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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 821 911 1083
Rank change year-on-year +90 +172 -219
Permanent jobs citing CASB 83 82 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.084% 0.079% 0.093%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.83% 0.54% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 60 38 95
10th Percentile £45,000 - £54,050
25th Percentile - £32,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £62,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.80% -21.88% +6.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,938 £90,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £99,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -32.86% +3.70% -6.57%

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 9,987 15,208 28,384
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.13% 14.65% 18.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,206 9,346 14,192
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

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 3 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 3 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 +80 73 £47,000 -29.06% 8
UK excluding London +43 58 £47,000 -32.86% 2
Work from Home +121 54 £47,000 -41.25%
London +101 21 £80,000 +28.00% 5
North of England +54 16 £47,000 -
North West +10 16 £47,000 -
South East +19 13 £47,000 -38.96%
South West -10 13 £45,000 -45.45% 2
Scotland - 10 £47,000 -
West Midlands +12 6 £65,000 +1.96%
Midlands +9 6 £65,000 +1.96%

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 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.41%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 50 (60.24%) Azure
2 39 (46.99%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (14.46%) AWS
4 10 (12.05%) SaaS
5 6 (7.23%) GCP
6 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (4.82%) Mimecast
7 2 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.41%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.41%) IaaS
7 2 (2.41%) OCI
7 2 (2.41%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.41%) Serverless
7 2 (2.41%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (39.76%) Internet
2 30 (36.14%) DKIM
3 26 (31.33%) DMARC
3 26 (31.33%) DNS
4 18 (21.69%) Firewall
5 15 (18.07%) SD-WAN
5 15 (18.07%) WAN
6 4 (4.82%) VPN
7 3 (3.61%) Network Security
8 1 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 18 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.84%) Retail
3 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (3.61%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (2.41%) Advertising
4 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.41%) Finance
4 2 (2.41%) Publishing
5 1 (1.20%) Banking
5 1 (1.20%) Law
5 1 (1.20%) Legal
5 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (48.19%) Analyst
2 38 (45.78%) Security Analyst
3 28 (33.73%) Senior
4 26 (31.33%) Information Analyst
4 26 (31.33%) Information Security Analyst
5 19 (22.89%) Security Engineer
6 16 (19.28%) Architect
6 16 (19.28%) Senior Architect
7 15 (18.07%) Cisco Architect
7 15 (18.07%) Cisco Solutions Architect
7 15 (18.07%) Senior Cisco Architect
7 15 (18.07%) Senior Cisco Solutions Architect
7 15 (18.07%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 15 (18.07%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (14.46%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 12 (14.46%) IT Analyst
8 12 (14.46%) IT Security Analyst
9 7 (8.43%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 7 (8.43%) Senior IT Security Analyst
9 7 (8.43%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 26 (31.33%) Cyberattack
2 16 (19.28%) Data Centre
3 11 (13.25%) Security Operations Centre
4 9 (10.84%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (9.64%) Security Posture
6 7 (8.43%) Management Information System
7 3 (3.61%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (3.61%) PKI
7 3 (3.61%) Virtual Team
8 1 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.43%) Windows
2 5 (6.02%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (67.47%) SIEM
2 49 (59.04%) Information Security
3 48 (57.83%) Cloud Security
4 41 (49.40%) Cybersecurity
5 28 (33.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 26 (31.33%) SOAR
6 26 (31.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
7 25 (30.12%) Vulnerability Management
8 23 (27.71%) Data Loss Prevention
9 19 (22.89%) Security Operations
10 16 (19.28%) Presales
11 15 (18.07%) Customer Engagement
11 15 (18.07%) Software Licensing
11 15 (18.07%) Time Management
12 13 (15.66%) Data Protection
12 13 (15.66%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 12 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
14 9 (10.84%) E-Commerce
14 9 (10.84%) Network Monitoring
15 7 (8.43%) Cryptography
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.82%) Bash
1 4 (4.82%) PowerShell
1 4 (4.82%) Python
2 2 (2.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (49.40%) Degree
2 23 (27.71%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (24.10%) CISSP
4 16 (19.28%) CCNA
4 16 (19.28%) CCNP
5 9 (10.84%) CompTIA CySA+
5 9 (10.84%) Master's Degree
6 8 (9.64%) CISM
7 7 (8.43%) CEH
8 6 (7.23%) CCSP
9 4 (4.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (3.61%) CCSK
10 3 (3.61%) CISA
10 3 (3.61%) GCIH
10 3 (3.61%) OSCP
11 2 (2.41%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
12 1 (1.20%) GIAC
12 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
12 1 (1.20%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (18.07%) PCI DSS
2 14 (16.87%) NIST
3 13 (15.66%) GDPR
4 6 (7.23%) HIPAA
4 6 (7.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (4.82%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (2.41%) COBIT
6 2 (2.41%) FISMA
6 2 (2.41%) GLBA
6 2 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (1.20%) SLA
7 1 (1.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (4.82%) Active Directory
1 4 (4.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (6.02%) CSIRT
1 5 (6.02%) QRadar
2 4 (4.82%) DatAdvantage
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 37 (44.58%) Microsoft
2 20 (24.10%) Cisco
3 15 (18.07%) Adobe
3 15 (18.07%) Apple
3 15 (18.07%) Meraki
4 5 (6.02%) Kenna
4 5 (6.02%) Rapid7
5 4 (4.82%) CheckPoint
5 4 (4.82%) Citrix
5 4 (4.82%) Darktrace
5 4 (4.82%) Varonis
6 3 (3.61%) Netskope
6 3 (3.61%) Splunk
6 3 (3.61%) Symantec
6 3 (3.61%) Zscaler
7 2 (2.41%) Oracle
7 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.20%) CA
8 1 (1.20%) IBM
8 1 (1.20%) Sun