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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 329 373
Rank change year-on-year -1 +44 -5
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 707 908 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.83% 1.00% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 1.05% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 554 628 809
10th Percentile £37,500 £38,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £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 £79,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,290 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,250 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.31% -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 72,894 86,501 127,461
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.58% 95.63% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 53,677 51,101 73,310
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 7 May 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 7 May 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 +35 284 £70,000 +3.70% 71
South East -19 123 £53,750 -2.27% 33
South West -4 96 £61,250 +10.46% 13
North of England +1 89 £50,000 -18.37% 25
Midlands -7 65 £52,500 -4.55% 19
North West -19 50 £45,000 -30.77% 14
West Midlands +12 47 £42,750 -22.27% 14
East of England +33 39 £60,000 +9.09% 12
Yorkshire +66 31 £55,000 -5.43% 9
East Midlands -18 18 £57,500 +52.32% 5
North East +2 8 £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 10 (1.41%) 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 13 (1.84%) 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
1 199 (28.15%) Azure
2 123 (17.40%) Microsoft 365
3 68 (9.62%) AWS
4 47 (6.65%) Azure Sentinel
5 29 (4.10%) SaaS
6 26 (3.68%) Entra ID
7 21 (2.97%) Cloud Computing
8 20 (2.83%) GCP
9 16 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
10 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Purview
10 15 (2.12%) PaaS
11 14 (1.98%) IaaS
12 10 (1.41%) Azure AKS
13 3 (0.42%) Datadog
13 3 (0.42%) Mimecast
13 3 (0.42%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.28%) AWS CloudTrail
14 2 (0.28%) SonarCloud
14 2 (0.28%) Stackdriver
14 2 (0.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 161 (22.77%) Firewall
2 115 (16.27%) Network Security
3 58 (8.20%) Intrusion Detection
4 39 (5.52%) TCP/IP
5 24 (3.39%) Internet
5 24 (3.39%) VPN
6 23 (3.25%) LAN
6 23 (3.25%) Wireshark
7 22 (3.11%) WAN
8 17 (2.40%) DNS
9 11 (1.56%) DHCP
10 4 (0.57%) HTTP
10 4 (0.57%) SMTP
11 3 (0.42%) Broadband
11 3 (0.42%) OSPF
11 3 (0.42%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.42%) Wireless
11 3 (0.42%) WLAN
12 2 (0.28%) SAN
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 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.28%) Power BI
4 1 (0.14%) Azure SQL Database
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
1 181 (25.60%) Social Skills
2 145 (20.51%) Finance
3 96 (13.58%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (7.21%) Law
5 39 (5.52%) Legal
6 38 (5.37%) Retail
7 34 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 34 (4.81%) Military
8 29 (4.10%) Banking
9 16 (2.26%) Aerospace
9 16 (2.26%) Games
10 13 (1.84%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.56%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.27%) Marketing
13 8 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.13%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.85%) Police
15 4 (0.57%) Aviation
15 4 (0.57%) Health Technology
15 4 (0.57%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 223 (31.54%) Analyst
2 140 (19.80%) Security Analyst
3 99 (14.00%) Senior
4 94 (13.30%) Security Engineer
5 79 (11.17%) Consultant
6 73 (10.33%) Lead
7 72 (10.18%) Security Manager
7 72 (10.18%) SOC Analyst
8 70 (9.90%) Security Consultant
9 69 (9.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 55 (7.78%) Senior Analyst
11 44 (6.22%) IT Analyst
12 43 (6.08%) IT Security Analyst
13 40 (5.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 28 (3.96%) Senior Security Analyst
14 28 (3.96%) Senior Security Engineer
15 27 (3.82%) Developer
15 27 (3.82%) ServiceNow Developer
16 25 (3.54%) Cybersecurity Manager
17 23 (3.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.83%) 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 6 (0.85%) OAuth
6 6 (0.85%) SAML
7 4 (0.57%) EDI
8 3 (0.42%) ADO
8 3 (0.42%) REST
8 3 (0.42%) SOAP
9 2 (0.28%) JDBC
9 2 (0.28%) Kafka
9 2 (0.28%) LDAP
9 2 (0.28%) Middleware
9 2 (0.28%) OpenID
10 1 (0.14%) .NET
10 1 (0.14%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 223 (31.54%) Security Operations Centre
2 108 (15.28%) Management Information System
3 102 (14.43%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (8.06%) Cyberattack
5 55 (7.78%) Cyber Defence
6 51 (7.21%) Security Posture
7 37 (5.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 21 (2.97%) Data Protection Act
9 20 (2.83%) CMDB
10 19 (2.69%) Client/Server
11 18 (2.55%) Operational Technology
12 17 (2.40%) Product Ownership
13 16 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
14 15 (2.12%) Data Centre
14 15 (2.12%) Onboarding
14 15 (2.12%) SCADA
15 14 (1.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 12 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
18 9 (1.27%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 119 (16.83%) Windows
2 48 (6.79%) Linux
3 36 (5.09%) Windows Server
4 14 (1.98%) Android
4 14 (1.98%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.71%) Unix
6 4 (0.57%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.28%) CentOS
7 2 (0.28%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (65.91%) Cybersecurity
2 302 (42.72%) SIEM
3 245 (34.65%) Incident Response
4 238 (33.66%) Information Security
5 175 (24.75%) Vulnerability Management
6 110 (15.56%) Incident Management
7 97 (13.72%) Agile
7 97 (13.72%) Threat Intelligence
8 95 (13.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 91 (12.87%) Risk Management
10 88 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
11 85 (12.02%) Cloud Security
11 85 (12.02%) Mentoring
12 68 (9.62%) Identity Access Management
12 68 (9.62%) Security Architecture
13 66 (9.34%) Roadmaps
14 63 (8.91%) Computer Science
15 61 (8.63%) Data Loss Prevention
16 60 (8.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 55 (7.78%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 60 (8.49%) PowerShell
2 49 (6.93%) Python
3 17 (2.40%) Bash
4 12 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (1.13%) Java
5 8 (1.13%) SQL
6 5 (0.71%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.28%) Scala
8 1 (0.14%) C
8 1 (0.14%) C#
8 1 (0.14%) Go
Qualifications
1 149 (21.07%) CISSP
2 131 (18.53%) Security Cleared
3 111 (15.70%) Degree
4 57 (8.06%) SC Cleared
5 56 (7.92%) CompTIA Security+
6 55 (7.78%) DV Cleared
7 51 (7.21%) Cisco Certification
8 46 (6.51%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 45 (6.36%) CCSP
10 44 (6.22%) CISM
11 35 (4.95%) GIAC
12 32 (4.53%) CEH
13 30 (4.24%) CompTIA CySA+
14 28 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
15 24 (3.39%) Master's Degree
16 20 (2.83%) CISA
16 20 (2.83%) SSCP
17 17 (2.40%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
17 17 (2.40%) SANS
18 16 (2.26%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (23.62%) NIST
2 139 (19.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 70 (9.90%) GDPR
4 61 (8.63%) PCI DSS
5 55 (7.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 37 (5.23%) GRC
7 29 (4.10%) NCSC
8 24 (3.39%) NIST 800
9 23 (3.25%) JSP 440
10 22 (3.11%) SOC 2
11 18 (2.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 16 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 7 (0.99%) COBIT
13 7 (0.99%) ISO 9001
13 7 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
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 68 (9.62%) 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 27 (3.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 24 (3.39%) QRadar
3 22 (3.11%) Kubernetes
4 17 (2.40%) CASB
5 15 (2.12%) logstash
6 14 (1.98%) Nmap
6 14 (1.98%) Terraform
7 10 (1.41%) Ansible
7 10 (1.41%) Fluentd
7 10 (1.41%) Nessus
8 7 (0.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.99%) CSIRT
9 5 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (0.57%) Suricata
11 3 (0.42%) SCCM
11 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.42%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.28%) DatAdvantage
12 2 (0.28%) SolarWinds Orion
12 2 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 224 (31.68%) Microsoft
2 72 (10.18%) Splunk
3 45 (6.36%) Qualys
4 37 (5.23%) ServiceNow
5 23 (3.25%) VMware
6 17 (2.40%) SolarWinds
6 17 (2.40%) Tanium
7 16 (2.26%) CrowdStrike
7 16 (2.26%) Rapid7
7 16 (2.26%) Tripwire
8 15 (2.12%) Cisco
9 14 (1.98%) IBM
9 14 (1.98%) Thycotic
10 13 (1.84%) Darktrace
11 8 (1.13%) Google
12 6 (0.85%) Juniper
13 5 (0.71%) BT
13 5 (0.71%) LogRhythm
14 4 (0.57%) Varonis
14 4 (0.57%) Veeam