Security Monitoring Jobs

Security Monitoring
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 637 561 865
Rank change year-on-year -76 +304 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 153 202 272
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.37% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 100 163 175
10th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,188 £50,625 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,625 £80,625
90th Percentile £78,875 £100,000 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,445 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -27.29% - +19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,881 54,318 133,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.08% 94.30% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30,489 39,141 76,332
10th Percentile £34,000 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,439 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.69% - +5.00%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 31 October 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
England -86 139 £63,750 -1.92% 34
Work from Home +28 83 £60,000 -7.69% 22
UK excluding London -42 79 £45,445 -27.29% 19
London -8 72 £70,000 -12.50% 14
North of England +8 37 £45,000 -25.00% 6
Yorkshire +47 27 £45,000 -25.00% 2
Midlands -50 12 £41,250 -34.00% 4
Scotland +3 11 £47,500 +5.56% 1
West Midlands -40 11 £41,250 -28.26% 2
North West -33 10 £48,750 -22.00% 3
South East -62 9 £51,250 -21.15% 5
East of England -50 7 £60,000 -7.69% 2
South West -13 2 £70,000 +38.68% 1
East Midlands -44 1 - - 2
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Security Monitoring
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 74 (48.37%) Azure
2 30 (19.61%) AWS
3 27 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (15.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (7.84%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 10 (6.54%) SaaS
7 9 (5.88%) Entra ID
8 8 (5.23%) PaaS
9 7 (4.58%) IaaS
10 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.61%) Azure Logic Apps
11 4 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (1.96%) Cloudflare
12 3 (1.96%) GitHub
13 1 (0.65%) Amazon ECS
13 1 (0.65%) Amazon EKS
13 1 (0.65%) Anthos
13 1 (0.65%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.65%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 43 (28.10%) Firewall
2 18 (11.76%) Intrusion Detection
3 16 (10.46%) Network Security
4 13 (8.50%) WAN
5 12 (7.84%) Wireshark
6 11 (7.19%) LAN
7 5 (3.27%) DNS
7 5 (3.27%) SSL
8 4 (2.61%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (1.96%) DHCP
10 2 (1.31%) Internet
10 2 (1.31%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.31%) VoIP
10 2 (1.31%) VPN
11 1 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.65%) HTTP
11 1 (0.65%) SMTP
11 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.96%) Oracle Database
1 3 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (6.54%) Burp Suite
2 6 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.65%) CircleCI
3 1 (0.65%) GitLab
General
1 40 (26.14%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.88%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (16.99%) Law
4 24 (15.69%) Finance
5 7 (4.58%) Banking
6 6 (3.92%) Aerospace
6 6 (3.92%) Legal
7 5 (3.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.61%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.96%) Financial Institution
9 3 (1.96%) Local Government
10 2 (1.31%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 58 (37.91%) Analyst
2 35 (22.88%) Security Analyst
3 32 (20.92%) Security Engineer
4 28 (18.30%) SOC Analyst
5 27 (17.65%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 19 (12.42%) Cloud Engineer
7 14 (9.15%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 13 (8.50%) Information Analyst
8 13 (8.50%) Information Security Analyst
9 12 (7.84%) Senior
10 11 (7.19%) Senior Analyst
11 10 (6.54%) Lead
12 9 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (5.23%) IT Analyst
13 8 (5.23%) IT Security Analyst
14 7 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 7 (4.58%) Security Manager
14 7 (4.58%) Security Specialist
15 6 (3.92%) Security Operations Analyst
15 6 (3.92%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.96%) Middleware
2 1 (0.65%) LDAP
2 1 (0.65%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.65%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (27.45%) Management Information System
2 33 (21.57%) Security Posture
3 22 (14.38%) Onboarding
4 21 (13.73%) CSOC
5 15 (9.80%) Cyber Threat
5 15 (9.80%) Virtual Team
6 13 (8.50%) Cloud Native
6 13 (8.50%) Cloud Security Posture
6 13 (8.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (7.84%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (4.58%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (3.92%) Insider Threat
10 5 (3.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (2.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (2.61%) Driving Licence
11 4 (2.61%) NHS
12 3 (1.96%) PKI
12 3 (1.96%) Reinsurance
13 2 (1.31%) Private Cloud
13 2 (1.31%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (23.53%) Windows
2 24 (15.69%) Linux
3 12 (7.84%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.54%) Unix
5 4 (2.61%) Windows XP
6 3 (1.96%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.96%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.65%) Android
7 1 (0.65%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.65%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (68.63%) Cybersecurity
2 100 (65.36%) Incident Response
3 83 (54.25%) SIEM
4 78 (50.98%) Security Operations
5 62 (40.52%) Information Security
6 57 (37.25%) Vulnerability Management
7 48 (31.37%) Threat Intelligence
8 47 (30.72%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 40 (26.14%) Cloud Security
10 36 (23.53%) DevOps
11 33 (21.57%) Penetration Testing
11 33 (21.57%) Vulnerability Remediation
12 32 (20.92%) Incident Management
13 29 (18.95%) Mentoring
14 28 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
15 25 (16.34%) Continuous Improvement
16 23 (15.03%) Data Loss Prevention
17 22 (14.38%) Use Case
18 20 (13.07%) Computer Science
19 18 (11.76%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.42%) PowerShell
2 14 (9.15%) Python
3 7 (4.58%) Bash
4 5 (3.27%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.65%) Go
5 1 (0.65%) Java
5 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.65%) Perl
Qualifications
1 41 (26.80%) CISSP
2 36 (23.53%) Degree
3 34 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 30 (19.61%) SC Cleared
5 28 (18.30%) CISM
6 15 (9.80%) AWS Certification
6 15 (9.80%) CEH
6 15 (9.80%) GIAC
7 14 (9.15%) Azure Certification
7 14 (9.15%) CompTIA Security+
8 13 (8.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 13 (8.50%) GCIA
8 13 (8.50%) GCIH
9 12 (7.84%) CISA
9 12 (7.84%) GCFA
10 11 (7.19%) CompTIA CySA+
10 11 (7.19%) GSEC
11 10 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
12 9 (5.88%) SANS
13 6 (3.92%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (26.14%) NIST
2 19 (12.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (9.80%) GDPR
4 12 (7.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 10 (6.54%) PCI DSS
6 8 (5.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (4.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.92%) HIPAA
9 5 (3.27%) COBIT
10 4 (2.61%) NIST 800
11 2 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (1.31%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.65%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.65%) NCSC
System Software
1 23 (15.03%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.96%) vSphere
4 2 (1.31%) Docker
5 1 (0.65%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 16 (10.46%) QRadar
2 10 (6.54%) Ansible
3 9 (5.88%) Terraform
4 8 (5.23%) CSIRT
5 5 (3.27%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (3.27%) Progress Chef
5 5 (3.27%) Puppet
6 4 (2.61%) CASB
7 3 (1.96%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.96%) Nessus
7 3 (1.96%) NetCrunch
8 1 (0.65%) Suricata
8 1 (0.65%) VxRail
Vendors
1 69 (45.10%) Microsoft
2 23 (15.03%) Splunk
3 18 (11.76%) VMware
4 16 (10.46%) IBM
5 8 (5.23%) LogRhythm
6 7 (4.58%) Cisco
7 6 (3.92%) Intel
7 6 (3.92%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.92%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.27%) Darktrace
8 5 (3.27%) Proofpoint
9 4 (2.61%) ArcSight
9 4 (2.61%) Qualys
9 4 (2.61%) Thales
9 4 (2.61%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.96%) New Relic
10 3 (1.96%) Oracle
10 3 (1.96%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.31%) Okta
12 1 (0.65%) CrowdStrike