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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 602 492 649
Rank change year-on-year -110 +157 -75
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 180 234 230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.42% 0.30%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 1.01% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 137 123 75
10th Percentile £36,050 £36,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,500 £71,500
90th Percentile £85,500 £99,250 £82,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

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 25,319 23,208 33,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.05% 41.70% 44.57%
Number of salaries quoted 15,468 10,824 16,109
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £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 £82,550
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 9 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 9 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 +32 57 £50,000 -23.08% 14
South East -20 49 £47,500 -17.39% 13
North West +8 44 £60,000 +1.69% 10
Midlands -36 29 £52,500 -4.55% 8
West Midlands -16 22 £55,000 - 3
Scotland -82 17 £70,000 +33.33% 5
South West -36 14 £45,000 -30.77% 10
East of England -7 13 £42,500 -10.53% 6
East Midlands -31 7 £52,500 +50.00% 5
North East - 7 £45,000 -
Yorkshire +48 6 £37,500 -43.61% 4
Wales -1 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 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.11%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 67 (37.22%) Azure
2 33 (18.33%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (14.44%) AWS
4 18 (10.00%) SaaS
5 8 (4.44%) Mimecast
6 7 (3.89%) Cloud Computing
7 5 (2.78%) GCP
8 3 (1.67%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 3 (1.67%) AWS CloudTrail
8 3 (1.67%) AWS Control Tower
8 3 (1.67%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.67%) PaaS
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.11%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.11%) Serverless
10 1 (0.56%) GitHub
10 1 (0.56%) IaaS
10 1 (0.56%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.56%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (23.33%) Firewall
2 24 (13.33%) Network Security
3 19 (10.56%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (6.67%) LAN
5 10 (5.56%) DNS
6 9 (5.00%) DHCP
6 9 (5.00%) VPN
7 8 (4.44%) WAN
7 8 (4.44%) Wireless
8 6 (3.33%) SD-WAN
8 6 (3.33%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.78%) Internet
9 5 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (2.22%) NetScaler
11 2 (1.11%) OSPF
11 2 (1.11%) WLAN
12 1 (0.56%) HTTP
12 1 (0.56%) SMTP
12 1 (0.56%) SSL
12 1 (0.56%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.67%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.56%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.56%) JIRA
1 1 (0.56%) Metasploit
General
1 61 (33.89%) Social Skills
2 48 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (9.44%) Finance
3 17 (9.44%) Legal
4 16 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.89%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (3.33%) Public Sector
6 6 (3.33%) Retail
7 5 (2.78%) Aerospace
7 5 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.67%) Law
9 2 (1.11%) Banking
9 2 (1.11%) Electronics
9 2 (1.11%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.11%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.56%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.56%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (21.11%) Architect
2 35 (19.44%) Security Architect
3 22 (12.22%) Analyst
4 20 (11.11%) Senior
5 15 (8.33%) Security Manager
6 14 (7.78%) Penetration Tester
6 14 (7.78%) Security Analyst
6 14 (7.78%) Tester
7 13 (7.22%) Network Engineer
8 11 (6.11%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (5.56%) IT Engineer
9 10 (5.56%) Lead
10 9 (5.00%) Information Architect
10 9 (5.00%) Information Security Architect
10 9 (5.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.00%) Senior Security Analyst
11 8 (4.44%) Systems Engineer
12 7 (3.89%) Information Analyst
12 7 (3.89%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.89%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.67%) React
2 10 (5.56%) .NET
3 5 (2.78%) OAuth
3 5 (2.78%) OpenID
3 5 (2.78%) SAML
4 4 (2.22%) Web Services
5 2 (1.11%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.11%) EDI
5 2 (1.11%) Flask
6 1 (0.56%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
2 27 (15.00%) Management Information System
3 20 (11.11%) Cyber Security Posture
4 15 (8.33%) Cyberattack
5 10 (5.56%) Product Ownership
6 9 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (3.89%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.89%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 6 (3.33%) Operational Technology
8 6 (3.33%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 3 (1.67%) Cloud Native
11 3 (1.67%) PMI
12 2 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
13 1 (0.56%) Distributed Systems
13 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (12.22%) Windows
2 8 (4.44%) Windows Server 2019
3 7 (3.89%) Android
4 6 (3.33%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.78%) Kali Linux
6 4 (2.22%) Windows Server
7 3 (1.67%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.11%) Linux
8 2 (1.11%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.56%) Unix
9 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.56%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 69 (38.33%) Information Security
3 55 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (27.78%) Incident Response
5 47 (26.11%) SIEM
6 37 (20.56%) Security Operations
7 34 (18.89%) Vulnerability Management
8 31 (17.22%) Security Management
9 30 (16.67%) Risk Management
9 30 (16.67%) Security Architecture
10 29 (16.11%) Penetration Testing
11 23 (12.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (11.67%) Cloud Security
12 21 (11.67%) Computer Science
12 21 (11.67%) Project Management
13 20 (11.11%) SDLC
14 19 (10.56%) OWASP
14 19 (10.56%) Technical Architecture
15 18 (10.00%) Regulatory Compliance
16 17 (9.44%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.11%) C#
2 10 (5.56%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.44%) Python
4 5 (2.78%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.11%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.56%) Bash
6 1 (0.56%) C++
6 1 (0.56%) Java
6 1 (0.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (26.67%) CISSP
2 43 (23.89%) Degree
3 22 (12.22%) CISM
4 17 (9.44%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (8.33%) CISA
6 14 (7.78%) CEH
6 14 (7.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (6.67%) OSCP
8 11 (6.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 10 (5.56%) CCSP
10 9 (5.00%) CRISC
11 8 (4.44%) GIAC
12 7 (3.89%) CCSK
12 7 (3.89%) Security Cleared
13 6 (3.33%) AWS Certification
14 5 (2.78%) Azure Certification
15 4 (2.22%) CCNA
15 4 (2.22%) CCNA CyberOps
15 4 (2.22%) CompTIA Security+
15 4 (2.22%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (33.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 42 (23.33%) NIST
3 25 (13.89%) GDPR
4 22 (12.22%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (7.78%) GRC
5 14 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 14 (7.78%) PCI DSS
6 12 (6.67%) SOC 2
7 7 (3.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 7 (3.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (2.22%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.67%) COBIT
10 2 (1.11%) HIPAA
10 2 (1.11%) NCSC
10 2 (1.11%) QA
11 1 (0.56%) GxP
11 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
System Software
1 13 (7.22%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.22%) VMware NSX
3 3 (1.67%) Docker
3 3 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.56%) Firmware
5 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.78%) Nessus
3 4 (2.22%) FortiGate
3 4 (2.22%) Suricata
4 3 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.11%) DatAdvantage
5 2 (1.11%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.11%) QRadar
5 2 (1.11%) SCCM
5 2 (1.11%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
5 2 (1.11%) Terraform
6 1 (0.56%) Ansible
6 1 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.56%) Nmap
6 1 (0.56%) Stealthwatch
6 1 (0.56%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.56%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (18.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.33%) VMware
3 11 (6.11%) Cisco
4 10 (5.56%) CrowdStrike
5 9 (5.00%) Meraki
6 8 (4.44%) Proofpoint
6 8 (4.44%) Rapid7
6 8 (4.44%) Splunk
7 5 (2.78%) Acronis
7 5 (2.78%) Darktrace
7 5 (2.78%) Sophos
7 5 (2.78%) Synology
8 4 (2.22%) Citrix
8 4 (2.22%) Dell
8 4 (2.22%) Juniper
8 4 (2.22%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.67%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.67%) Qualys
9 3 (1.67%) Symantec
10 2 (1.11%) Aruba