Security Operations Jobs in Bristol

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 105 153
Rank change year-on-year +11 +48 +3
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 9 58 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.72% 1.87% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 2.12% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9 34 17
10th Percentile £46,000 £51,250 £34,876
25th Percentile £46,250 £55,000 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £97,500 £57,384
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +69.91% -8.49%
75th Percentile £75,000 £107,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £82,500 - £97,290
South West median annual salary £53,029 £61,250 £55,452
% change year-on-year -13.42% +10.46% +8.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,184 2,738 2,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 95.02% 88.12% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 777 2,058 1,498
10th Percentile £30,900 £33,750 £34,723
25th Percentile £47,231 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,443 £58,000 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -2.01% +11.45%
75th Percentile £72,000 £72,500 £73,827
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.14% -2.86% +5.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Bristol over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (55.56%) AWS
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
2 2 (22.22%) IaaS
2 2 (22.22%) PaaS
2 2 (22.22%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) IT Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) IT Security Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) AWS Architect
2 2 (22.22%) AWS Security Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Security Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Continuity Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) SIEM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (22.22%) Data Protection Act
1 2 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
1 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (66.67%) SIEM
2 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (44.44%) Information Security
3 4 (44.44%) OWASP
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
3 4 (44.44%) Security Architecture
4 3 (33.33%) Application Security
4 3 (33.33%) Business Continuity
4 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 3 (33.33%) Patch Management
5 2 (22.22%) API Integration
5 2 (22.22%) Design Patterns
5 2 (22.22%) Email Filtering
5 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
5 2 (22.22%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CEH
1 2 (22.22%) CISM
1 2 (22.22%) CISSP
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) GIAC
1 2 (22.22%) ISSAP
1 2 (22.22%) SANS
2 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (55.56%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) COBIT
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
2 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 2 (22.22%) PCI DSS
2 2 (22.22%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk