Security Operations (SecOps)
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 89 | 98 | 79 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -19 | +15 |
| Permanent jobs citing Security Operations | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.26% | 0.13% | 1.19% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.31% | 0.16% | 1.26% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £59,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £52,500 | £66,250 | £61,688 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £72,500 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.14% | -19.44% | +28.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £78,750 | £100,000 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £120,000 |
| North West median annual salary | £60,000 | £45,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -30.77% | +17.65% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire
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 Cheshire.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 654 | 1,230 | 871 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 84.61% | 79.51% | 94.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 241 | 929 | 462 |
| 10th Percentile | £20,280 | £25,000 | £25,420 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,504 | £32,500 | £36,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £47,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.05% | -5.00% | +5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,500 | £61,250 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £74,782 | £88,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Security Operations
Salary Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Cheshire.
Security Operations
Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellesmere Port | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | |
| Security Operations North West |
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Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:
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