Security Operations Jobs in the City of London

Security Operations (SecOps)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 128 186
Rank change year-on-year +12 +58 +25
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 23 49 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 1.20% 1.47% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.60% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11 41 43
10th Percentile £55,000 - £47,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £64,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 - £100,000
Central London median annual salary £71,250 £67,500 £71,250
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -10.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,838 3,064 4,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 96.23% 91.65% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,383 2,397 3,613
10th Percentile £42,100 £41,315 £42,800
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.45%
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £98,750
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +3.45%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the City of London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the City of London.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the City of London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the City of London

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 10 (43.48%) 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 1 (4.35%) Firewall
2 1 (4.35%) LAN
2 1 (4.35%) VPN
2 1 (4.35%) WAN
General
1 6 (26.09%) Law
2 5 (21.74%) Finance
2 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
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%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Junior
6 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Security Assurance Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Analyst
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Manager
6 2 (8.70%) Senior Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Management Information System
2 6 (26.09%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (26.09%) 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%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (8.70%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (8.70%) Data Centre
5 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (60.87%) Incident Response
2 13 (56.52%) Information Security
3 11 (47.83%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (39.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (39.13%) DevOps
4 9 (39.13%) Risk Management
4 9 (39.13%) SIEM
5 7 (30.43%) Vulnerability Management
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%) Cloud Security
7 4 (17.39%) Mentoring
7 4 (17.39%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (17.39%) Security Testing
7 4 (17.39%) SOAR
7 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (13.04%) Use Case
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 3 (13.04%) NIST
2 2 (8.70%) COBIT
2 2 (8.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.35%) GDPR
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
3 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) QRadar
3 1 (4.35%) CASB
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Checkmarx
3 1 (4.35%) Juniper