Security Monitoring
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Security Monitoring skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 733 794 895
Rank change year-on-year +61 +101 -143
Permanent jobs citing Security Monitoring 151 181 361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.19% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 127 147 244
10th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,448 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,500 £92,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Security Monitoring is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Security Monitoring
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Monitoring over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Monitoring in the UK

Security Monitoring
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Monitoring within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +66 141 £55,000 -12.00% 47
London +112 83 £55,000 -18.52% 22
Work from Home +87 64 £52,500 -16.00% 31
UK excluding London -38 64 £52,500 +8.25% 34
South East +10 37 £52,500 +40.00% 7
North of England +28 9 £40,000 -33.33% 10
North West -4 7 £37,500 -37.50% 2
South West -26 6 £55,000 -15.38% 6
West Midlands +9 5 £26,500 -51.82% 1
Midlands -15 5 £26,500 -51.82% 2
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Yorkshire +77 2 £58,750 - 7
Scotland -67 2 £69,674 +63.94% 7
Northern Ireland +26 1 - - 1
Isle of Man - 1 - - 1

Security Monitoring
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 10 (6.62%) IIS
1 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (6.62%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (7.28%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (20.53%) Azure
2 26 (17.22%) AWS
3 23 (15.23%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.65%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.66%) Azure App Service
6 1 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.66%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 38 (25.17%) Firewall
2 37 (24.50%) Network Security
3 18 (11.92%) Intrusion Detection
4 12 (7.95%) VPN
5 11 (7.28%) LAN
6 7 (4.64%) WAN
7 6 (3.97%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.31%) Internet
9 2 (1.32%) Skype
9 2 (1.32%) SSL
9 2 (1.32%) Unified Communications
9 2 (1.32%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.31%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 5 (3.31%) Git
2 4 (2.65%) Bitbucket
2 4 (2.65%) Subversion
3 2 (1.32%) JIRA
4 1 (0.66%) NUnit
4 1 (0.66%) Visual Studio
General
1 56 (37.09%) Analytical Skills
2 52 (34.44%) Social Skills
3 40 (26.49%) Finance
4 12 (7.95%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.28%) Legal
6 7 (4.64%) Law
6 7 (4.64%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.97%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.97%) Retail
8 5 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.65%) Banking
10 3 (1.99%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.32%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.66%) Aviation
12 1 (0.66%) Games
12 1 (0.66%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 76 (50.33%) Analyst
2 50 (33.11%) Security Analyst
3 30 (19.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 17 (11.26%) Security Engineer
4 17 (11.26%) Senior
5 16 (10.60%) SOC Analyst
6 14 (9.27%) Information Analyst
6 14 (9.27%) Information Security Analyst
7 13 (8.61%) Consultant
7 13 (8.61%) IT Analyst
8 11 (7.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 9 (5.96%) Architect
9 9 (5.96%) IT Security Analyst
9 9 (5.96%) Security Architect
9 9 (5.96%) Security Consultant
9 9 (5.96%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (5.30%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 8 (5.30%) SIEM Analyst
11 6 (3.97%) IT Engineer
11 6 (3.97%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.64%) web3js
2 4 (2.65%) Web Services
3 1 (0.66%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 39 (25.83%) Management Information System
2 21 (13.91%) Cyber Threat
3 12 (7.95%) Analytical Mindset
3 12 (7.95%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.62%) PKI
4 10 (6.62%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (5.30%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 7 (4.64%) Blockchain
6 7 (4.64%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 7 (4.64%) IoT
6 7 (4.64%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (4.64%) Web3
7 6 (3.97%) Client/Server
8 5 (3.31%) Cyberattack
8 5 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.65%) PMI
10 3 (1.99%) Insider Threat
10 3 (1.99%) Operational Technology
11 2 (1.32%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.53%) Windows
2 17 (11.26%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.30%) Linux
4 5 (3.31%) Unix
4 5 (3.31%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.65%) Kali Linux
5 4 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.32%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.66%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (72.85%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (43.05%) Incident Response
3 64 (42.38%) SIEM
4 61 (40.40%) Information Security
5 49 (32.45%) Security Operations
6 37 (24.50%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (23.18%) Incident Management
8 33 (21.85%) Cloud Security
9 26 (17.22%) Risk Management
10 25 (16.56%) Security Architecture
11 24 (15.89%) Penetration Testing
12 22 (14.57%) Computer Science
12 22 (14.57%) Identity Access Management
12 22 (14.57%) Security Management
12 22 (14.57%) Threat Detection
12 22 (14.57%) Vulnerability Management
13 21 (13.91%) Threat Intelligence
14 20 (13.25%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 19 (12.58%) Application Security
16 18 (11.92%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.95%) Python
2 11 (7.28%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.97%) SQL
4 3 (1.99%) Bash
4 3 (1.99%) C++
5 1 (0.66%) C#
Qualifications
1 58 (38.41%) CISSP
2 31 (20.53%) Degree
3 18 (11.92%) CISM
4 17 (11.26%) Cisco Certification
4 17 (11.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 17 (11.26%) Security Cleared
5 14 (9.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 14 (9.27%) CCSP
5 14 (9.27%) CEH
6 10 (6.62%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 10 (6.62%) CompTIA CySA+
6 10 (6.62%) Network+ Certification
7 9 (5.96%) GIAC
8 7 (4.64%) CESG Certified Professional
8 7 (4.64%) CISMP
8 7 (4.64%) CREST Certified
9 6 (3.97%) DV Cleared
10 5 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.31%) CRISC
11 4 (2.65%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (35.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 41 (27.15%) NIST
3 10 (6.62%) PCI DSS
4 9 (5.96%) GRC
5 8 (5.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (4.64%) SOC 2
7 5 (3.31%) GDPR
7 5 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 4 (2.65%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.99%) SLA
10 2 (1.32%) COBIT
10 2 (1.32%) NCSC
11 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.66%) ISA99
11 1 (0.66%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 19 (12.58%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.30%) Hyper-V
3 7 (4.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.97%) Forefront TMG
4 6 (3.97%) VMware Workstation
5 4 (2.65%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.32%) vSphere
7 1 (0.66%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (9.27%) QRadar
2 6 (3.97%) SCOM
2 6 (3.97%) WSUS
3 4 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (2.65%) Suricata
4 2 (1.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.66%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.66%) Nessus
5 1 (0.66%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 47 (31.13%) Microsoft
2 22 (14.57%) Splunk
3 13 (8.61%) IBM
4 11 (7.28%) VMware
5 10 (6.62%) Cisco
6 5 (3.31%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.31%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.65%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.65%) Juniper
8 3 (1.99%) Intel
8 3 (1.99%) Oracle
9 2 (1.32%) Citrix
10 1 (0.66%) Apple
10 1 (0.66%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.66%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.66%) Foundry
10 1 (0.66%) Google
10 1 (0.66%) iManage
10 1 (0.66%) LogRhythm
10 1 (0.66%) SonicWALL