Security Operations Job Trends in East Sussex

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 60 66
Rank change year-on-year +21 +6 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.29% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,000 £57,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% - -
75th Percentile £46,000 £62,500 -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -7.69% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 261 404 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 76.32% 78.91% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 191 277 404
10th Percentile £25,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -2.61% -3.40%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £48,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.39% +1.82% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Security Operations
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Job Locations in East Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 23 November 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
Bexhill-On-Sea - 1 £44,000 -
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft