Security Operations Manager Jobs

Security Operations Manager
UK

The median Security Operations Manager salary in the UK is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 864 954 1139
Rank change year-on-year +90 +185 -269
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 30 39 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.037% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.041% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 29 31 49
10th Percentile £51,000 £54,750 £45,150
25th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £66,123
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +5.86% +1.73%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,250 £83,750 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Security Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Manager in the UK

Security Operations Manager
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +110 26 £72,500 +3.57% 9
UK excluding London -7 18 £65,000 -7.14% 7
London +139 12 £82,500 +13.79% 3
South East +29 7 £52,500 -19.29% 4
Work from Home +69 5 £97,500 +50.00% 4
North of England +43 4 £69,729 +2.54%
Scotland - 4 £67,500 - 1
North West +6 3 £72,500 +3.57%
South West - 2 £49,923 - 1
Yorkshire +96 1 £66,959 +3.01%
East of England - 1 £65,000 -

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Security Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 27 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (53.33%) Incident Response
4 13 (43.33%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (43.33%) SIEM
5 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
6 8 (26.67%) Line Management
7 7 (23.33%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (23.33%) Finance
8 6 (20.00%) Law
8 6 (20.00%) Windows
8 6 (20.00%) Azure
8 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (20.00%) Operational Technology
8 6 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 6 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
9 5 (16.67%) Darktrace
9 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (16.67%) GRC
9 5 (16.67%) Red Team
9 5 (16.67%) SOAR
9 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
9 5 (16.67%) QRadar
9 5 (16.67%) Data Acquisition
9 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
9 5 (16.67%) Retail
9 5 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (16.67%) Strategic Management
9 5 (16.67%) SCADA

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (20.00%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.67%) AWS
4 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Network Security
2 1 (3.33%) Firewall
General
1 7 (23.33%) Finance
2 6 (20.00%) Law
3 5 (16.67%) Games
3 5 (16.67%) Retail
4 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Legal
5 1 (3.33%) Marketing
5 1 (3.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (43.33%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (23.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (20.00%) Operational Technology
4 5 (16.67%) Management Information System
4 5 (16.67%) SCADA
5 4 (13.33%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (6.67%) Cyberattack
6 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
7 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 6 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (73.33%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (53.33%) Incident Response
4 13 (43.33%) SIEM
5 8 (26.67%) Line Management
6 6 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 6 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (16.67%) Data Acquisition
7 5 (16.67%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (16.67%) Information Security
7 5 (16.67%) Kalman Filter
7 5 (16.67%) Red Team
7 5 (16.67%) Risk Management
7 5 (16.67%) Service Delivery
7 5 (16.67%) SOAR
7 5 (16.67%) Strategic Management
8 4 (13.33%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (13.33%) DBS Check
2 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) CASP
3 1 (3.33%) CISSP
3 1 (3.33%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) GCIA
3 1 (3.33%) GCIH
3 1 (3.33%) GIAC
3 1 (3.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (16.67%) GRC
1 5 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (6.67%) NIST
2 2 (6.67%) SOC 2
3 1 (3.33%) GDPR
3 1 (3.33%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) Darktrace
3 4 (13.33%) CrowdStrike
3 4 (13.33%) Qualys
4 2 (6.67%) Tanium
4 2 (6.67%) VMware
5 1 (3.33%) Splunk