Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 565 559 774
Rank change year-on-year -6 +215 -87
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 354 478 495
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.47% 0.32%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.01% 1.10% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 275 233 211
10th Percentile £37,750 £40,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £66,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -5.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £97,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,007 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

All Generic Skills
UK

Security Posture is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,043 43,311 74,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.36% 42.74% 47.65%
Number of salaries quoted 23,056 23,480 33,820
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,250 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,550 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Posture.

Salary trend for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the UK

Security Posture
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +58 324 £70,000 +5.26% 89
UK excluding London -70 174 £52,500 -8.70% 56
London +75 152 £80,000 +6.67% 35
Work from Home +4 115 £65,000 -8.77% 50
North of England +64 52 £60,000 - 14
South East -35 52 £45,000 -35.71% 16
North West +38 42 £60,000 +1.69% 7
Midlands -19 28 £52,500 - 9
West Midlands +1 21 £55,000 +4.76% 6
South West -24 15 £45,000 -40.00% 5
East of England +25 13 £48,750 +2.63% 6
Scotland -90 13 £70,000 - 6
East Midlands -13 7 £52,500 +20.00% 3
Yorkshire +74 6 £51,250 -22.93% 4
North East -2 4 £46,250 - 3
Wales -11 1 - - 1

Security Posture
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 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.28%) Confluence
2 1 (0.28%) IIS
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 121 (34.18%) Azure
2 56 (15.82%) AWS
3 52 (14.69%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (7.34%) SaaS
5 21 (5.93%) GCP
6 16 (4.52%) Entra ID
7 13 (3.67%) Nutanix
8 11 (3.11%) PaaS
9 10 (2.82%) Cloud Computing
10 9 (2.54%) IaaS
10 9 (2.54%) Mimecast
11 8 (2.26%) GitHub
12 7 (1.98%) Azure API Management
12 7 (1.98%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 4 (1.13%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.85%) Amazon S3
15 3 (0.85%) AWS CloudTrail
16 2 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 85 (24.01%) Firewall
2 42 (11.86%) Network Security
3 39 (11.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 32 (9.04%) DNS
5 23 (6.50%) DHCP
6 17 (4.80%) WAN
7 16 (4.52%) SD-WAN
8 15 (4.24%) VPN
9 14 (3.95%) LAN
10 13 (3.67%) SAN
11 11 (3.11%) TCP/IP
12 10 (2.82%) Wireless
13 6 (1.69%) Internet
14 5 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (1.13%) NetScaler
15 4 (1.13%) WLAN
16 2 (0.56%) VLAN
16 2 (0.56%) Wireless Security
17 1 (0.28%) Cisco IPT
17 1 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.85%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (1.98%) GitLab
1 7 (1.98%) Katalon Studio
2 3 (0.85%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.56%) JIRA
3 2 (0.56%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.28%) Jenkins
General
1 139 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.90%) Finance
3 73 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (14.41%) Legal
5 34 (9.60%) Law
6 25 (7.06%) Documentation Skills
7 24 (6.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (6.21%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.82%) Retail
10 8 (2.26%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.98%) Banking
12 6 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
13 5 (1.41%) Aerospace
14 3 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Public Sector
14 3 (0.85%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.56%) Advertising
15 2 (0.56%) Electronics
15 2 (0.56%) Games
16 1 (0.28%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 64 (18.08%) Security Manager
2 59 (16.67%) Architect
3 56 (15.82%) Security Architect
4 38 (10.73%) Senior
5 37 (10.45%) Analyst
6 30 (8.47%) Security Analyst
7 29 (8.19%) Lead
8 28 (7.91%) Information Manager
8 28 (7.91%) Information Security Manager
9 20 (5.65%) Penetration Tester
9 20 (5.65%) Tester
10 19 (5.37%) Security Engineer
11 17 (4.80%) IT Manager
12 16 (4.52%) Consultant
13 15 (4.24%) IT Security Manager
13 15 (4.24%) Security Consultant
14 14 (3.95%) Information Analyst
14 14 (3.95%) Information Security Analyst
15 13 (3.67%) Network Engineer
15 13 (3.67%) Storage Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.67%) ARM Templates
2 12 (3.39%) React
3 10 (2.82%) .NET
4 7 (1.98%) YAML
5 6 (1.69%) OAuth
6 4 (1.13%) OpenID
6 4 (1.13%) SAML
6 4 (1.13%) Web Services
7 2 (0.56%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.56%) EDI
7 2 (0.56%) Flask
7 2 (0.56%) JWT
8 1 (0.28%) ADO
8 1 (0.28%) Kafka
8 1 (0.28%) REST
8 1 (0.28%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 62 (17.51%) Management Information System
2 44 (12.43%) Cyber Threat
3 26 (7.34%) Cloud Security Posture
4 25 (7.06%) Cyber Security Posture
5 15 (4.24%) Cyberattack
6 12 (3.39%) Operational Technology
7 11 (3.11%) Cloud Native
7 11 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.82%) Product Ownership
8 10 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
9 8 (2.26%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.98%) Data Centre
10 7 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
11 6 (1.69%) PKI
11 6 (1.69%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
12 4 (1.13%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
12 4 (1.13%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 51 (14.41%) Windows
2 25 (7.06%) Windows Server
3 15 (4.24%) Android
4 14 (3.95%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.54%) Linux
6 8 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (1.69%) Kali Linux
8 5 (1.41%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.85%) Unix
10 2 (0.56%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.28%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (65.25%) Cybersecurity
2 174 (49.15%) Information Security
3 99 (27.97%) Incident Response
4 89 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
5 87 (24.58%) Risk Management
6 76 (21.47%) Security Architecture
7 70 (19.77%) Cloud Security
8 64 (18.08%) Security Management
9 63 (17.80%) SIEM
10 61 (17.23%) Security Operations
11 54 (15.25%) Computer Science
12 51 (14.41%) Roadmaps
13 50 (14.12%) Vulnerability Management
14 49 (13.84%) Disaster Recovery
15 45 (12.71%) Business Continuity
15 45 (12.71%) Penetration Testing
16 37 (10.45%) Agile
17 36 (10.17%) Identity Access Management
18 35 (9.89%) Project Management
19 33 (9.32%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 23 (6.50%) Python
2 20 (5.65%) PowerShell
3 14 (3.95%) C#
4 12 (3.39%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.54%) SQL
6 7 (1.98%) Go
6 7 (1.98%) Java
7 6 (1.69%) Bash
8 2 (0.56%) Lua
8 2 (0.56%) Ruby
8 2 (0.56%) Rust
8 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 139 (39.27%) CISSP
2 101 (28.53%) Degree
3 63 (17.80%) CISM
4 59 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
5 44 (12.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 38 (10.73%) CCSP
7 30 (8.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 30 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (8.19%) CISA
9 23 (6.50%) CRISC
10 20 (5.65%) CCSK
10 20 (5.65%) GIAC
10 20 (5.65%) OSCP
11 19 (5.37%) CEH
12 18 (5.08%) MCSE
13 17 (4.80%) GSEC
14 15 (4.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 14 (3.95%) AWS Certification
15 14 (3.95%) Master's Degree
15 14 (3.95%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (39.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 93 (26.27%) NIST
3 64 (18.08%) GDPR
4 42 (11.86%) GRC
5 33 (9.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 33 (9.32%) PCI DSS
6 18 (5.08%) SOC 2
7 17 (4.80%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 8 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 8 (2.26%) NIST 800
9 7 (1.98%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 6 (1.69%) COBIT
11 5 (1.41%) HIPAA
12 4 (1.13%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 2 (0.56%) FISMA
14 2 (0.56%) GLBA
14 2 (0.56%) NCSC
14 2 (0.56%) QA
15 1 (0.28%) PSD2
System Software
1 46 (12.99%) Active Directory
2 16 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (3.67%) Virtual Servers
4 5 (1.41%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.13%) Docker
6 3 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) Firmware
7 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (4.52%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (3.11%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (2.54%) Terraform
4 8 (2.26%) CASB
5 6 (1.69%) Nessus
6 4 (1.13%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.13%) Suricata
7 3 (0.85%) CSIRT
7 3 (0.85%) Nmap
7 3 (0.85%) WSUS
8 2 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.56%) DatAdvantage
8 2 (0.56%) QRadar
8 2 (0.56%) SCCM
8 2 (0.56%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.28%) Ansible
9 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.28%) Stealthwatch
9 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (27.12%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.04%) VMware
3 16 (4.52%) Veeam
4 15 (4.24%) Cisco
5 13 (3.67%) Commvault
5 13 (3.67%) CrowdStrike
5 13 (3.67%) HP
5 13 (3.67%) Nimble Storage
6 12 (3.39%) Meraki
7 10 (2.82%) Splunk
8 8 (2.26%) Google
8 8 (2.26%) Proofpoint
8 8 (2.26%) Rapid7
9 7 (1.98%) Darktrace
9 7 (1.98%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.69%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.69%) Symantec
11 5 (1.41%) CA
11 5 (1.41%) Citrix
11 5 (1.41%) Sophos