Security Operations Jobs in the North West

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 213 209
Rank change year-on-year -21 -4 +18
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 64 83 137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.62% 1.09% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.15% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 39 58 72
10th Percentile £34,500 £43,250 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,813 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £82,500 £76,563
90th Percentile £66,550 £100,000 £79,500
England median annual salary £60,720 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.85% -10.71% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,394 7,237 9,132
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.13% 95.44% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6,316 3,833 5,295
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,070 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,974
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the North West

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the North West

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the North West over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the North West

Security Operations
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the North West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Manchester -1 31 £57,500 -6.12% 9
Merseyside +29 24 £35,000 -24.73% 4
Lancashire - 5 £60,000 - 1
Cumbria -17 2 - -
Cheshire -23 2 £72,500 -20.55% 2
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.25%) SAS
2 3 (4.69%) Confluence
3 1 (1.56%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 15 (23.44%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) Entra ID
3 8 (12.50%) AWS
4 7 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.81%) SaaS
6 3 (4.69%) GCP
6 3 (4.69%) GitHub
6 3 (4.69%) IaaS
6 3 (4.69%) PaaS
7 1 (1.56%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.31%) Firewall
2 5 (7.81%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (4.69%) DNS
3 3 (4.69%) Internet
4 2 (3.13%) Network Security
4 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.56%) DKIM
5 1 (1.56%) DMARC
5 1 (1.56%) NGFW
5 1 (1.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.56%) tcpdump
5 1 (1.56%) WAN
5 1 (1.56%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Bitbucket
1 3 (4.69%) GitLab
1 3 (4.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) Burp Suite
General
1 18 (28.13%) Finance
2 16 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (20.31%) Legal
4 10 (15.63%) Banking
5 4 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Law
7 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.56%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (31.25%) Analyst
2 15 (23.44%) Security Engineer
3 13 (20.31%) Senior
3 13 (20.31%) Senior Analyst
4 10 (15.63%) Governance Analyst
5 9 (14.06%) Lead
6 6 (9.38%) IT Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) IT Security Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Operations Engineer
6 6 (9.38%) Security Analyst
7 5 (7.81%) Developer
7 5 (7.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.81%) ServiceNow Developer
8 3 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 3 (4.69%) Security Manager
9 2 (3.13%) Azure Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 2 (3.13%) Incident Response Lead
9 2 (3.13%) Platform Engineer
9 2 (3.13%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) AngularJS
2 4 (6.25%) CSS
2 4 (6.25%) HTML
2 4 (6.25%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 4 (6.25%) Web Services
3 2 (3.13%) SAML
4 1 (1.56%) React
4 1 (1.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 10 (15.63%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (9.38%) Security Posture
4 4 (6.25%) CMDB
4 4 (6.25%) Cyber Threat
4 4 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.69%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (4.69%) Cyberattack
5 3 (4.69%) Distributed Systems
5 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 2 (3.13%) Operational Technology
7 1 (1.56%) CSOC
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (1.56%) Cyber Security Posture
7 1 (1.56%) Life Science
7 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.56%) SCADA
7 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Windows
1 3 (4.69%) Windows Server
2 2 (3.13%) Linux
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (1.56%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (51.56%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (42.19%) Information Security
3 21 (32.81%) Incident Response
4 20 (31.25%) SIEM
5 18 (28.13%) Roadmaps
6 17 (26.56%) Coaching
7 13 (20.31%) Agile
8 12 (18.75%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (17.19%) Incident Management
10 10 (15.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 10 (15.63%) Privileged Access Management
10 10 (15.63%) RBAC
10 10 (15.63%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (14.06%) ITIL
11 9 (14.06%) Risk Management
12 8 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (10.94%) Change Management
13 7 (10.94%) Problem Management
13 7 (10.94%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.31%) PowerShell
2 11 (17.19%) SQL
3 3 (4.69%) Go
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (12.50%) Degree
2 6 (9.38%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.69%) CISSP
4 2 (3.13%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.13%) GIAC
4 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.13%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (1.56%) APMP
5 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.56%) CEH
5 1 (1.56%) CISA
5 1 (1.56%) CISM
5 1 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.56%) GCIA
5 1 (1.56%) GCIH
5 1 (1.56%) GSEC
5 1 (1.56%) MBA
5 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.31%) Cyber Essentials
2 12 (18.75%) NIST
2 12 (18.75%) PCI DSS
3 11 (17.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (6.25%) GDPR
5 2 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (3.13%) GRC
6 1 (1.56%) HIPAA
6 1 (1.56%) NCSC
6 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (21.88%) Active Directory
2 10 (15.63%) RACF
3 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.13%) Docker
5 1 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.56%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.69%) Terraform
2 2 (3.13%) Ansible
3 1 (1.56%) CASB
3 1 (1.56%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.56%) Nessus
3 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (35.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.63%) CyberArk
3 5 (7.81%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.81%) VMware
4 3 (4.69%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.56%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.56%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.56%) Symantec