Security Operations Job Trends in Leicester

Security Operations (SecOps)
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 8 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 1.26% - 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% - 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £58,730
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £61,439
75th Percentile - - £82,671
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 - £61,439

All Process & Methodology Skills
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 486 126 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 76.42% 89.36% 83.91%
Number of salaries quoted 330 95 286
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,093
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.43% +1.25%
75th Percentile £69,250 £59,125 £62,281
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,200 £77,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £49,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -5.26%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Leicester

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 3 (37.50%) Security Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Operational Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Operational Technology
1 5 (62.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (12.50%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Mentoring
2 4 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 4 (50.00%) Change Advisory Board
2 4 (50.00%) Coaching
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) SABSA
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 4 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 4 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) CISSP
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
2 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
3 1 (12.50%) GRC