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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 118 144
Rank change year-on-year +6 +26 -18
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 32 18 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.16% 0.93% 1.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 0.96% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 30 17 34
10th Percentile £29,000 £45,750 £47,375
25th Percentile £30,000 £49,250 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,738 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.48% -18.52% +28.57%
75th Percentile £64,108 £72,500 £76,875
90th Percentile £71,125 £77,500 £89,250
West Midlands median annual salary £45,475 £55,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -17.32% -18.52% +28.57%

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 2,264 1,867 3,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.03% 95.99% 97.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,831 1,372 2,262
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,275 £34,275
25th Percentile £40,988 £43,288 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,480 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% +4.76%
75th Percentile £69,957 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £82,500 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +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 10 May 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (46.88%) Azure
2 12 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (28.13%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (28.13%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (3.13%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) AWS CloudTrail
4 1 (3.13%) AWS Control Tower
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) Firewall
2 9 (28.13%) Network Security
3 1 (3.13%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) MongoDB
General
1 4 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.38%) Banking
2 3 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (9.38%) Police
2 3 (9.38%) Turkish Language
3 2 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Marketing
4 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (28.13%) Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Security Analyst
2 7 (21.88%) Security Manager
2 7 (21.88%) Server Support
2 7 (21.88%) Windows Server Support
3 6 (18.75%) 2nd Line Support
3 6 (18.75%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
3 6 (18.75%) 3rd Line Server Support
3 6 (18.75%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (15.63%) Junior
4 5 (15.63%) Junior Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) IT Manager
5 4 (12.50%) IT Security Manager
5 4 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Head of IT
6 3 (9.38%) Head of Service Management
6 3 (9.38%) IT Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (9.38%) Junior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.50%) EDI
2 1 (3.13%) OAuth
2 1 (3.13%) OpenID
2 1 (3.13%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (65.63%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (28.13%) Management Information System
3 4 (12.50%) Security Posture
4 3 (9.38%) CMDB
5 2 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 2 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (3.13%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (3.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (3.13%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
1 7 (21.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 11 (34.38%) Incident Response
3 11 (34.38%) SIEM
3 11 (34.38%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 9 (28.13%) Agile
4 9 (28.13%) ITIL
5 7 (21.88%) Proactive Monitoring
6 6 (18.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (18.75%) Service Delivery
6 6 (18.75%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (18.75%) Threat Management
7 5 (15.63%) Incident Management
7 5 (15.63%) Risk Management
8 4 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
8 4 (12.50%) Information Security
8 4 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (12.50%) Security Management
8 4 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (9.38%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 14 (43.75%) Security Cleared
2 12 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 3 (9.38%) Azure Certification
3 3 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 2 (6.25%) CISM
4 2 (6.25%) CISSP
4 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.13%) CCSP
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.13%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) Accessibility
1 3 (9.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.25%) NIST
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.13%) SOC 2
System Software
1 10 (31.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) CASB
Vendors
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.25%) Sun
3 1 (3.13%) Proofpoint
3 1 (3.13%) Qualys
3 1 (3.13%) Zscaler