Security Operations Jobs in Leeds

Security Operations (SecOps)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 157 158
Rank change year-on-year +42 +1 -26
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 20 26 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.88% 0.86% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.88% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16 22 16
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £54,250 £58,785
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% -7.71% +6.88%
75th Percentile £61,819 £71,563 £72,223
90th Percentile £72,427 £82,813 £103,125
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,750 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -7.08% +5.26% +1.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,974 2,959 3,673
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 86.92% 97.50% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,403 1,706 2,547
10th Percentile £31,250 £34,404 £32,999
25th Percentile £41,052 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Leeds

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Leeds

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Leeds over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Leeds

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (10.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 5 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (10.00%) AWS
5 1 (5.00%) IaaS
5 1 (5.00%) PaaS
5 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Firewall
2 2 (10.00%) DMZ
2 2 (10.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) HTTP
2 2 (10.00%) Internet
2 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) SMTP
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (10.00%) tcpdump
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
2 2 (10.00%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Retail
2 1 (5.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Consultant
1 8 (40.00%) Information Security Consultant
1 8 (40.00%) Security Consultant
2 6 (30.00%) Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (20.00%) Security Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Developer
4 2 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Information
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Information Security
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Security
5 1 (5.00%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Manager
5 1 (5.00%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (10.00%) CSS
1 2 (10.00%) HTML
1 2 (10.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (10.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Data Protection Act
1 7 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (15.00%) Cyberattack
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (10.00%) CMDB
3 2 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
2 13 (65.00%) Incident Response
2 13 (65.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 12 (60.00%) Information Security
4 10 (50.00%) SIEM
4 10 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 9 (45.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 9 (45.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 8 (40.00%) Security Auditing
7 7 (35.00%) Business Continuity
7 7 (35.00%) Data Protection
7 7 (35.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (35.00%) Security Testing
8 5 (25.00%) Risk Register
9 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 3 (15.00%) Incident Management
11 2 (10.00%) Network Architecture
11 2 (10.00%) Network Design
11 2 (10.00%) Operations Management
11 2 (10.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (10.00%) CASP
2 2 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (10.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (10.00%) Linux+ Certification
2 2 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) CISA
3 1 (5.00%) CISM
3 1 (5.00%) CISSP
3 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (55.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (45.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 7 (35.00%) GDPR
4 7 (35.00%) NIST
5 5 (25.00%) COBIT
5 5 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (5.00%) GRC
6 1 (5.00%) NCSC
6 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) Splunk