Security Operations Manager Jobs in Central London

Security Operations Manager
London > Central London

The median Security Operations Manager salary in Central London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 184 -
Rank change year-on-year +28 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.089% 0.090% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.094% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £61,000 -
25th Percentile £69,000 £77,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £110,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.36% - -
75th Percentile £71,000 £115,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £70,000 £91,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year -23.50% -8.50% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,127 3,206 4,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 95.70% 96.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,581 2,307 3,639
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -5.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £94,625 £96,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £110,000 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Security Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in Central London

Security Operations Manager
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Manager in Central London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Manager in Central London

Security Operations Manager
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
City of London +31 2 £70,000 -36.36% 2
Security Operations Manager
London

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, Security Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Central London region featuring Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft