Security Operations Jobs in England

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 340 362
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 707 933 1,354
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.83% 1.00% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.05% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 556 629 797
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,725 £50,402 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,439 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.48% -3.70% +3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,290 £95,500
UK median annual salary £60,500 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -6.92% -3.70% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +37 288 £70,000 - 70
South East -6 121 £52,500 -4.55% 42
South West +24 96 £58,750 +9.77% 15
North of England +9 93 £50,000 -23.08% 25
Midlands -4 62 £52,500 -4.55% 23
North West -18 54 £45,000 -30.77% 16
West Midlands +15 45 £37,500 -31.82% 18
East of England +27 38 £62,500 +13.64% 10
Yorkshire +74 32 £55,750 -7.08% 7
East Midlands -17 17 £57,500 +40.83% 5
North East +2 7 £45,000 -36.84% 2
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (1.98%) SAS
2 9 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.28%) Apache
4 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.28%) IIS
4 2 (0.28%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.14%) Confluence
5 1 (0.14%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.28%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.14%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 204 (28.85%) Azure
2 127 (17.96%) Microsoft 365
3 70 (9.90%) AWS
4 51 (7.21%) Azure Sentinel
5 30 (4.24%) SaaS
6 27 (3.82%) Entra ID
7 20 (2.83%) Cloud Computing
8 19 (2.69%) GCP
9 16 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (2.26%) PaaS
10 15 (2.12%) IaaS
10 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
11 9 (1.27%) Azure AKS
12 4 (0.57%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.57%) Power Platform
13 3 (0.42%) Datadog
14 2 (0.28%) Pendo
14 2 (0.28%) Stackdriver
14 2 (0.28%) WhatsApp
15 1 (0.14%) AWS Control Tower
Communications & Networking
1 167 (23.62%) Firewall
2 111 (15.70%) Network Security
3 59 (8.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 38 (5.37%) TCP/IP
5 25 (3.54%) Internet
6 23 (3.25%) VPN
6 23 (3.25%) Wireshark
7 22 (3.11%) LAN
7 22 (3.11%) WAN
8 16 (2.26%) DNS
9 10 (1.41%) DHCP
10 4 (0.57%) HTTP
10 4 (0.57%) SMTP
11 3 (0.42%) Broadband
11 3 (0.42%) DKIM
11 3 (0.42%) DMARC
11 3 (0.42%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.28%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.71%) BigQuery
1 5 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (0.71%) Hadoop
1 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
2 4 (0.57%) Big Data
3 3 (0.42%) Power BI
4 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (0.71%) Git
2 3 (0.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.14%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.14%) JIRA
3 1 (0.14%) SonarQube
General
1 179 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 140 (19.80%) Finance
3 95 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (7.07%) Law
5 38 (5.37%) Retail
6 36 (5.09%) Legal
7 34 (4.81%) Military
8 33 (4.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 29 (4.10%) Banking
10 16 (2.26%) Aerospace
10 16 (2.26%) Games
11 12 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.70%) Public Sector
12 8 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
12 8 (1.13%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.99%) Marketing
14 6 (0.85%) Police
15 4 (0.57%) Aviation
16 3 (0.42%) Influencing Skills
16 3 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 228 (32.25%) Analyst
2 146 (20.65%) Security Analyst
3 95 (13.44%) Security Engineer
4 94 (13.30%) Senior
5 78 (11.03%) Consultant
6 74 (10.47%) Lead
7 72 (10.18%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 71 (10.04%) Security Manager
8 71 (10.04%) SOC Analyst
9 70 (9.90%) Security Consultant
10 53 (7.50%) Senior Analyst
11 45 (6.36%) IT Analyst
12 44 (6.22%) IT Security Analyst
13 40 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 27 (3.82%) Senior Security Analyst
15 26 (3.68%) Developer
15 26 (3.68%) ServiceNow Developer
16 25 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 25 (3.54%) Operations Analyst
16 25 (3.54%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.69%) Web Services
2 17 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
3 16 (2.26%) AngularJS
3 16 (2.26%) CSS
4 14 (1.98%) HTML
4 14 (1.98%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 10 (1.41%) Fluent Bit
6 5 (0.71%) OAuth
6 5 (0.71%) SAML
7 3 (0.42%) ADO
7 3 (0.42%) EDI
8 2 (0.28%) JDBC
8 2 (0.28%) Kafka
8 2 (0.28%) LDAP
8 2 (0.28%) Middleware
8 2 (0.28%) REST
8 2 (0.28%) SOAP
9 1 (0.14%) OpenID
9 1 (0.14%) pytest
9 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 223 (31.54%) Security Operations Centre
2 111 (15.70%) Management Information System
3 106 (14.99%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (8.06%) Cyberattack
5 55 (7.78%) Cyber Defence
6 48 (6.79%) Security Posture
7 37 (5.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 21 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.69%) Client/Server
9 19 (2.69%) CMDB
9 19 (2.69%) Operational Technology
10 16 (2.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 16 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (2.26%) Product Ownership
11 15 (2.12%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.12%) SCADA
12 14 (1.98%) Data Centre
13 12 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
14 10 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (1.27%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 121 (17.11%) Windows
2 51 (7.21%) Linux
3 37 (5.23%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.98%) Android
4 14 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.71%) Unix
6 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.42%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.28%) CentOS
8 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (67.04%) Cybersecurity
2 305 (43.14%) SIEM
3 245 (34.65%) Information Security
4 244 (34.51%) Incident Response
5 174 (24.61%) Vulnerability Management
6 108 (15.28%) Incident Management
7 98 (13.86%) Threat Intelligence
8 96 (13.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 93 (13.15%) Agile
10 90 (12.73%) Risk Management
11 88 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
12 86 (12.16%) Mentoring
13 85 (12.02%) Cloud Security
14 68 (9.62%) Identity Access Management
15 67 (9.48%) Computer Science
16 65 (9.19%) Security Architecture
17 64 (9.05%) Roadmaps
18 59 (8.35%) Continuous Improvement
19 58 (8.20%) Data Loss Prevention
20 56 (7.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 58 (8.20%) PowerShell
2 47 (6.65%) Python
3 18 (2.55%) Bash
4 12 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (1.13%) Java
5 8 (1.13%) SQL
6 4 (0.57%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.28%) Scala
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) C#
8 1 (0.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 152 (21.50%) CISSP
2 135 (19.09%) Security Cleared
3 113 (15.98%) Degree
4 60 (8.49%) CompTIA Security+
5 59 (8.35%) SC Cleared
6 56 (7.92%) DV Cleared
7 54 (7.64%) Cisco Certification
8 49 (6.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 48 (6.79%) CCSP
10 47 (6.65%) CISM
11 35 (4.95%) GIAC
12 34 (4.81%) CEH
12 34 (4.81%) CompTIA CySA+
13 28 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
14 25 (3.54%) Master's Degree
15 21 (2.97%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 21 (2.97%) CISA
16 20 (2.83%) Network+ Certification
16 20 (2.83%) SSCP
17 17 (2.40%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (24.33%) NIST
2 137 (19.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (9.90%) GDPR
4 60 (8.49%) PCI DSS
5 58 (8.20%) Cyber Essentials
6 36 (5.09%) GRC
7 30 (4.24%) NCSC
8 25 (3.54%) SOC 2
9 24 (3.39%) NIST 800
10 23 (3.25%) JSP 440
11 20 (2.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 15 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (0.99%) COBIT
13 7 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.85%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.85%) QA
15 5 (0.71%) Data Quality
15 5 (0.71%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.42%) RMADS
16 3 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (9.76%) Active Directory
2 17 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
2 17 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (2.12%) vSphere
4 10 (1.41%) Docker
5 5 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.71%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.57%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.14%) Snort
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 23 (3.25%) QRadar
3 20 (2.83%) CASB
3 20 (2.83%) Kubernetes
4 15 (2.12%) logstash
5 14 (1.98%) Nmap
6 13 (1.84%) Terraform
7 10 (1.41%) Ansible
7 10 (1.41%) Fluentd
7 10 (1.41%) Nessus
8 8 (1.13%) CSIRT
9 7 (0.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 4 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.42%) DatAdvantage
11 3 (0.42%) SCCM
11 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.42%) Suricata
11 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.28%) SolarWinds Orion
12 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 229 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 68 (9.62%) Splunk
3 45 (6.36%) Qualys
4 37 (5.23%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.25%) VMware
6 17 (2.40%) CrowdStrike
6 17 (2.40%) SolarWinds
6 17 (2.40%) Tanium
7 16 (2.26%) Rapid7
7 16 (2.26%) Tripwire
8 15 (2.12%) Cisco
9 14 (1.98%) Darktrace
9 14 (1.98%) Thycotic
10 12 (1.70%) IBM
11 8 (1.13%) Google
12 5 (0.71%) BT
12 5 (0.71%) Juniper
12 5 (0.71%) LogRhythm
12 5 (0.71%) Varonis
13 4 (0.57%) Veeam