Security Operations Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 91 99
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 +48
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 13 34 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.25% 1.74% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 2.01% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 9 33 10
10th Percentile £38,250 £29,000 £61,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £40,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -44.83% +107.14%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £74,000 £73,750 £97,500
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
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,001 1,693 1,211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 95.88% 86.78% 92.02%
Number of salaries quoted 357 1,014 692
10th Percentile £24,750 £28,575 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,625 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £45,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% -12.20% -2.38%
75th Percentile £66,250 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 15 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
Milton Keynes +32 8 £47,500 +18.75% 2
Newport Pagnell - 1 £47,500 -
Bletchley - 1 £47,500 -
Chesham - 1 - -
Marlow - 1 £110,000 - 2
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (38.46%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 2 (15.38%) Cloudflare
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
5 1 (7.69%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) Internet
1 2 (15.38%) SSL
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) VSAN
General
1 6 (46.15%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) IT Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Security Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) IT Security Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Operations
4 1 (7.69%) Head of Security
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Incident Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Information Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support
4 1 (7.69%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Security Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
2 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (46.15%) SIEM
4 5 (38.46%) Information Security
5 4 (30.77%) Incident Management
6 3 (23.08%) Analytics
6 3 (23.08%) Incident Response
7 2 (15.38%) Line Management
7 2 (15.38%) Open Source
7 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
8 1 (7.69%) GAP Analysis
8 1 (7.69%) Load Balancing
8 1 (7.69%) Migration
8 1 (7.69%) Problem Management
8 1 (7.69%) Risk Analysis
8 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
8 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
8 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
1 3 (23.08%) Python
2 2 (15.38%) C#
2 2 (15.38%) Go
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
3 1 (7.69%) CCNP
3 1 (7.69%) CCSE
3 1 (7.69%) CCSM
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) GRC
1 3 (23.08%) PCI DSS
2 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (7.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Graylog
2 1 (7.69%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Apple
3 1 (7.69%) AlienVault
3 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Fortinet
3 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
3 1 (7.69%) Tenable
3 1 (7.69%) VMware