Situational Awareness
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Situational Awareness skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Situational Awareness over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 827 898 1030
Rank change year-on-year +71 +132 -150
Permanent jobs citing Situational Awareness 69 77 207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.070% 0.077% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.081% 0.080% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 46 35 113
10th Percentile £26,250 £43,056 £42,697
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,500 £51,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -18.52% +21.08%
75th Percentile £76,250 £71,250 £78,003
90th Percentile £77,500 - £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £56,640 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.90% +2.98% -2.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Situational Awareness 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Situational Awareness
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Situational Awareness as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Situational Awareness.

Salary trend for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Situational Awareness over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Situational Awareness in the UK

Situational Awareness
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Situational Awareness within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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
UK excluding London +2 57 £55,000 -2.90% 26
England +64 55 £62,500 +13.64% 32
Work from Home +80 38 £65,000 +13.04% 10
South East +23 38 £62,500 -7.41% 7
Scotland -40 14 - - 1
London +110 10 £75,000 +39.53% 5
South West -24 4 £20,000 -54.43% 12
West Midlands -1 1 £42,500 -5.56%
Midlands -2 1 £42,500 -5.56%

Situational Awareness
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 (2.90%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.45%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.45%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (5.80%) Simulink
2 2 (2.90%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) SaaS
2 1 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (1.45%) AWS
2 1 (1.45%) AWS Fargate
2 1 (1.45%) Azure
2 1 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.59%) Internet
2 4 (5.80%) 5G
2 4 (5.80%) DNS
2 4 (5.80%) GSM
2 4 (5.80%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.90%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.45%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.45%) GIS
2 1 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 40 (57.97%) Military
2 16 (23.19%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.59%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.80%) French Language
4 4 (5.80%) German Language
4 4 (5.80%) Italian Language
4 4 (5.80%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.80%) Retail
4 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.90%) Aerospace
5 2 (2.90%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (24.64%) Analyst
2 15 (21.74%) Lead
2 15 (21.74%) Python Engineer
2 15 (21.74%) Python Software Engineer
2 15 (21.74%) Software Engineer
3 14 (20.29%) Support Analyst
3 14 (20.29%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 11 (15.94%) Senior
5 10 (14.49%) Technical Leader
6 7 (10.14%) Senior Software Engineer
7 6 (8.70%) Development Manager
8 5 (7.25%) Lead Software Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Portfolio Manager
9 4 (5.80%) Process Engineer
9 4 (5.80%) Technical Advisor
10 3 (4.35%) Business Development Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Business Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Graduate Software Engineer
10 3 (4.35%) Software Development Manager
10 3 (4.35%) Software Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) ONNX
1 4 (5.80%) PyTorch
2 3 (4.35%) AngularJS
3 2 (2.90%) NumPy
3 2 (2.90%) Pandas
4 1 (1.45%) JSON
4 1 (1.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.54%) Algorithms
2 10 (14.49%) Augmented Reality
2 10 (14.49%) Virtual Reality
3 4 (5.80%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (5.80%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.45%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.45%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 29 (42.03%) Linux
1 29 (42.03%) Windows
2 14 (20.29%) Mac OS X
2 14 (20.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (34.78%) Artificial Intelligence
2 22 (31.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 22 (31.88%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (31.88%) Threat Intelligence
3 19 (27.54%) Mathematics
4 18 (26.09%) Customer Service
4 18 (26.09%) Incident Response
4 18 (26.09%) Machine Learning
4 18 (26.09%) Service Delivery
5 17 (24.64%) Analytics
6 16 (23.19%) Software Engineering
7 15 (21.74%) Data Analytics
7 15 (21.74%) Data Science
7 15 (21.74%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 15 (21.74%) Decision-Making
7 15 (21.74%) Mathematical Modelling
8 14 (20.29%) Actionable Insight
8 14 (20.29%) DevOps
8 14 (20.29%) Malware Analysis
8 14 (20.29%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 30 (43.48%) Python
2 24 (34.78%) C++
3 23 (33.33%) Java
4 22 (31.88%) C#
5 19 (27.54%) C
6 16 (23.19%) JavaScript
7 15 (21.74%) Haskell
8 6 (8.70%) MATLAB
9 3 (4.35%) SQL
10 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (40.58%) Security Cleared
2 26 (37.68%) Degree
3 14 (20.29%) CISM
3 14 (20.29%) CISSP
3 14 (20.29%) GCIA
3 14 (20.29%) GCIH
3 14 (20.29%) GREM
4 9 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 8 (11.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (4.35%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (20.29%) Dell
2 4 (5.80%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.80%) NVIDIA
3 2 (2.90%) Adobe