Blue Team Jobs in England

Blue Teaming
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Blue Team skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Blue Team over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 841 837 1177
Rank change year-on-year -4 +340 -315
Permanent jobs citing Blue Team 24 64 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.076% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.032% 0.080% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 18 27 12
10th Percentile - £61,500 -
25th Percentile - £64,000 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £77,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +55.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile - £98,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £61,625 £105,000 £82,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £77,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -35.48% +55.00% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Blue Team 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,066 80,344 135,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.60% 95.49% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,107 48,707 73,448
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,294
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Blue Team
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Blue Team as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Blue Team in England.

Salary trend for Blue Team in England

Blue Team
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Team within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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 +45 15 £50,000 -26.47%
Yorkshire - 10 £50,000 -
North West -2 5 £50,000 -26.47%
Midlands -14 3 £50,000 -26.47%
South West - 3 £50,000 - 1
West Midlands -16 2 £50,000 -26.47%
South East -29 2 £50,000 -41.18%
Blue Team
UK

Blue Team
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) AWS
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.33%) DMZ
1 2 (8.33%) DNS
1 2 (8.33%) Firewall
1 2 (8.33%) HTTP
1 2 (8.33%) Internet
1 2 (8.33%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (8.33%) Network Security
1 2 (8.33%) SMTP
1 2 (8.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (8.33%) tcpdump
1 2 (8.33%) VPN
1 2 (8.33%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.17%) Games
3 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.17%) Law
3 1 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (66.67%) Lead
2 15 (62.50%) Incident Response Lead
3 2 (8.33%) Analyst
3 2 (8.33%) Consultant
3 2 (8.33%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (4.17%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Lead Tester
4 1 (4.17%) Security Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Senior
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (4.17%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (4.17%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (4.17%) Cyberattack
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (83.33%) Incident Response
2 18 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 15 (62.50%) Runbook
4 9 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
5 5 (20.83%) Red Team
5 5 (20.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 4 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (12.50%) Application Security
7 3 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (12.50%) SDLC
7 3 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
8 2 (8.33%) Client Onboarding
8 2 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (8.33%) Malware Analysis
8 2 (8.33%) Network Packet Capture
8 2 (8.33%) Offensive Security
8 2 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.33%) Bash
1 2 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) CREST Certified
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
1 3 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 2 (8.33%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (8.33%) CASP
2 2 (8.33%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (8.33%) GCFA
2 2 (8.33%) GCIH
2 2 (8.33%) Linux+ Certification
2 2 (8.33%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (4.17%) CCSAS
3 1 (4.17%) CISSP
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) GCIA
3 1 (4.17%) GIAC
3 1 (4.17%) GREM
3 1 (4.17%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (8.33%) NIST
2 1 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft