Security Posture Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 588 488 633
Rank change year-on-year -100 +145 -71
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 181 260 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.46% 0.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 1.10% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 138 123 75
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £39,510 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,250 £71,500
90th Percentile £86,625 £95,875 £82,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +11.11%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,608 23,533 32,717
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.39% 41.62% 44.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15,358 10,839 15,967
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,227 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the UK excluding London

Security Posture
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
North of England +42 57 £50,000 -23.08% 21
South East -40 51 £45,000 -21.74% 18
North West +15 44 £60,000 +3.45% 13
Midlands -19 29 £52,500 -2.33% 7
West Midlands -21 22 £55,000 - 4
Scotland -87 17 £70,000 +30.23% 5
East of England +3 13 £42,500 -10.53% 5
South West -35 13 £45,000 -30.77% 10
East Midlands -16 7 £52,500 +50.00% 3
North East - 7 £45,000 - 2
Yorkshire +46 6 £37,500 -43.61% 6
Wales -5 1 - -
Security Posture
UK

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (1.66%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.10%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (37.57%) Azure
2 35 (19.34%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (13.81%) AWS
4 18 (9.94%) SaaS
5 8 (4.42%) Mimecast
6 7 (3.87%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.21%) GCP
8 3 (1.66%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.66%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.66%) PaaS
9 2 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Control Tower
9 2 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.10%) Serverless
10 1 (0.55%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.55%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.55%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.55%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (23.20%) Firewall
2 24 (13.26%) Network Security
3 19 (10.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (6.63%) LAN
5 10 (5.52%) DNS
6 9 (4.97%) DHCP
6 9 (4.97%) VPN
7 8 (4.42%) Wireless
8 7 (3.87%) WAN
9 6 (3.31%) SD-WAN
9 6 (3.31%) TCP/IP
10 5 (2.76%) Internet
10 5 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (2.21%) NetScaler
12 2 (1.10%) OSPF
12 2 (1.10%) WLAN
13 1 (0.55%) HTTP
13 1 (0.55%) SMTP
13 1 (0.55%) SSL
13 1 (0.55%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.55%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.55%) JIRA
1 1 (0.55%) Metasploit
General
1 63 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 48 (26.52%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (9.39%) Finance
3 17 (9.39%) Legal
4 16 (8.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.31%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.31%) Retail
7 5 (2.76%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.76%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.66%) Law
9 2 (1.10%) Banking
9 2 (1.10%) Electronics
9 2 (1.10%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.55%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (20.99%) Architect
2 35 (19.34%) Security Architect
3 22 (12.15%) Analyst
4 20 (11.05%) Senior
5 15 (8.29%) Security Manager
6 14 (7.73%) Penetration Tester
6 14 (7.73%) Security Analyst
6 14 (7.73%) Tester
7 12 (6.63%) Network Engineer
8 11 (6.08%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (5.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (5.52%) IT Engineer
9 10 (5.52%) Lead
10 9 (4.97%) Information Architect
10 9 (4.97%) Information Security Architect
10 9 (4.97%) Senior Security Analyst
11 8 (4.42%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.87%) Information Analyst
12 7 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.87%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.63%) React
2 10 (5.52%) .NET
3 4 (2.21%) OAuth
3 4 (2.21%) OpenID
3 4 (2.21%) SAML
3 4 (2.21%) Web Services
4 2 (1.10%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.10%) EDI
4 2 (1.10%) Flask
5 1 (0.55%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.57%) Cyber Threat
2 27 (14.92%) Management Information System
3 22 (12.15%) Cyber Security Posture
4 15 (8.29%) Cyberattack
5 10 (5.52%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.97%) Security Operations Centre
6 9 (4.97%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (3.87%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.31%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.31%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.76%) Public Cloud
10 4 (2.21%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.66%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.66%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.66%) PMI
12 2 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.55%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.26%) Windows
2 9 (4.97%) Android
3 8 (4.42%) Apple iOS
3 8 (4.42%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (2.76%) Kali Linux
5 4 (2.21%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.66%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.10%) Linux
7 2 (1.10%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.55%) Unix
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (71.27%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (38.12%) Information Security
3 56 (30.94%) Problem-Solving
4 51 (28.18%) Incident Response
5 46 (25.41%) SIEM
6 36 (19.89%) Security Operations
7 34 (18.78%) Vulnerability Management
8 31 (17.13%) Security Management
9 30 (16.57%) Risk Management
9 30 (16.57%) Security Architecture
10 28 (15.47%) Penetration Testing
11 23 (12.71%) Computer Science
11 23 (12.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (12.15%) Cloud Security
13 21 (11.60%) Project Management
14 20 (11.05%) SDLC
15 19 (10.50%) Regulatory Compliance
15 19 (10.50%) Technical Architecture
16 18 (9.94%) Data Protection
16 18 (9.94%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.08%) C#
2 10 (5.52%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.42%) Python
4 5 (2.76%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.10%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.55%) Bash
6 1 (0.55%) C++
6 1 (0.55%) Java
6 1 (0.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (26.52%) CISSP
2 45 (24.86%) Degree
3 22 (12.15%) CISM
4 17 (9.39%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (8.29%) CISA
7 14 (7.73%) CEH
8 12 (6.63%) OSCP
9 11 (6.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (5.52%) CCSP
11 9 (4.97%) CRISC
12 8 (4.42%) GIAC
13 7 (3.87%) CCSK
14 6 (3.31%) AWS Certification
14 6 (3.31%) Security Cleared
15 5 (2.76%) Azure Certification
16 4 (2.21%) CCNA
16 4 (2.21%) CCNA CyberOps
16 4 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
16 4 (2.21%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (33.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (23.20%) NIST
3 25 (13.81%) GDPR
4 22 (12.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (7.73%) GRC
5 14 (7.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 14 (7.73%) PCI DSS
6 12 (6.63%) SOC 2
7 7 (3.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (2.21%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.66%) COBIT
10 2 (1.10%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.10%) NCSC
10 2 (1.10%) QA
11 1 (0.55%) GxP
11 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (7.18%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.21%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.66%) Docker
3 3 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.55%) Firmware
5 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (4.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.76%) Nessus
3 4 (2.21%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.21%) Suricata
4 3 (1.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.66%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.10%) DatAdvantage
5 2 (1.10%) QRadar
5 2 (1.10%) SCCM
5 2 (1.10%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (1.10%) Terraform
6 1 (0.55%) Ansible
6 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.55%) Nmap
6 1 (0.55%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.39%) VMware
3 12 (6.63%) CrowdStrike
4 11 (6.08%) Cisco
5 9 (4.97%) Meraki
6 8 (4.42%) Proofpoint
6 8 (4.42%) Rapid7
6 8 (4.42%) Splunk
7 7 (3.87%) Darktrace
8 5 (2.76%) Acronis
8 5 (2.76%) Sophos
8 5 (2.76%) Synology
9 4 (2.21%) Citrix
9 4 (2.21%) Dell
9 4 (2.21%) Juniper
9 4 (2.21%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.66%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.66%) Qualys
10 3 (1.66%) Symantec
11 2 (1.10%) Aruba