Protective Monitoring Jobs

Protective Monitoring
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Protective Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Protective Monitoring over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 815 1225
Rank change year-on-year -66 +410 -298
Permanent jobs citing Protective Monitoring 41 130 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.14% 0.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.15% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 27
10th Percentile £32,850 £35,250 £31,475
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £40,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.98% -5.45% -57.03%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,625 £64,330
90th Percentile £77,875 £72,500 £80,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +43.75% -27.27% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Protective Monitoring 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 89,994 88,841 164,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.43% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 62,089 53,798 83,455
10th Percentile £29,500 £33,848 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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%

Protective Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Protective Monitoring in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Protective Monitoring in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Protective Monitoring over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Protective Monitoring in the UK

Protective Monitoring
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Protective Monitoring within the UK 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
UK excluding London -113 39 £57,500 +43.75% 11
England -31 37 £57,500 +10.58% 12
Work from Home +12 26 £61,339 +29.13% 6
South West -12 25 £32,500 -46.72% 2
North of England +13 7 £55,000 +37.50% 8
Yorkshire +60 5 £55,000 +37.50% 5
South East -23 3 £57,500 -16.36% 1
London +35 2 £60,669 +5.51% 1
North West -16 2 £52,750 +31.88% 3
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Scotland -86 1 £72,500 -
Channel Islands - 1 - -

Protective 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (9.76%) AWS
1 4 (9.76%) Azure
2 3 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) Internet
2 3 (7.32%) LAN
2 3 (7.32%) TCP/IP
2 3 (7.32%) WAN
3 2 (4.88%) Firewall
4 1 (2.44%) Network Security
4 1 (2.44%) VPN
General
1 22 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.76%) Games
3 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
3 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Finance
3 1 (2.44%) Law
3 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (56.10%) Consultant
1 23 (56.10%) Security Consultant
2 21 (51.22%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 7 (17.07%) Analyst
3 7 (17.07%) Security Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) SOC Manager
6 3 (7.32%) IT Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) IT Security Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Information Security Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Lead
7 2 (4.88%) Senior
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Incident Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Junior
8 1 (2.44%) Junior Security Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Security Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) SIEM Analyst
8 1 (2.44%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (12.20%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (9.76%) Cyberattack
4 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
5 2 (4.88%) Operational Technology
5 2 (4.88%) SCADA
6 1 (2.44%) CCTV
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Linux
3 3 (7.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (78.05%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (70.73%) Incident Response
3 27 (65.85%) Incident Management
3 27 (65.85%) Security Operations
4 23 (56.10%) Risk Management
5 21 (51.22%) Mentoring
6 20 (48.78%) Business Development
7 10 (24.39%) SIEM
7 10 (24.39%) Threat Intelligence
8 9 (21.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 7 (17.07%) Penetration Testing
10 6 (14.63%) Information Security
10 6 (14.63%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 5 (12.20%) Cyber Intelligence
11 5 (12.20%) Security Architecture
12 4 (9.76%) Actionable Insight
12 4 (9.76%) Capacity Management
12 4 (9.76%) Change Management
12 4 (9.76%) Problem Management
12 4 (9.76%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 8 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.63%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) CISM
4 2 (4.88%) CISSP
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
5 1 (2.44%) CEH
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (53.66%) JSP 440
2 7 (17.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (12.20%) NIST
4 4 (9.76%) ISO 9001
5 2 (4.88%) NIST 800
5 2 (4.88%) RMADS
6 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.44%) NCSC
6 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) Kibana
1 1 (2.44%) logstash
1 1 (2.44%) Nessus
Vendors
1 6 (14.63%) Splunk
2 1 (2.44%) Carbon Black
2 1 (2.44%) Intel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.44%) Tanium