Security Operations Job Trends in the East of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 149 185
Rank change year-on-year +2 +36 -8
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 43 31 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.65% 0.89% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.00% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 27 20 27
10th Percentile £45,600 £34,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,000 £46,250 £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £62,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.87% +7.83% -4.17%
75th Percentile £83,125 £68,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,000 £75,000 £88,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

All Process & 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 4,694 3,112 5,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 71.50% 89.58% 77.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,267 1,635 3,690
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,125 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in the East of England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Security Operations

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 10 July 2026.

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 10 July 2026. 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 -8 32 £55,000 -11.29% 13
Cambridgeshire -23 10 £85,000 +161.54% 3
Bedfordshire -2 1 £82,500 +73.68% 1
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Azure
2 2 (4.65%) AWS
2 2 (4.65%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (2.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (32.56%) Firewall
2 13 (30.23%) TCP/IP
3 8 (18.60%) FTP
3 8 (18.60%) HTTP
3 8 (18.60%) LAN
3 8 (18.60%) SMTP
3 8 (18.60%) WAN
4 7 (16.28%) VPN
5 5 (11.63%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (4.65%) Network Security
7 1 (2.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 15 (34.88%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (27.91%) Aerospace
2 12 (27.91%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Retail
3 5 (11.63%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (41.86%) Analyst
2 11 (25.58%) SOC Analyst
3 7 (16.28%) Lead
3 7 (16.28%) Security Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) ICT Support
4 5 (11.63%) ICT Support Technician
4 5 (11.63%) ICT Technician
4 5 (11.63%) Information Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Information Security Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Security Technician
4 5 (11.63%) Support Technician
5 4 (9.30%) Splunk Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Incident Responder
7 2 (4.65%) Coordinator
7 2 (4.65%) IT Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) IT Security Analyst
8 1 (2.33%) AWS Engineer
8 1 (2.33%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 1 (2.33%) Head of IT
8 1 (2.33%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (18.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (58.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (25.58%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (16.28%) Client/Server
3 7 (16.28%) Security Posture
4 6 (13.95%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (13.95%) Onboarding
5 5 (11.63%) Life Science
5 5 (11.63%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (9.30%) Clustering
7 3 (6.98%) Management Information System
8 2 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
9 1 (2.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 7 (16.28%) Windows
2 6 (13.95%) Linux
3 1 (2.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (76.74%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (65.12%) SIEM
3 21 (48.84%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (37.21%) Incident Response
5 12 (27.91%) Information Security
5 12 (27.91%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 11 (25.58%) Use Case
7 9 (20.93%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 9 (20.93%) Threat Intelligence
8 8 (18.60%) Analytical Thinking
9 7 (16.28%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (16.28%) Proactive Monitoring
9 7 (16.28%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 6 (13.95%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 6 (13.95%) Vulnerability Management
11 5 (11.63%) CI/CD
11 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (11.63%) ISMS
11 5 (11.63%) Patch Management
11 5 (11.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.60%) Python
2 7 (16.28%) Bash
2 7 (16.28%) PowerShell
3 6 (13.95%) C++
3 6 (13.95%) Perl
4 4 (9.30%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (9.30%) Search Processing Language
5 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (58.14%) Security Cleared
2 14 (32.56%) DV Cleared
3 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
4 8 (18.60%) CEH
4 8 (18.60%) CompTIA Security+
5 6 (13.95%) CREST Certified
6 4 (9.30%) CISM
6 4 (9.30%) CISSP
7 3 (6.98%) Degree
8 2 (4.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (4.65%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.33%) CCSP
9 1 (2.33%) CISA
9 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.33%) GIAC
9 1 (2.33%) GREM
9 1 (2.33%) GSEC
9 1 (2.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
9 1 (2.33%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (18.60%) NIST
3 5 (11.63%) GDPR
4 4 (9.30%) Data Quality
5 2 (4.65%) GRC
5 2 (4.65%) PCI DSS
6 1 (2.33%) COBIT
6 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (2.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (16.28%) QRadar
2 5 (11.63%) Terraform
3 4 (9.30%) Ansible
4 3 (6.98%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (2.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (30.23%) Splunk
2 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.33%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (2.33%) ForgeRock
3 1 (2.33%) Google