Security Operations Jobs in the East of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 190 215
Rank change year-on-year +24 +25 -101
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 20 34 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.62% 0.55% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.69% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 15 32 8
10th Percentile £32,750 £42,225 £41,188
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,000 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £57,662 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.52% +4.84% -8.33%
75th Percentile £63,500 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £65,150 £72,375 £72,875
England median annual salary £63,500 £61,439 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.35% -1.70% -10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,065 4,941 4,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 94.28% 79.72% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,361 3,711 2,119
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,809 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,206 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the East of England.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the East of England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the East of England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Hertfordshire +14 12 £62,000 +7.83% 72
Bedfordshire -5 4 £47,500 -30.91% 36
Cambridgeshire - 4 £32,500 - 41
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (10.00%) AWS
3 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 16 (80.00%) Firewall
2 14 (70.00%) TCP/IP
3 12 (60.00%) Network Security
4 11 (55.00%) VPN
5 10 (50.00%) FTP
5 10 (50.00%) HTTP
5 10 (50.00%) LAN
5 10 (50.00%) SMTP
5 10 (50.00%) WAN
6 9 (45.00%) Internet
7 4 (20.00%) DHCP
7 4 (20.00%) DNS
7 4 (20.00%) NGFW
8 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (35.00%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Analyst
2 8 (40.00%) Lead
3 6 (30.00%) Security Analyst
3 6 (30.00%) SOC Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Engineering Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Junior
5 1 (5.00%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Security Manager
5 1 (5.00%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (45.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 18 (90.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (50.00%) Client/Server
3 4 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 3 (15.00%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (15.00%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (10.00%) MISP
6 1 (5.00%) PMI
6 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) SIEM
2 14 (70.00%) Malware Analysis
3 12 (60.00%) Incident Response
4 10 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 9 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (45.00%) Reverse Engineering
6 8 (40.00%) People Management
6 8 (40.00%) Use Case
7 7 (35.00%) Blue Team
7 7 (35.00%) Line Management
8 5 (25.00%) Incident Management
8 5 (25.00%) Regulatory Compliance
9 4 (20.00%) Computer Forensics
9 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (20.00%) Identity Management
9 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
10 3 (15.00%) Coaching
10 3 (15.00%) Threat Analysis
11 2 (10.00%) SOAR
11 2 (10.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Bash
1 7 (35.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (35.00%) Python
2 6 (30.00%) C++
2 6 (30.00%) Perl
3 1 (5.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) DV Cleared
3 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) GCIA
5 1 (5.00%) CISSP
5 1 (5.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (5.00%) CREST Certified
5 1 (5.00%) GCIH
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (50.00%) QRadar
2 1 (5.00%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 16 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (60.00%) Splunk
3 1 (5.00%) Google
3 1 (5.00%) LogRhythm
3 1 (5.00%) Palo Alto