The first table below looks at the demand for the Security Operations Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Security Operations Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Security Operations Analyst
Rank 820 895 -
Rank change year-on-year
+75 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 39 17 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.036% 0.014% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.015% -
Number of salaries quoted 36 10 0
Average salary £39,000 £37,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £35,000 -
% change year-on-year
+11.42% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101379 114752 114698
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 84338 98449 96828
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Security Operations Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Security Operations Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst within the UK.

Security Operations Analyst Salary Trend

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 within the UK.

Security Operations Analyst Salary Histogram

Security Operations Analyst
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +46 37 £39,000 +4.00%
South East - 16 £39,000 -
London +54 11 £45,000 -35.71%
Hampshire - 11 £39,000 -
East of England +20 8 £30,000 -25.00%
Bedfordshire - 7 £30,000 -
Berkshire - 6 £30,000 -
Southampton - 6 £39,500 -
Dunstable - 6 £30,000 -
Croydon - 4 £46,750 -
Slough - 4 £30,000 -
Winchester - 3 £39,000 -
Yorkshire -3 2 £41,000 -
South West -6 2 £39,000 -17.89%
Salisbury - 2 £39,000 -
Portsmouth - 2 £39,000 -
Newbury - 2 £39,000 -
Bromley - 2 £38,500 -
Basingstoke - 2 £39,000 -
Andover - 2 £39,000 -
Leeds - 2 £41,000 -
Wiltshire - 2 £39,000 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £41,000 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £45,000 -
South Wales - 1 £45,000 -
East Anglia - 1 £50,000 -
Surrey - 1 £35,000 -
Edinburgh - 1 - -
Camberley - 1 £35,000 -

Security Operations Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Security Operations Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Operations Analyst in their job title.

1 51 (65.38%) Firewall
2 40 (51.28%) SIEM
3 30 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 20 (25.64%) PCI DSS
4 20 (25.64%) Windows
5 19 (24.36%) VPN
5 19 (24.36%) Microsoft
5 19 (24.36%) Information Security
6 18 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
7 17 (21.79%) PCI QSA
7 17 (21.79%) Data Security
8 16 (20.51%) Penetration Testing
8 16 (20.51%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (19.23%) Nessus
9 15 (19.23%) Linux
9 15 (19.23%) MS Excel
10 14 (17.95%) ITIL
11 13 (16.67%) Identity Management
11 13 (16.67%) Finance
11 13 (16.67%) Network Design
11 13 (16.67%) SC Cleared
11 13 (16.67%) Qualys
11 13 (16.67%) Security Cleared
12 12 (15.38%) CISSP
13 11 (14.10%) GIAC
13 11 (14.10%) ArcSight
13 11 (14.10%) Network Security
14 10 (12.82%) Snort
14 10 (12.82%) CEH
14 10 (12.82%) Incident Management

Security Operations Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Security Operations Analyst in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Security Operations Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.846%) JSP
2 2 (2.564%) Middleware
3 1 (1.282%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.974%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (1.282%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 15 (19.23%) MS Excel
2 9 (11.54%) S-PLUS
3 8 (10.26%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 51 (65.38%) Firewall
2 19 (24.36%) VPN
3 18 (23.08%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (14.10%) Network Security
5 8 (10.26%) Internet
6 6 (7.692%) LAN
6 6 (7.692%) WAN
7 5 (6.410%) tcpdump
7 5 (6.410%) TCP/IP
7 5 (6.410%) Wireshark
8 4 (5.128%) DNS
8 4 (5.128%) X.509
8 4 (5.128%) HTTP
9 3 (3.846%) LDAP
9 3 (3.846%) SMTP
9 3 (3.846%) FTP
9 3 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (2.564%) SSL
10 2 (2.564%) Wireless
11 1 (1.282%) IPsec
General
1 13 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (3.846%) Retail
3 2 (2.564%) Banking
4 1 (1.282%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.282%) Law
4 1 (1.282%) Military
4 1 (1.282%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.282%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.54%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.974%) Cryptography
3 6 (7.692%) PKI
3 6 (7.692%) Smartcard
4 4 (5.128%) CESG
4 4 (5.128%) Client/Server
4 4 (5.128%) Firmware
5 2 (2.564%) AS400
6 1 (1.282%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 20 (25.64%) Windows
2 15 (19.23%) Linux
3 7 (8.974%) UNIX
4 5 (6.410%) Solaris
5 2 (2.564%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.282%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.282%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.282%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (51.28%) SIEM
2 19 (24.36%) Information Security
3 17 (21.79%) Data Security
4 16 (20.51%) Penetration Testing
4 16 (20.51%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (17.95%) ITIL
6 13 (16.67%) Network Design
6 13 (16.67%) Identity Management
7 10 (12.82%) Incident Management
8 9 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (10.26%) Ethical Hacking
10 7 (8.974%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 6 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (7.692%) Security Testing
12 5 (6.410%) Change Control
12 5 (6.410%) Use Case
13 4 (5.128%) Computer Forensics
13 4 (5.128%) Computer Security
13 4 (5.128%) Information Assurance
14 3 (3.846%) Database Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.410%) Perl
1 5 (6.410%) Python
1 5 (6.410%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.564%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (21.79%) PCI QSA
2 13 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 13 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 12 (15.38%) CISSP
4 11 (14.10%) GIAC
5 10 (12.82%) CEH
6 7 (8.974%) GCIH
7 6 (7.692%) Degree
7 6 (7.692%) DV Cleared
8 5 (6.410%) GCIA
9 3 (3.846%) CCSA
10 1 (1.282%) SAP Certification
10 1 (1.282%) GPEN
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (25.64%) PCI DSS
3 4 (5.128%) ISO 9001
4 3 (3.846%) JSP 440
5 1 (1.282%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (12.82%) Snort
2 2 (2.564%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (19.23%) Nessus
2 1 (1.282%) WSUS
2 1 (1.282%) SCCM
2 1 (1.282%) SCOM
2 1 (1.282%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.67%) Qualys
3 11 (14.10%) ArcSight
4 5 (6.410%) SAP
4 5 (6.410%) Cisco
5 4 (5.128%) CheckPoint
5 4 (5.128%) McAfee
6 3 (3.846%) Juniper
7 2 (2.564%) Symantec
7 2 (2.564%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.564%) VMware
8 1 (1.282%) Blue Coat
8 1 (1.282%) Sourcefire
8 1 (1.282%) Websense
8 1 (1.282%) NetApp
London
Permanent, Croydon/South East London £45,000 -£55,000 The successful candidate will come from a technical background and have experience in delaing with 3rd party suppliers of...
Experis IT
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Essential criteria - you MUST have the following experience: Excellent understanding of TCP/IP and commonly used Internet protocols Experience in the implementation of IDS and SIEM systems... Desirable:...
Experis IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Maintaining, managing and updating the analytics cluster and SIEM (Security Incident Event Management) toolset... Working knowledge of web technologies, HTML and JavaScript. Knowledge of supporting SIEM technologies such...
Alderbridge Network Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013