Security Operations Job Trends in Belfast

Security Operations (SecOps)
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 41 42
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +35
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 3 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.75% 0.39% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.43% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27,250 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £32,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.83%
75th Percentile £37,750 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
County Antrim median annual salary £32,500 - £32,500
% change year-on-year - - -45.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Belfast

Security Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Belfast.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 234 277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 79.25% 90.35% 90.52%
Number of salaries quoted 191 72 197
10th Percentile £26,250 £46,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,750 £51,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £69,308 £57,276
Median % change year-on-year -35.07% +21.01% +14.55%
75th Percentile £69,375 £92,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,500 £87,500
County Antrim median annual salary £46,000 £69,308 £55,000
% change year-on-year -33.63% +26.01% +10.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Belfast

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Belfast

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Metadata
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Product Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (66.67%) Market Research
2 2 (66.67%) Metadata Management
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Product Management
2 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) SDLC
2 2 (66.67%) Telematics
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (33.33%) GRC
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001