Security Operations Jobs in Kent

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Kent

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Kent 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 83 94
Rank change year-on-year -15 +11 -44
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 7 18 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.47% 1.55% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 1.62% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6 18 20
10th Percentile £38,750 £38,475 -
25th Percentile - £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £52,500 £57,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £64,750 £103,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -13.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,219 1,114 1,227
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.64% 95.87% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 894 548 700
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,750 £26,475
25th Percentile £30,500 £33,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +11.80%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £64,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +8.91%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Kent

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Kent

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Kent over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Kent

Security Operations
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Kent region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
Maidstone +17 2 £45,000 -18.18%
Dartford - 2 £100,000 -
West Malling - 1 £45,000 -
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) DHCP
1 2 (28.57%) DNS
1 2 (28.57%) SNMP
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Junior
3 1 (14.29%) Junior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Lead Developer
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Patch Management
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Security Patching
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Engineering
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Access Management
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Management
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Management
4 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CISA
1 1 (14.29%) CISM
1 1 (14.29%) CISSP
1 1 (14.29%) CRISC
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) GDPR
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds Orion
1 2 (28.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds
2 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow