Security Operations Job Trends in London

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 204 254
Rank change year-on-year -23 +50 +34
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 157 259 193
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.61% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 1.71% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 107 174 160
10th Percentile £52,600 £46,250 £47,328
25th Percentile £64,129 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% +3.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,982 15,165 16,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.46% 94.02% 93.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,698 8,640 13,425
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in London over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 -3 41 £80,000 +6.67% 10
West London +1 3 £56,000 -47.29% 2
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.64%) Confluence
2 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 38 (24.20%) Azure
2 31 (19.75%) AWS
3 18 (11.46%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (10.83%) GCP
5 13 (8.28%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (7.01%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.10%) SaaS
8 7 (4.46%) Mimecast
8 7 (4.46%) Tessian
9 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.55%) PaaS
11 3 (1.91%) Google App Engine
12 2 (1.27%) Amazon ECR
12 2 (1.27%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.64%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.64%) Azure Key Vault
13 1 (0.64%) Cloud Computing
13 1 (0.64%) dbt
13 1 (0.64%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 39 (24.84%) Firewall
2 26 (16.56%) Network Security
3 15 (9.55%) VPN
4 12 (7.64%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (3.18%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.55%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.91%) DMARC
7 3 (1.91%) WAN
7 3 (1.91%) Wireless
8 2 (1.27%) DKIM
8 2 (1.27%) DNS
8 2 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.64%) DMZ
9 1 (0.64%) LAN
9 1 (0.64%) Modbus
9 1 (0.64%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.64%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.64%) JIRA
General
1 55 (35.03%) Social Skills
2 53 (33.76%) Finance
3 30 (19.11%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (12.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (10.19%) Law
6 15 (9.55%) Banking
7 10 (6.37%) Financial Institution
8 9 (5.73%) Legal
9 8 (5.10%) Retail
10 7 (4.46%) Advertising
11 6 (3.82%) Back Office
11 6 (3.82%) Public Sector
12 5 (3.18%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.27%) Marketing
13 2 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.64%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.64%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (26.75%) Analyst
2 33 (21.02%) Security Analyst
3 23 (14.65%) Lead
4 19 (12.10%) Security Engineer
5 16 (10.19%) Security Manager
6 15 (9.55%) Senior
7 14 (8.92%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 13 (8.28%) SOC Analyst
9 11 (7.01%) Information Analyst
9 11 (7.01%) Information Security Analyst
9 11 (7.01%) Operational Security Manager
9 11 (7.01%) Operations Manager
9 11 (7.01%) Security Operations Manager
10 10 (6.37%) Consultant
10 10 (6.37%) Security Specialist
10 10 (6.37%) Technical Consultant
11 8 (5.10%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 7 (4.46%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (3.82%) IT Security Manager
13 6 (3.82%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.55%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.55%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (1.91%) .NET
2 3 (1.91%) React
3 2 (1.27%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.64%) Django
4 1 (0.64%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.29%) Cyber Threat
2 27 (17.20%) Security Posture
3 26 (16.56%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (9.55%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (6.37%) Management Information System
6 9 (5.73%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 9 (5.73%) Cyberattack
7 8 (5.10%) Cloud Native
7 8 (5.10%) Virtual Team
8 7 (4.46%) Insider Threat
9 5 (3.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (3.18%) Operational Technology
9 5 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (2.55%) CMDB
10 4 (2.55%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.55%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.55%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.91%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.91%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 34 (21.66%) Windows
2 26 (16.56%) Linux
3 6 (3.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.27%) Unix
5 1 (0.64%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (63.06%) Incident Response
2 73 (46.50%) SIEM
3 71 (45.22%) Cybersecurity
4 56 (35.67%) Information Security
5 42 (26.75%) Threat Intelligence
6 35 (22.29%) Vulnerability Management
7 32 (20.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 28 (17.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (17.20%) Root Cause Analysis
10 26 (16.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 26 (16.56%) Risk Management
11 25 (15.92%) Cloud Security
11 25 (15.92%) Data Loss Prevention
11 25 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (14.65%) Threat Detection
13 19 (12.10%) SOAR
14 17 (10.83%) Penetration Testing
15 16 (10.19%) Analytics
15 16 (10.19%) Incident Management
15 16 (10.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (14.01%) Python
2 15 (9.55%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.18%) Bash
4 3 (1.91%) C#
4 3 (1.91%) Java
5 2 (1.27%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.27%) Perl
5 2 (1.27%) SQL
6 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (34.39%) CISSP
2 30 (19.11%) Degree
3 21 (13.38%) CompTIA Security+
4 18 (11.46%) CISM
5 17 (10.83%) GIAC
6 15 (9.55%) GCIH
7 13 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (8.28%) Security Cleared
8 9 (5.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 9 (5.73%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (4.46%) CISA
10 6 (3.82%) CCSP
10 6 (3.82%) GCFA
10 6 (3.82%) GCIA
10 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (3.82%) SC Cleared
11 4 (2.55%) CCNA
11 4 (2.55%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.55%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (30.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (29.94%) NIST
3 25 (15.92%) GDPR
4 16 (10.19%) PCI DSS
5 15 (9.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (5.73%) GRC
7 8 (5.10%) SLA
8 7 (4.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 7 (4.46%) SOC 2
9 5 (3.18%) Accessibility
10 4 (2.55%) Data Quality
10 4 (2.55%) QA
11 3 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.91%) ITGC
12 1 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.64%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.55%) Docker
3 4 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.64%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (7.01%) Kubernetes
1 11 (7.01%) QRadar
2 10 (6.37%) CSIRT
3 7 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (4.46%) Terraform
4 5 (3.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 4 (2.55%) Ansible
5 4 (2.55%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.91%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.91%) Nessus
7 2 (1.27%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.64%) CASB
8 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.64%) SCCM
8 1 (0.64%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 48 (30.57%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.46%) Splunk
3 14 (8.92%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.28%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (5.10%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.18%) ArcSight
6 5 (3.18%) Qualys
6 5 (3.18%) VMware
7 4 (2.55%) Foundry
7 4 (2.55%) Palantir
8 3 (1.91%) Cisco
8 3 (1.91%) LogLogic
8 3 (1.91%) McAfee
8 3 (1.91%) Rapid7
9 2 (1.27%) Carbon Black
9 2 (1.27%) Thales
10 1 (0.64%) Censornet
10 1 (0.64%) Exabeam
10 1 (0.64%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.64%) Tenable