Security Operations Jobs in Berkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 129 177
Rank change year-on-year -4 +48 -15
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 30 60 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.98% 1.88% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.97% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 19 25 10
10th Percentile - £35,425 £36,325
25th Percentile £51,250 £35,463 £52,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,975 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.33% -48.78% +45.45%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £84,375
90th Percentile £74,250 £90,000 £90,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Security Operations 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 advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,654 3,040 3,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.45% 95.39% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,839 1,658 1,977
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £42,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,200 £92,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 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
Reading -7 18 £66,250 -1.85% 19
Newbury +7 3 £57,500 +40.33%
Slough +29 2 £65,000 - 2
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (6.67%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 8 (26.67%) Azure
2 7 (23.33%) AWS
3 4 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.67%) SonarCloud
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub
5 1 (3.33%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (3.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (43.33%) Network Security
2 10 (33.33%) Firewall
3 4 (13.33%) Internet
3 4 (13.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (13.33%) VPN
4 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.33%) LAN
5 1 (3.33%) WAN
General
1 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (23.33%) Retail
2 7 (23.33%) Telecoms
3 6 (20.00%) Finance
4 5 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (13.33%) Law
6 1 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 12 (40.00%) Security Manager
2 6 (20.00%) Security Assurance Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Architect
3 5 (16.67%) Operational Security Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Operations Manager
3 5 (16.67%) Security Operations Manager
4 4 (13.33%) Security Architect
5 3 (10.00%) Security Engineer
5 3 (10.00%) Senior
6 2 (6.67%) Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Developer
6 2 (6.67%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) Senior Security Engineer
6 2 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
6 2 (6.67%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (6.67%) Telecoms Manager
7 1 (3.33%) AWS Engineer
7 1 (3.33%) Splunk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.00%) Web Services
2 2 (6.67%) AngularJS
2 2 (6.67%) CSS
2 2 (6.67%) HTML
2 2 (6.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (13.33%) Data Centre
4 4 (13.33%) Security Posture
5 3 (10.00%) IoT
6 2 (6.67%) CMDB
6 2 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Kali Linux
2 3 (10.00%) Windows
2 3 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (43.33%) Application Security
2 13 (43.33%) Computer Science
2 13 (43.33%) SIEM
2 13 (43.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 12 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (33.33%) OWASP
4 10 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 8 (26.67%) DevSecOps
5 8 (26.67%) Incident Response
5 8 (26.67%) Information Security
5 8 (26.67%) Risk Management
6 6 (20.00%) Content Development
6 6 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 6 (20.00%) Purple Team
6 6 (20.00%) Red Team
6 6 (20.00%) Security Management
6 6 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (16.67%) Data Protection
7 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 5 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (50.00%) Degree
2 12 (40.00%) CISSP
3 6 (20.00%) CISM
3 6 (20.00%) GIAC
3 6 (20.00%) GPEN
4 4 (13.33%) AWS Certification
4 4 (13.33%) Azure Certification
4 4 (13.33%) DBS Check
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (6.67%) CCNA
6 2 (6.67%) CCNP
6 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (6.67%) GCIA
6 2 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (6.67%) SANS
7 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
7 1 (3.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (46.67%) NIST
2 10 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (26.67%) PCI DSS
4 7 (23.33%) GDPR
5 6 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (20.00%) GRC
5 6 (20.00%) NIST 800
6 4 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (3.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.33%) Docker
1 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 7 (23.33%) Nessus
2 4 (13.33%) Suricata
3 2 (6.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (3.33%) Ansible
4 1 (3.33%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (3.33%) Progress Chef
4 1 (3.33%) Puppet
4 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) Splunk
3 6 (20.00%) Qualys
4 5 (16.67%) Cisco
5 4 (13.33%) Juniper
5 4 (13.33%) Palo Alto
6 3 (10.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (6.67%) LogRhythm
7 2 (6.67%) McAfee
8 1 (3.33%) CheckPoint
8 1 (3.33%) Citrix
8 1 (3.33%) VMware