Blue Team Jobs

Blue Teaming
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 873 869 1244
Rank change year-on-year -4 +375 -345
Permanent jobs citing Blue Team 34 78 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.082% 0.010%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.039% 0.086% 0.011%
Number of salaries quoted 28 27 13
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 £77,500
90th Percentile £58,625 £105,000 £82,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £68,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -26.47% +36.00% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £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%

Blue Team
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Blue Team in the UK

Blue Team
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Blue Team in the UK

Blue Team
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blue Team within the UK 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
UK excluding London -51 29 £50,000 -26.47% 1
England -4 24 £50,000 -35.48% 4
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
Wales -3 2 £50,000 -
West Midlands -16 2 £50,000 -26.47%
South East -29 2 £50,000 -41.18%
Scotland - 2 £50,000 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £50,000 -
Work from Home +32 1 £60,000 -11.76% 4

Blue Team
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:

Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.88%) AWS
1 2 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) DMZ
1 2 (5.88%) DNS
1 2 (5.88%) Firewall
1 2 (5.88%) HTTP
1 2 (5.88%) Internet
1 2 (5.88%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (5.88%) Network Security
1 2 (5.88%) SMTP
1 2 (5.88%) TCP/IP
1 2 (5.88%) tcpdump
1 2 (5.88%) VPN
1 2 (5.88%) Wireshark
General
1 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Games
3 1 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.94%) Law
3 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (76.47%) Lead
2 25 (73.53%) Incident Response Lead
3 2 (5.88%) Analyst
3 2 (5.88%) Consultant
3 2 (5.88%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (2.94%) Information Security Consultant
4 1 (2.94%) Lead Tester
4 1 (2.94%) Security Consultant
4 1 (2.94%) Senior
4 1 (2.94%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (2.94%) Senior Information Security Consultant
4 1 (2.94%) Senior Security Consultant
4 1 (2.94%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
1 2 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (2.94%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (2.94%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.82%) Linux
2 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (88.24%) Incident Response
2 28 (82.35%) Security Operations
3 25 (73.53%) Runbook
4 9 (26.47%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (14.71%) Mentoring
5 5 (14.71%) Red Team
5 5 (14.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 4 (11.76%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (8.82%) Application Security
7 3 (8.82%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 3 (8.82%) SDLC
7 3 (8.82%) Threat Intelligence
7 3 (8.82%) Threat Modelling
8 2 (5.88%) Client Onboarding
8 2 (5.88%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (5.88%) Malware Analysis
8 2 (5.88%) Network Packet Capture
8 2 (5.88%) Offensive Security
8 2 (5.88%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.88%) Bash
1 2 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.82%) CREST Certified
1 3 (8.82%) Degree
1 3 (8.82%) SC Cleared
1 3 (8.82%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) AWS Certification
2 2 (5.88%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (5.88%) CASP
2 2 (5.88%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (5.88%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (5.88%) GCFA
2 2 (5.88%) GCIH
2 2 (5.88%) Linux+ Certification
2 2 (5.88%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (2.94%) CCSAS
3 1 (2.94%) CISSP
3 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.94%) GCIA
3 1 (2.94%) GIAC
3 1 (2.94%) GREM
3 1 (2.94%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.88%) NIST
2 1 (2.94%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft