Security Operations Jobs in Leeds

Security Operations (SecOps)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 119 150
Rank change year-on-year +48 +31 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 7 19 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.89% 0.84% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 0.97% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 7 15 21
10th Percentile £52,300 £40,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -14.53% -0.48%
75th Percentile £90,625 £58,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £72,427 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 737 1,955 2,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 93.77% 86.24% 97.60%
Number of salaries quoted 507 1,399 1,678
10th Percentile £26,150 £31,250 £34,917
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,000 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - -
75th Percentile £78,699 £70,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,964 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Leeds

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Leeds

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Leeds over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Leeds

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 5 (71.43%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (71.43%) Cyberattack
2 5 (71.43%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 6 (85.71%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Business Continuity
3 5 (71.43%) Data Protection
3 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (71.43%) Information Security
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Register
3 5 (71.43%) Security Auditing
3 5 (71.43%) Security Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) SIEM
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (71.43%) GDPR
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto