Security Operations Manager Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Security Operations Manager salary in Buckinghamshire is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	92	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent Security Operations Manager jobs	6	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire	0.28%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.31%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£92,500	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£95,000	-	-
75^th Percentile	£98,750	-	-
90^th Percentile	£99,500	-	-
South East median annual salary	£97,500	£77,000	-
% change year-on-year	+26.62%	-	-

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Buckinghamshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in Buckinghamshire matching a recognised job title	1,957	1,029	1,045
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	92.40%	87.35%	97.30%
Number of salaries quoted	1,406	502	449
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£30,500	£30,000
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£35,313	£38,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£45,000	£50,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-10.00%	-9.09%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£60,938	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£80,000	£75,000	£85,160
South East median annual salary	£55,000	£47,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+15.79%	-13.64%	-

Security Operations Manager Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Security Operations Manager Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for Security Operations Manager job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Security Operations Manager Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in Security Operations Manager jobs within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Marlow	-	3	£100,000	-	2
Milton Keynes	-	1	-	-
Security Operations Manager South East

Security Operations Manager Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, Security Operations Manager job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent Security Operations Manager job ads across the Buckinghamshire region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Incident Management	83.3%	5
1	Incident Response	83.3%	5
1	Security Operations	83.3%	5
4	Azure	66.7%	4
4	Cyber Threat Intelligence	66.7%	4
4	Cybersecurity	66.7%	4
4	Data Loss Prevention	66.7%	4
4	Firewall	66.7%	4
4	Network Security	66.7%	4
4	Security Monitoring	66.7%	4
4	SIEM	66.7%	4
4	Threat Intelligence	66.7%	4
4	Vulnerability Management	66.7%	4
14	Decision-Making	50.0%	3
14	Major Incident Management	50.0%	3
16	CISM	33.3%	2
16	CISSP	33.3%	2
16	Cloud Security	33.3%	2
16	Computer Science	33.3%	2
16	Cyber Resilience	33.3%	2
16	Degree	33.3%	2
16	Information Security	33.3%	2
16	Network Architecture	33.3%	2
16	NIST	33.3%	2
16	People Management	33.3%	2
16	Risk Management	33.3%	2
16	Security Testing	33.3%	2
16	Stakeholder Engagement	33.3%	2
16	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	2
16	Threat Management	33.3%	2

Security Operations Manager Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Operational Security Manager	100.0%	6
2	Vulnerability Manager	83.3%	5
3	Operations Manager	16.7%	1