (13.38%) Risk Assessment
15 16 (11.27%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.86%) Python
2 13 (9.15%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.23%) SQL
4 3 (2.11%) Bash
4 3 (2.11%) C++
5 1 (0.70%) C#
5 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 54 (38.03%) CISSP
2 30 (21.13%) Degree
3 17 (11.97%) CISM
4 16 (11.27%) Security Cleared
5 14 (9.86%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (9.15%) CEH
6 13 (9.15%) CompTIA Security+
7 11 (7.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 11 (7.75%) CCSP
8 7 (4.93%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 7 (4.93%) CESG Certified Professional
8 7 (4.93%) CISMP
8 7 (4.93%) CompTIA CySA+
8 7 (4.93%) CREST Certified
8 7 (4.93%) Network+ Certification
9 6 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.23%) DV Cleared
9 6 (4.23%) GIAC
10 4 (2.82%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.82%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (35.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (26.06%) NIST
3 9 (6.34%) GRC
3 9 (6.34%) PCI DSS
4 8 (5.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 4 (2.82%) ISO 9001
6 4 (2.82%) SOC 2
7 3 (2.11%) COBIT
7 3 (2.11%) GDPR
8 2 (1.41%) NCSC
8 2 (1.41%) SLA
9 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.70%) ISA99
9 1 (0.70%) ISO 14001
9 1 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 18 (12.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.63%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (4.23%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (4.23%) VMware Workstation
5 3 (2.11%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.41%) vSphere
7 1 (0.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (9.86%) QRadar
2 6 (4.23%) SCOM
2 6 (4.23%) WSUS
3 4 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.82%) Suricata
4 1 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (0.70%) Nessus
4 1 (0.70%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 47 (33.10%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.49%) Splunk
3 13 (9.15%) IBM
4 12 (8.45%) VMware
5 10 (7.04%) Cisco
6 5 (3.52%) Palo Alto
7 4 (2.82%) Juniper
8 3 (2.11%) Intel
8 3 (2.11%) Oracle
8 3 (2.11%) Rapid7
8 3 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.41%) Citrix
9 2 (1.41%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.70%) Apple
10 1 (0.70%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.70%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.70%) Foundry
10 1 (0.70%) Google
10 1 (0.70%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.70%) SonicWALL