Security Operations Jobs in Berkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 121 137
Rank change year-on-year +3 +16 +33
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 5 35 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.31% 1.14% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 1.33% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4 21 24
10th Percentile £57,875 - £33,895
25th Percentile £58,438 £51,250 £35,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £40,975
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +40.33% -48.78%
75th Percentile £67,188 £65,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £68,875 £73,750 £91,875
South East median annual salary £62,500 £53,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.28% -2.27% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,499 2,639 2,992
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 92.76% 86.13% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 541 1,805 1,631
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £38,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £93,750
South East median annual salary £56,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.00% -9.09% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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
Reading +32 3 £62,500 +4.17% 23
Windsor - 1 - - 3
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) CCTV
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Application Security
3 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (40.00%) Information Security
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) CCNP
2 2 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) GCIA
2 2 (40.00%) SANS
3 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (20.00%) CCSP
3 1 (20.00%) CISM
3 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft