Security Operations Jobs in Central London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 131 197
Rank change year-on-year -5 +66 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 23 54 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.97% 1.43% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.00% 1.56% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 12 45 45
10th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £56,750
25th Percentile £60,625 £62,500 £64,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.90% -9.38%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £99,625 £103,900 £100,000
London median annual salary £76,250 £72,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year +5.17% +8.21% -10.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,303 3,466 4,767
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.68% 91.81% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,570 2,631 3,919
10th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Central London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
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 within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 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
City of London +17 22 £77,500 +6.90% 6
City of Westminster -8 2 - -
Camden - 1 £55,000 -
Security Operations
London

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Azure
2 5 (21.74%) AWS
3 4 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (17.39%) GCP
4 3 (13.04%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (13.04%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (8.70%) PaaS
6 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) DNS
2 2 (8.70%) Firewall
3 1 (4.35%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.35%) LAN
3 1 (4.35%) VPN
3 1 (4.35%) WAN
General
1 6 (26.09%) Law
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
3 3 (13.04%) Banking
3 3 (13.04%) Financial Institution
4 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) Senior
2 7 (30.43%) SOC Engineer
3 6 (26.09%) Analyst
4 4 (17.39%) Incident Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Cloud Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Platform Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Security Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Cloud Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Platform Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (13.04%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Junior
6 2 (8.70%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Security Engineer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Programme Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Management Information System
1 6 (26.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (21.74%) Security Posture
3 4 (17.39%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (13.04%) CSOC
4 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
4 3 (13.04%) Virtual Team
5 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
5 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (4.35%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Incident Response
1 14 (60.87%) Information Security
2 10 (43.48%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (43.48%) SIEM
3 9 (39.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (39.13%) DevOps
4 8 (34.78%) Risk Management
5 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (21.74%) Cloud Security
6 5 (21.74%) Data Loss Prevention
6 5 (21.74%) Data Protection
6 5 (21.74%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (21.74%) Threat Intelligence
7 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
7 4 (17.39%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (17.39%) SOAR
7 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (17.39%) Task Automation
8 3 (13.04%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (26.09%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Azure Certification
1 3 (13.04%) CRISC
1 3 (13.04%) GIAC
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.70%) CISM
2 2 (8.70%) CISSP
2 2 (8.70%) PMI Certification
2 2 (8.70%) PMP
3 1 (4.35%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) NIST
2 2 (8.70%) COBIT
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (8.70%) GDPR
2 2 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (8.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) QRadar
3 1 (4.35%) CASB
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Checkmarx
3 1 (4.35%) Juniper