Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for CASB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited CASB over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 811 871 1103
Rank change year-on-year +60 +232 -215
Permanent jobs citing CASB 84 81 136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.083% 0.082% 0.083%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.85% 0.56% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 61 39 81
10th Percentile £45,000 - £49,250
25th Percentile - £32,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.80% -10.71% -3.45%
75th Percentile £82,500 £83,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £75,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -37.33% +9.09% -4.51%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

CASB is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,854 14,460 30,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.76% 14.68% 18.40%
Number of salaries quoted 7,058 8,969 14,039
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,400 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,526 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.60% - +8.23%

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 23 May 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 23 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 +94 76 £50,000 -20.00% 12
UK excluding London +31 54 £47,000 -37.33% 1
Work from Home +88 51 £47,000 -41.25% 3
London +101 26 £80,000 +75.82% 10
North of England +39 14 £47,000 -
North West +1 14 £47,000 -
South East +19 13 £47,000 -38.96%
South West -3 13 £45,000 -45.45% 1
Scotland - 8 £47,000 -
West Midlands +4 6 £65,000 -18.75%
Midlands -13 6 £65,000 -18.75%

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 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.38%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 52 (61.90%) Azure
2 40 (47.62%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (14.29%) AWS
4 11 (13.10%) SaaS
5 6 (7.14%) GCP
5 6 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (4.76%) Mimecast
7 3 (3.57%) WhatsApp
8 2 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.38%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.38%) IaaS
8 2 (2.38%) OCI
8 2 (2.38%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.38%) Serverless
9 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (38.10%) Internet
2 29 (34.52%) DKIM
3 25 (29.76%) DMARC
3 25 (29.76%) DNS
4 16 (19.05%) SD-WAN
4 16 (19.05%) WAN
5 15 (17.86%) Firewall
6 6 (7.14%) Network Security
7 4 (4.76%) VPN
General
1 17 (20.24%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Retail
3 3 (3.57%) Advertising
3 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (3.57%) Finance
3 3 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (2.38%) Publishing
5 1 (1.19%) Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (44.05%) Analyst
1 37 (44.05%) Security Analyst
2 29 (34.52%) Senior
3 25 (29.76%) Information Analyst
3 25 (29.76%) Information Security Analyst
4 22 (26.19%) Security Engineer
5 16 (19.05%) Architect
5 16 (19.05%) Senior Architect
6 15 (17.86%) Cisco Architect
6 15 (17.86%) Cisco Solutions Architect
6 15 (17.86%) Senior Cisco Architect
6 15 (17.86%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
6 15 (17.86%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 15 (17.86%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 12 (14.29%) IT Analyst
7 12 (14.29%) IT Security Analyst
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 7 (8.33%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 25 (29.76%) Cyberattack
2 16 (19.05%) Data Centre
3 10 (11.90%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (10.71%) Data Protection Act
4 9 (10.71%) Security Posture
5 3 (3.57%) Cloud Security Posture
5 3 (3.57%) Management Information System
5 3 (3.57%) PKI
5 3 (3.57%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.14%) Windows
2 3 (3.57%) Linux
3 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (63.10%) SIEM
2 48 (57.14%) Cloud Security
3 46 (54.76%) Information Security
4 39 (46.43%) Cybersecurity
5 27 (32.14%) Vulnerability Management
6 25 (29.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 25 (29.76%) SOAR
6 25 (29.76%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 22 (26.19%) Data Loss Prevention
8 16 (19.05%) Presales
8 16 (19.05%) Security Operations
9 15 (17.86%) Customer Engagement
9 15 (17.86%) Software Licensing
9 15 (17.86%) Time Management
10 13 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (14.29%) Data Protection
12 10 (11.90%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 9 (10.71%) E-Commerce
13 9 (10.71%) Network Monitoring
14 8 (9.52%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.33%) Python
2 6 (7.14%) Bash
3 5 (5.95%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (48.81%) Degree
2 23 (27.38%) Cisco Certification
3 21 (25.00%) CISSP
4 16 (19.05%) CCNA
4 16 (19.05%) CCNP
5 9 (10.71%) CISM
5 9 (10.71%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (10.71%) Master's Degree
6 7 (8.33%) CEH
7 6 (7.14%) CCSP
8 4 (4.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (4.76%) CISA
9 3 (3.57%) CCSK
9 3 (3.57%) GCIH
9 3 (3.57%) OSCP
10 2 (2.38%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 1 (1.19%) Azure Certification
11 1 (1.19%) CHFI
11 1 (1.19%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (19.05%) PCI DSS
2 13 (15.48%) GDPR
2 13 (15.48%) NIST
3 7 (8.33%) HIPAA
4 5 (5.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (3.57%) COBIT
5 3 (3.57%) FISMA
5 3 (3.57%) GLBA
5 3 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.19%) SLA
7 1 (1.19%) SOC 2
System Software
1 7 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (9.52%) QRadar
2 4 (4.76%) DatAdvantage
3 3 (3.57%) CSIRT
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.19%) Ansible
5 1 (1.19%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (44.05%) Microsoft
2 23 (27.38%) Cisco
3 15 (17.86%) Adobe
3 15 (17.86%) Apple
3 15 (17.86%) Meraki
4 8 (9.52%) Kenna
4 8 (9.52%) Rapid7
5 4 (4.76%) CheckPoint
5 4 (4.76%) Citrix
5 4 (4.76%) Darktrace
5 4 (4.76%) IBM
5 4 (4.76%) Varonis
6 3 (3.57%) Netskope
6 3 (3.57%) Splunk
6 3 (3.57%) Symantec
6 3 (3.57%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.38%) Oracle
7 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.19%) Qualys
8 1 (1.19%) Tripwire