Security Posture Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Posture
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 232 237 273
Rank change year-on-year +5 +36 -53
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 21 30 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.28% 0.48% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.87% 1.25% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 17 14 4
10th Percentile £36,280 £41,900 £35,800
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £55,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -31.15% +1.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £74,688 £83,750
90th Percentile £68,500 £93,438 £86,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £66,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +9.02% -11.33% +25.00%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,423 2,391 2,907
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.37% 38.18% 39.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,688 963 1,776
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +10.00% +6.95%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
England 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 West Midlands

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Posture in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the West Midlands

Security Posture
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham -14 7 £42,000 -23.64% 4
Staffordshire -20 2 - - 2
Warwickshire - 2 £55,000 - 1
Halesowen - 2 £40,000 -
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudTrail
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Control Tower
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (9.52%) Network Security
4 1 (4.76%) LAN
4 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) MongoDB
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
General
1 8 (38.10%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (38.10%) Legal
2 2 (9.52%) Electronics
2 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) Penetration Tester
1 8 (38.10%) Tester
2 4 (19.05%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Lead
4 2 (9.52%) Security Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Architect
5 1 (4.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (4.76%) IT Manager
5 1 (4.76%) IT Security Manager
5 1 (4.76%) IT Security Officer
5 1 (4.76%) Risk Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Security Manager
5 1 (4.76%) Security Officer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Risk Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) EDI
2 1 (4.76%) OAuth
2 1 (4.76%) OpenID
2 1 (4.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.52%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.76%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Windows
1 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (61.90%) Information Security
3 12 (57.14%) Data Protection
3 12 (57.14%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (47.62%) Ethical Hacking
5 8 (38.10%) API Testing
5 8 (38.10%) Data Privacy
5 8 (38.10%) Test Strategy
6 7 (33.33%) Security Operations
7 6 (28.57%) Risk Management
7 6 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
8 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
8 5 (23.81%) ITIL
9 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (19.05%) Vulnerability Management
10 3 (14.29%) Agile
10 3 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (14.29%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) OSCP
2 3 (14.29%) CISA
2 3 (14.29%) CISM
2 3 (14.29%) CISSP
2 3 (14.29%) CRISC
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
3 2 (9.52%) CEH
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.52%) GIAC
4 1 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 1 (4.76%) DBS Check
4 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (38.10%) GRC
1 8 (38.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (19.05%) GDPR
3 3 (14.29%) PCI DSS
4 2 (9.52%) NIST
5 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Forcepoint
2 1 (4.76%) Fortinet
2 1 (4.76%) Proofpoint
2 1 (4.76%) Rapid7
2 1 (4.76%) Symantec
2 1 (4.76%) Zscaler