Security Operations Analyst Jobs in London

Security Operations Analyst
England > London

The median Security Operations Analyst salary in London is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 383 488 603
Rank change year-on-year +105 +115 +258
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Analyst 17 12 25
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.051% 0.073%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.054% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 13
10th Percentile - £51,900 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +20.83% -17.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,000 £71,500
England median annual salary £53,655 £47,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.56% -14.09% -4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,742 22,276 32,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.14% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,310 16,685 24,119
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Security Operations Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Security Operations Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Analyst in London

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Analyst in London

Security Operations Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Analyst in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Analyst in London

Security Operations Analyst
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +34 5 £30,000 -46.67% 1
Security Operations Analyst
England

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Security Operations Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the London region featuring Security Operations Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) SIEM
2 12 (70.59%) Incident Response
3 10 (58.82%) CrowdStrike
3 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
3 10 (58.82%) Finance
3 10 (58.82%) Firewall
4 9 (52.94%) SAN
4 9 (52.94%) Windows
4 9 (52.94%) Python
4 9 (52.94%) CISSP
4 9 (52.94%) GCIA
4 9 (52.94%) GCIH
4 9 (52.94%) CEH
4 9 (52.94%) Degree
4 9 (52.94%) Podcast
4 9 (52.94%) OSCP
4 9 (52.94%) PowerShell
4 9 (52.94%) SANS
4 9 (52.94%) CompTIA Security+
4 9 (52.94%) Hedge funds
4 9 (52.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (47.06%) Security Operations
5 8 (47.06%) Azure
6 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence
8 2 (11.76%) Splunk
8 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (11.76%) DevOps
8 2 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel

Security Operations Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 8 (47.06%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 10 (58.82%) Firewall
2 9 (52.94%) SAN
3 2 (11.76%) Network Security
General
1 10 (58.82%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Hedge funds
1 9 (52.94%) Podcast
2 2 (11.76%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
3 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (52.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) SIEM
2 12 (70.59%) Incident Response
3 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (47.06%) Security Operations
5 5 (29.41%) Vulnerability Management
6 3 (17.65%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (11.76%) DevOps
8 1 (5.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 1 (5.88%) Key Management
8 1 (5.88%) Migration
8 1 (5.88%) Service Migration
8 1 (5.88%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) PowerShell
1 9 (52.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) CEH
1 9 (52.94%) CISSP
1 9 (52.94%) CompTIA Security+
1 9 (52.94%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (52.94%) Degree
1 9 (52.94%) GCIA
1 9 (52.94%) GCIH
1 9 (52.94%) OSCP
1 9 (52.94%) SANS
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Splunk
2 2 (11.76%) Tenable