Security Monitoring Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Security Monitoring skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 705 636 732
Rank change year-on-year -69 +96 -109
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 75 92 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.094% 0.17% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.17% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 57 68 102
10th Percentile £25,750 - £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,625
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +8.64% +6.58%
75th Percentile £57,500 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £84,000 £82,950
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Monitoring falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,702 52,760 72,012
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.77% 95.48% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,767 28,367 41,386
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +8.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Monitoring as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK excluding London

Security Monitoring
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 Monitoring within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -26 38 £52,500 +23.53% 11
North of England +13 16 £55,000 -21.43% 14
North West -16 14 £55,000 -21.43% 11
South West -43 6 £55,000 -15.38% 4
West Midlands -20 5 £26,500 -51.82% 7
Midlands -51 5 £26,500 -51.82% 10
Scotland -67 4 £43,424 +2.17% 10
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Yorkshire +61 2 £58,750 - 3
Isle of Man - 2 - -
Northern Ireland +16 1 - -
Security Monitoring
UK

Security Monitoring
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 8 (10.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (9.33%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.00%) IIS
4 2 (2.67%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.00%) Azure
2 19 (25.33%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (12.00%) AWS
4 7 (9.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (5.33%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.33%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.33%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (21.33%) Network Security
2 11 (14.67%) Firewall
3 5 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (5.33%) DNS
4 4 (5.33%) Internet
4 4 (5.33%) LAN
4 4 (5.33%) VPN
4 4 (5.33%) WAN
5 2 (2.67%) DHCP
5 2 (2.67%) Skype
5 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.67%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.33%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (1.33%) HTTP
6 1 (1.33%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.33%) SMTP
6 1 (1.33%) VoIP
6 1 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 24 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (26.67%) Social Skills
3 18 (24.00%) Finance
4 11 (14.67%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.00%) Retail
6 3 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 3 (4.00%) Legal
7 1 (1.33%) Games
7 1 (1.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (41.33%) Analyst
2 21 (28.00%) Security Analyst
3 12 (16.00%) Security Engineer
4 11 (14.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 10 (13.33%) Information Analyst
5 10 (13.33%) Information Security Analyst
6 8 (10.67%) IT Engineer
7 7 (9.33%) Architect
7 7 (9.33%) Consultant
7 7 (9.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 7 (9.33%) Security Architect
7 7 (9.33%) Security Consultant
8 6 (8.00%) Senior
9 5 (6.67%) IT Security Engineer
10 4 (5.33%) Azure Engineer
10 4 (5.33%) Help Desk Analyst
10 4 (5.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (5.33%) IT Analyst
11 3 (4.00%) Principal Engineer
11 3 (4.00%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (29.33%) Management Information System
2 9 (12.00%) Security Posture
3 8 (10.67%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (9.33%) Cyber Threat
5 6 (8.00%) Data Centre
5 6 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (8.00%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (5.33%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (5.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 4 (5.33%) PKI
7 3 (4.00%) Cyberattack
7 3 (4.00%) IoT
7 3 (4.00%) PMI
8 2 (2.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
8 2 (2.67%) Operational Technology
8 2 (2.67%) Smartcard
9 1 (1.33%) CCTV
9 1 (1.33%) SCADA
9 1 (1.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.33%) Windows
2 9 (12.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.33%) Windows 10
4 4 (5.33%) Kali Linux
5 3 (4.00%) Linux
6 2 (2.67%) Android
6 2 (2.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (52.00%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (37.33%) Information Security
3 25 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 23 (30.67%) Incident Management
4 23 (30.67%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (26.67%) SIEM
6 17 (22.67%) Cloud Security
7 14 (18.67%) Risk Management
7 14 (18.67%) Security Operations
8 13 (17.33%) Internal Audit
8 13 (17.33%) Vulnerability Management
9 12 (16.00%) Security Architecture
10 10 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
10 10 (13.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 9 (12.00%) Time Management
12 8 (10.67%) Computer Science
12 8 (10.67%) Security Testing
12 8 (10.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 7 (9.33%) Agile
13 7 (9.33%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.67%) PowerShell
2 6 (8.00%) Python
3 3 (4.00%) SQL
4 1 (1.33%) C++
4 1 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 23 (30.67%) CISSP
2 17 (22.67%) Degree
3 10 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.67%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (9.33%) CESG Certified Professional
5 7 (9.33%) CISMP
5 7 (9.33%) CREST Certified
6 6 (8.00%) CEH
7 4 (5.33%) AWS Certification
7 4 (5.33%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.00%) CISM
8 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (4.00%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.00%) GIAC
8 3 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (4.00%) PMI Certification
9 2 (2.67%) CCNA
9 2 (2.67%) CCNP
9 2 (2.67%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (37.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (20.00%) NIST
3 8 (10.67%) GRC
3 8 (10.67%) PCI DSS
4 7 (9.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 5 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 3 (4.00%) GDPR
7 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
7 1 (1.33%) NCSC
7 1 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (25.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 4 (5.33%) vSphere
5 3 (4.00%) Forefront TMG
5 3 (4.00%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (2.67%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (1.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (5.33%) Suricata
2 3 (4.00%) SCOM
2 3 (4.00%) WSUS
3 2 (2.67%) Nessus
3 2 (2.67%) NetCrunch
4 1 (1.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (1.33%) QRadar
4 1 (1.33%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (44.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.67%) Splunk
3 10 (13.33%) VMware
4 6 (8.00%) Cisco
5 5 (6.67%) Palo Alto
6 4 (5.33%) Juniper
7 2 (2.67%) Citrix
7 2 (2.67%) SolarWinds
8 1 (1.33%) Apple
8 1 (1.33%) CheckPoint
8 1 (1.33%) Darktrace
8 1 (1.33%) Dell
8 1 (1.33%) Foundry
8 1 (1.33%) Google
8 1 (1.33%) Meraki
8 1 (1.33%) SonicWALL