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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 228 237
Rank change year-on-year 0 +9 +54
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 166 206 269
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.01% 1.45% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.17% 1.51% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 102 138 237
10th Percentile £50,125 £54,625 £49,500
25th Percentile £67,463 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £87,500 £107,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -6.72%

All Process & 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 14,132 13,620 19,573
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.83% 95.97% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,141 7,699 15,639
10th Percentile £38,000 £42,826 £39,085
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £76,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% +4.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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 5 March 2026.

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 5 March 2026. 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 +5 51 £72,500 +11.54% 20
West London -7 1 £90,000 +9.09%
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 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.20%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 43 (25.90%) Azure
2 27 (16.27%) AWS
3 18 (10.84%) GCP
3 18 (10.84%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.83%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (7.83%) SaaS
5 12 (7.23%) Entra ID
6 9 (5.42%) Mimecast
7 7 (4.22%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (3.61%) Tessian
9 4 (2.41%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.20%) PaaS
12 1 (0.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
12 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 41 (24.70%) Firewall
2 34 (20.48%) Network Security
3 15 (9.04%) VPN
4 11 (6.63%) Intrusion Detection
5 9 (5.42%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.41%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (2.41%) DNS
7 3 (1.81%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.81%) HTTPS
7 3 (1.81%) SCCP
8 2 (1.20%) DKIM
8 2 (1.20%) DMARC
8 2 (1.20%) WAN
9 1 (0.60%) DMZ
9 1 (0.60%) LAN
9 1 (0.60%) Modbus
9 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.60%) SSH
9 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.81%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (1.81%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.81%) Bitbucket
1 3 (1.81%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 52 (31.33%) Finance
2 46 (27.71%) Social Skills
3 27 (16.27%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (13.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (12.05%) Banking
6 17 (10.24%) Law
7 15 (9.04%) Retail
8 10 (6.02%) Back Office
8 10 (6.02%) Financial Institution
9 9 (5.42%) Advertising
10 7 (4.22%) Legal
11 4 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.41%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.81%) Aviation
12 3 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.60%) Marketing
13 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (32.53%) Analyst
2 44 (26.51%) Security Analyst
3 23 (13.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 19 (11.45%) Lead
4 19 (11.45%) Security Engineer
5 16 (9.64%) Senior
6 15 (9.04%) Consultant
6 15 (9.04%) Security Manager
7 14 (8.43%) Technical Consultant
8 13 (7.83%) Security Specialist
9 12 (7.23%) Operational Security Manager
9 12 (7.23%) Security Operations Manager
9 12 (7.23%) ServiceNow Consultant
9 12 (7.23%) SOC Analyst
10 11 (6.63%) Information Analyst
10 11 (6.63%) Information Security Analyst
10 11 (6.63%) Operations Manager
11 8 (4.82%) Operations Analyst
11 8 (4.82%) Security Operations Analyst
12 7 (4.22%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.60%) EDI
2 1 (0.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.48%) Security Operations Centre
2 33 (19.88%) Security Posture
3 32 (19.28%) Cyber Defence
4 25 (15.06%) Cyber Threat
5 12 (7.23%) Cloud Native
6 11 (6.63%) Management Information System
7 8 (4.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (4.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (3.61%) Cyber Security Posture
9 5 (3.01%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.41%) Cyberattack
10 4 (2.41%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.41%) Insider Threat
10 4 (2.41%) Virtual Team
11 3 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.81%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 2 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (1.20%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (22.89%) Windows
2 31 (18.67%) Linux
3 9 (5.42%) Unix
4 6 (3.61%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.81%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (61.45%) Incident Response
2 79 (47.59%) Cybersecurity
3 71 (42.77%) SIEM
4 41 (24.70%) Information Security
4 41 (24.70%) Threat Intelligence
5 36 (21.69%) Root Cause Analysis
6 35 (21.08%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 33 (19.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (19.88%) Vulnerability Management
8 30 (18.07%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 28 (16.87%) Risk Management
9 28 (16.87%) SOAR
10 25 (15.06%) Cloud Security
11 23 (13.86%) Threat Detection
12 21 (12.65%) Security Monitoring
13 18 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (10.24%) Data Loss Prevention
14 17 (10.24%) Penetration Testing
15 15 (9.04%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
15 15 (9.04%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 33 (19.88%) PowerShell
2 31 (18.67%) Python
3 8 (4.82%) Bash
4 3 (1.81%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.81%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 53 (31.93%) CISSP
2 30 (18.07%) Degree
3 24 (14.46%) GIAC
4 21 (12.65%) CompTIA Security+
5 18 (10.84%) Security Cleared
6 17 (10.24%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (9.64%) CISM
8 12 (7.23%) GCIH
9 11 (6.63%) SC Cleared
10 10 (6.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 10 (6.02%) CISA
11 9 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (4.22%) CCNA
12 7 (4.22%) CRISC
13 6 (3.61%) Azure Certification
13 6 (3.61%) CCSP
14 4 (2.41%) CCNP
14 4 (2.41%) CompTIA CySA+
14 4 (2.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 3 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (29.52%) NIST
2 48 (28.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (14.46%) GDPR
4 22 (13.25%) PCI DSS
5 13 (7.83%) GRC
6 10 (6.02%) SOC 2
7 9 (5.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (3.61%) SLA
9 4 (2.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.81%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.81%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.81%) ITGC
11 2 (1.20%) COBIT
11 2 (1.20%) QA
12 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (3.01%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.01%) Docker
2 2 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (7.23%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.42%) Ansible
3 8 (4.82%) Terraform
4 5 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (1.81%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (1.81%) CSIRT
5 3 (1.81%) QRadar
5 3 (1.81%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.60%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.60%) Nessus
Vendors
1 52 (31.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.04%) ServiceNow
3 13 (7.83%) Splunk
4 9 (5.42%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (4.22%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.01%) CheckPoint
6 5 (3.01%) Cisco
7 4 (2.41%) Google
7 4 (2.41%) Qualys
7 4 (2.41%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.81%) ArcSight
8 3 (1.81%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.81%) LogLogic
8 3 (1.81%) McAfee
8 3 (1.81%) Okta
8 3 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.81%) Sophos
9 2 (1.20%) Foundry
9 2 (1.20%) Palantir
9 2 (1.20%) VMware