Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring CASB skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited CASB 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 823 846 1125
Rank change year-on-year +23 +279 -206
Permanent jobs citing CASB 81 73 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.079% 0.080%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.82% 0.55% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 56 36 78
10th Percentile £45,000 - £46,850
25th Percentile £47,000 £32,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £44,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -37.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,484 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £58,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -12.96% -6.25%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

CASB falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,915 13,333 32,089
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.02% 14.42% 18.57%
Number of salaries quoted 6,975 8,608 14,120
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,375 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% -3.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £58,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% +2.63% +5.45%

CASB
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for CASB in the UK

CASB
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CASB.

Salary trend for CASB in the UK

CASB
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing CASB over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for CASB in the UK

CASB
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CASB within the UK 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
England +35 75 £62,500 +34.41% 14
UK excluding London -34 47 £47,000 -20.00% 4
Work from Home +57 46 £47,000 -39.35% 8
London +82 27 £80,000 +113.33% 10
South West -28 13 £45,000 -45.45% 1
North of England +9 12 £47,000 -
North West -25 12 £47,000 -
South East -18 11 £47,000 -32.86% 2
Scotland - 6 £47,000 -
West Midlands -14 5 - -
Midlands -41 5 - -

CASB
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.47%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 47 (58.02%) Azure
2 34 (41.98%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (14.81%) AWS
4 11 (13.58%) SaaS
5 6 (7.41%) GCP
5 6 (7.41%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (4.94%) Mimecast
7 3 (3.70%) WhatsApp
8 2 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.47%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.47%) IaaS
8 2 (2.47%) OCI
8 2 (2.47%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.47%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 26 (32.10%) Internet
2 23 (28.40%) DKIM
3 19 (23.46%) DMARC
3 19 (23.46%) DNS
4 17 (20.99%) SD-WAN
4 17 (20.99%) WAN
5 16 (19.75%) Firewall
6 9 (11.11%) Network Security
7 4 (4.94%) VPN
8 1 (1.23%) BGP
8 1 (1.23%) NGFW
8 1 (1.23%) OSPF
General
1 17 (20.99%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.11%) Retail
3 5 (6.17%) Finance
4 3 (3.70%) Advertising
4 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.47%) Publishing
6 1 (1.23%) Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (38.27%) Analyst
1 31 (38.27%) Security Analyst
1 31 (38.27%) Senior
2 23 (28.40%) Security Engineer
3 19 (23.46%) Information Analyst
3 19 (23.46%) Information Security Analyst
4 17 (20.99%) Architect
5 16 (19.75%) Senior Architect
6 15 (18.52%) Cisco Architect
6 15 (18.52%) Cisco Solutions Architect
6 15 (18.52%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 15 (18.52%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
6 15 (18.52%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 15 (18.52%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (14.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 12 (14.81%) IT Analyst
7 12 (14.81%) IT Security Analyst
8 7 (8.64%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 7 (8.64%) Senior IT Security Analyst
8 7 (8.64%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.46%) Cyberattack
2 16 (19.75%) Data Centre
3 10 (12.35%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (11.11%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.70%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.70%) PKI
5 3 (3.70%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.47%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.47%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (1.23%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.64%) Windows
2 3 (3.70%) Linux
3 2 (2.47%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (59.26%) SIEM
2 42 (51.85%) Cloud Security
3 40 (49.38%) Information Security
4 38 (46.91%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 22 (27.16%) Data Loss Prevention
7 19 (23.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 19 (23.46%) SOAR
7 19 (23.46%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 16 (19.75%) Presales
9 15 (18.52%) Customer Engagement
9 15 (18.52%) Security Operations
9 15 (18.52%) Software Licensing
9 15 (18.52%) Time Management
10 13 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (14.81%) Data Protection
12 10 (12.35%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 9 (11.11%) E-Commerce
13 9 (11.11%) Network Monitoring
14 8 (9.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.88%) Python
2 6 (7.41%) Bash
2 6 (7.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (50.62%) Degree
2 23 (28.40%) Cisco Certification
3 22 (27.16%) CISSP
4 16 (19.75%) CCNA
4 16 (19.75%) CCNP
5 9 (11.11%) CISM
5 9 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (11.11%) Master's Degree
6 7 (8.64%) CEH
7 6 (7.41%) CCSP
8 4 (4.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (4.94%) CISA
9 3 (3.70%) CCSK
9 3 (3.70%) GCIH
9 3 (3.70%) OSCP
10 2 (2.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (1.23%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.23%) CHFI
11 1 (1.23%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.75%) PCI DSS
2 13 (16.05%) GDPR
2 13 (16.05%) NIST
3 7 (8.64%) HIPAA
4 5 (6.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.70%) COBIT
5 3 (3.70%) FISMA
5 3 (3.70%) GLBA
5 3 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.23%) SLA
7 1 (1.23%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (8.64%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (9.88%) QRadar
2 4 (4.94%) DatAdvantage
3 3 (3.70%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.47%) Ansible
4 2 (2.47%) Kubernetes
4 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (45.68%) Microsoft
2 23 (28.40%) Cisco
3 15 (18.52%) Adobe
3 15 (18.52%) Apple
3 15 (18.52%) Meraki
4 8 (9.88%) Kenna
4 8 (9.88%) Rapid7
5 4 (4.94%) CheckPoint
5 4 (4.94%) Citrix
5 4 (4.94%) Darktrace
5 4 (4.94%) IBM
5 4 (4.94%) Varonis
5 4 (4.94%) Zscaler
6 3 (3.70%) Netskope
6 3 (3.70%) Splunk
6 3 (3.70%) Symantec
7 2 (2.47%) Oracle
7 2 (2.47%) Palo Alto
7 2 (2.47%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.23%) Tripwire