Security Operations Jobs in England

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 318 332
Rank change year-on-year -90 +14 +31
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 304 758 849
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.62% 0.85% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.01% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 215 556 603
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,500 £37,463
25th Percentile £50,625 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,720 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.93% -2.85% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £110,750 £100,000 £96,200
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,039 75,199 82,570
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.03% 84.05% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 22,875 54,702 49,146
10th Percentile £29,500 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
London -6 127 £76,250 +5.17% 166
Midlands +45 40 £55,000 +4.76% 297
South East -5 40 £62,500 +19.05% 450
West Midlands +40 38 £55,000 +20.95% 160
North of England -35 32 £60,000 +20.00% 347
East of England +35 23 £54,750 -5.05% 266
South West +34 23 £51,729 -17.23% 186
North West -38 17 £60,000 +20.00% 157
Yorkshire +30 13 £60,000 +14.29% 145
North East +34 2 £70,000 +55.56% 45
East Midlands +24 2 £57,000 -0.87% 117
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 8 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.30%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 101 (33.22%) Azure
2 49 (16.12%) AWS
3 47 (15.46%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (10.86%) Azure Sentinel
5 23 (7.57%) GCP
6 22 (7.24%) Entra ID
7 15 (4.93%) Microsoft Purview
8 11 (3.62%) SaaS
9 9 (2.96%) PaaS
10 8 (2.63%) Cloud Computing
11 6 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.97%) IaaS
12 5 (1.64%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.64%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.32%) Route 53
14 3 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
15 2 (0.66%) Amazon ECS
15 2 (0.66%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 2 (0.66%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 113 (37.17%) Firewall
2 47 (15.46%) Network Security
3 33 (10.86%) VPN
4 32 (10.53%) Intrusion Detection
5 30 (9.87%) TCP/IP
6 24 (7.89%) DNS
7 21 (6.91%) HTTP
7 21 (6.91%) SMTP
8 17 (5.59%) WAN
9 14 (4.61%) Internet
10 13 (4.28%) LAN
11 12 (3.95%) FTP
12 8 (2.63%) DHCP
13 5 (1.64%) NGFW
14 4 (1.32%) HTTPS
14 4 (1.32%) SD-WAN
14 4 (1.32%) VLAN
15 2 (0.66%) DKIM
15 2 (0.66%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.63%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.32%) Power BI
3 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 2 (0.66%) GitLab
2 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 89 (29.28%) Social Skills
2 52 (17.11%) Finance
3 49 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (11.84%) Law
5 29 (9.54%) Retail
6 24 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (5.59%) Legal
8 12 (3.95%) Telecoms
9 11 (3.62%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.97%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.64%) Banking
12 5 (1.64%) Financial Institution
12 5 (1.64%) Police
13 3 (0.99%) Military
13 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.99%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.66%) Games
14 2 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 106 (34.87%) Analyst
2 76 (25.00%) Security Analyst
3 41 (13.49%) Security Engineer
4 34 (11.18%) Senior
5 32 (10.53%) Lead
6 30 (9.87%) SOC Analyst
7 25 (8.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 23 (7.57%) Security Manager
9 16 (5.26%) Consultant
9 16 (5.26%) IT Analyst
10 14 (4.61%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (4.61%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (4.28%) Head of Security
11 13 (4.28%) IT Security Analyst
11 13 (4.28%) Operations Manager
12 12 (3.95%) Operations Analyst
12 12 (3.95%) Security Operations Analyst
13 11 (3.62%) Automation Engineer
13 11 (3.62%) Operational Security Manager
13 11 (3.62%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.62%) LDAP
2 2 (0.66%) HTML
2 2 (0.66%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.33%) .NET
3 1 (0.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.33%) CSS
3 1 (0.33%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 90 (29.61%) Security Operations Centre
2 65 (21.38%) Security Posture
3 55 (18.09%) Management Information System
4 46 (15.13%) Cyber Threat
5 20 (6.58%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (4.28%) Client/Server
7 12 (3.95%) PKI
8 11 (3.62%) Hedge funds
9 10 (3.29%) Cyberattack
9 10 (3.29%) Private Cloud
9 10 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (2.63%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.97%) Cyber Security Posture
12 5 (1.64%) CSOC
12 5 (1.64%) Data Centre
12 5 (1.64%) Onboarding
13 4 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
13 4 (1.32%) Operational Technology
13 4 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (16.12%) Windows
2 13 (4.28%) Linux
3 7 (2.30%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.99%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.66%) Unix
6 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) VMS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 172 (56.58%) Cybersecurity
2 154 (50.66%) Incident Response
3 148 (48.68%) SIEM
4 129 (42.43%) Information Security
5 81 (26.64%) Vulnerability Management
6 62 (20.39%) Risk Management
7 60 (19.74%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (16.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (16.78%) Incident Management
8 51 (16.78%) Threat Intelligence
9 50 (16.45%) Cloud Security
10 47 (15.46%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 44 (14.47%) Data Loss Prevention
11 44 (14.47%) Data Protection
12 43 (14.14%) Threat Detection
13 42 (13.82%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 35 (11.51%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 33 (10.86%) Identity Access Management
16 32 (10.53%) Security Monitoring
17 25 (8.22%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 59 (19.41%) PowerShell
2 57 (18.75%) Python
3 25 (8.22%) Bash
4 10 (3.29%) C#
5 9 (2.96%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (2.30%) Perl
7 6 (1.97%) C++
8 4 (1.32%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.99%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.66%) SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (22.37%) CISSP
2 63 (20.72%) Degree
3 51 (16.78%) Security Cleared
4 45 (14.80%) CompTIA Security+
5 44 (14.47%) CISM
6 33 (10.86%) SC Cleared
7 29 (9.54%) CEH
8 27 (8.88%) GCIH
9 20 (6.58%) GCIA
10 18 (5.92%) DV Cleared
10 18 (5.92%) OSCP
11 16 (5.26%) GIAC
12 15 (4.93%) CRISC
13 14 (4.61%) AWS Certification
14 13 (4.28%) SANS
15 12 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
16 9 (2.96%) Azure Certification
16 9 (2.96%) CISA
17 7 (2.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 7 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (23.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (20.72%) NIST
3 34 (11.18%) GDPR
4 21 (6.91%) COBIT
5 20 (6.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 19 (6.25%) PCI DSS
7 13 (4.28%) GRC
8 12 (3.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 5 (1.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.99%) Accessibility
10 3 (0.99%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.66%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.66%) NCSC
11 2 (0.66%) SLA
12 1 (0.33%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.33%) SOC 1
System Software
1 27 (8.88%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.97%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.32%) Docker
4 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.33%) Snort
5 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (8.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.58%) QRadar
3 11 (3.62%) Kubernetes
4 7 (2.30%) Terraform
5 3 (0.99%) Nessus
6 2 (0.66%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 2 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.33%) CASB
7 1 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.33%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.33%) Demisto
7 1 (0.33%) Graylog
7 1 (0.33%) Kibana
7 1 (0.33%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.33%) Puppet
7 1 (0.33%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 125 (41.12%) Microsoft
2 40 (13.16%) Splunk
3 15 (4.93%) Google
3 15 (4.93%) Tenable
4 12 (3.95%) VMware
5 11 (3.62%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (1.64%) Cisco
8 3 (0.99%) LogRhythm
8 3 (0.99%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.66%) AlienVault
9 2 (0.66%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.66%) Darktrace
9 2 (0.66%) IBM
9 2 (0.66%) Juniper
9 2 (0.66%) McAfee
9 2 (0.66%) Proofpoint
9 2 (0.66%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.33%) Qualys
10 1 (0.33%) Trend Micro