Security Posture Jobs in the South West

Security Posture
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Posture in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Posture over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 250 275
Rank change year-on-year -22 +25 +3
Permanent jobs citing Security Posture 13 21 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.13% 0.31% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.45% 0.77% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 10
10th Percentile - £49,800 £48,125
25th Percentile £37,500 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £65,000 £64,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +0.78% +29.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £75,000 £68,063
90th Percentile £71,250 - £72,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £65,000 £73,500
% change year-on-year +11.54% -11.56% +16.67%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 advertised in the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,899 2,722 3,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 30.08% 40.24% 41.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,036 1,375 1,821
10th Percentile £27,972 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,939 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +3.33% +16.73%
75th Percentile £65,125 £70,000 £73,675
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Posture in the South West over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Posture in the South West

Security Posture
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Posture within the South West region over the 6 months to 26 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
Bristol +15 8 £45,000 - 2
Gloucestershire - 2 £45,000 - 2
Somerset - 2 £57,449 - 2
Wiltshire -13 1 - -
Security Posture
England

Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) AWS
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (7.69%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (7.69%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (7.69%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) Internet
2 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless
2 2 (15.38%) Wireless Security
3 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (7.69%) Network Security
3 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Burp Suite
1 2 (15.38%) Metasploit
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 6 (46.15%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Penetration Tester
1 7 (53.85%) Tester
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) DevSecOps Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Information Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Information Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Operations Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Security Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Operations Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Security Penetration Tester
3 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
3 1 (7.69%) Security Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OAuth
1 1 (7.69%) OpenID
1 1 (7.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Embedded Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Kali Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
2 2 (15.38%) Unix
2 2 (15.38%) Windows 10
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
2 8 (61.54%) Penetration Testing
3 5 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (30.77%) Computer Science
4 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 4 (30.77%) Risk Analysis
4 4 (30.77%) Software Testing
5 3 (23.08%) Red Team
5 3 (23.08%) SIEM
5 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (15.38%) Malware Analysis
6 2 (15.38%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (15.38%) Network Optimisation
6 2 (15.38%) OWASP
6 2 (15.38%) Reverse Engineering
6 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Bash
1 2 (15.38%) C#
1 2 (15.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (46.15%) Degree
2 4 (30.77%) CISSP
2 4 (30.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (15.38%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (15.38%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (15.38%) CREST Certified
3 2 (15.38%) MCSE
3 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (15.38%) OSCP
3 2 (15.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (7.69%) CCNP
4 1 (7.69%) CCSP
4 1 (7.69%) CISA
4 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.69%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (15.38%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) SOC 2
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (7.69%) GDPR
3 1 (7.69%) GRC
3 1 (7.69%) HIPAA
3 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Nmap
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Aruba
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Google
2 1 (7.69%) Tanium