Security Operations Jobs in Birmingham

Security Operations (SecOps)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 122 145
Rank change year-on-year +5 +23 -17
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 29 21 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.07% 1.04% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.09% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28 20 32
10th Percentile £27,950 £46,125 £50,125
25th Percentile £30,000 £48,813 £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,225 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -50.78% - +28.57%
75th Percentile £64,108 £75,000 £75,625
90th Percentile £73,375 £78,125 £89,750
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -31.82% -15.38% +23.81%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,237 1,932 3,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.58% 95.79% 97.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,808 1,423 2,308
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,688 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.49%
75th Percentile £69,829 £71,250 £70,875
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,700 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Birmingham

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Birmingham

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Birmingham

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 16 (55.17%) Azure
2 13 (44.83%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (37.93%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (34.48%) Entra ID
5 1 (3.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (3.45%) AWS
5 1 (3.45%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (3.45%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Firewall
2 5 (17.24%) Network Security
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.34%) Banking
2 3 (10.34%) Police
2 3 (10.34%) Turkish Language
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (24.14%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 7 (24.14%) 3rd Line Server Support
2 7 (24.14%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (24.14%) Security Analyst
2 7 (24.14%) Server Support
2 7 (24.14%) Windows Server Support
3 5 (17.24%) Junior
3 5 (17.24%) Junior Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Head of IT
5 3 (10.34%) Head of Service Management
5 3 (10.34%) IT Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) IT Security Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Junior Security Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Security Manager
6 2 (6.90%) IT Security Officer
6 2 (6.90%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) EDI
2 1 (3.45%) OAuth
2 1 (3.45%) OpenID
2 1 (3.45%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (62.07%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (31.03%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.34%) CMDB
3 3 (10.34%) Security Posture
4 2 (6.90%) Data Centre
4 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (3.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
1 7 (24.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (82.76%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (41.38%) SIEM
3 8 (27.59%) Vulnerability Management
4 7 (24.14%) Incident Response
4 7 (24.14%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 5 (17.24%) Agile
5 5 (17.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (17.24%) ITIL
5 5 (17.24%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (13.79%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (13.79%) Incident Management
6 4 (13.79%) Information Security
6 4 (13.79%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (13.79%) Risk Management
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (10.34%) Cyber Intelligence
7 3 (10.34%) Runbook
7 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
7 3 (10.34%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 15 (51.72%) Security Cleared
2 13 (44.83%) SC Cleared
3 3 (10.34%) Azure Certification
3 3 (10.34%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (10.34%) Degree
4 2 (6.90%) CISM
4 2 (6.90%) CISSP
4 2 (6.90%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.45%) CCSP
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Accessibility
1 3 (10.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.90%) NIST
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
3 1 (3.45%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.45%) CASB
Vendors
1 14 (48.28%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Sun
3 1 (3.45%) Qualys