Security Operations Manager Jobs in England

Security Operations Manager
UK > England

The median Security Operations Manager salary in England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 664 804 894
Rank change year-on-year +140 +90 +158
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 7 27 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.031% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.033% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 6 26 28
10th Percentile £57,670 £47,686 £54,935
25th Percentile £58,878 £51,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -1.75% +4.69%
75th Percentile £66,875 £79,063 £77,813
90th Percentile £70,750 £101,250 £90,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.70% -3.57% +2.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 43,417 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,595 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Security Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in England

Security Operations Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Manager in England.

Salary trend for Security Operations Manager in England

Security Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Manager in England

Security Operations Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
South West +114 2 £57,670 +15.52%
London +102 2 £65,000 -21.21% 8
South East +89 2 £69,500 +32.38% 4
Yorkshire +62 2 £65,000 -2.92% 1
North of England +49 2 £65,000 -10.34% 1
Security Operations Manager
UK

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Security Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
3 4 (57.14%) CISM
3 4 (57.14%) CISSP
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
3 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
4 3 (42.86%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
4 3 (42.86%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Network Security
5 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Azure
5 2 (28.57%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) CEH
5 2 (28.57%) Logistics
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
5 2 (28.57%) Military
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Service Management
5 2 (28.57%) ITIL
5 2 (28.57%) HNC
5 2 (28.57%) HND
5 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (28.57%) CSOC
2 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Information Security
3 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (57.14%) Incident Response
4 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
4 2 (28.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Data Management
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (28.57%) Service Management
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) CISM
1 4 (57.14%) CISSP
2 3 (42.86%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) CEH
3 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) HNC
3 2 (28.57%) HND
3 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) CISMP
4 1 (14.29%) GCIA
4 1 (14.29%) GCIH
4 1 (14.29%) GIAC
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft