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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 239 244
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 +53
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 191 165 286
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.28% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.33% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 113 112 239
10th Percentile £45,350 £43,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £104,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £61,439
% change year-on-year +12.00% +1.73% -5.48%

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 16,216 12,411 21,133
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 83.31% 96.05% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 10,634 7,555 15,969
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,500
Median % change year-on-year - +6.38% -6.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +10 59 £70,000 +7.69% 22
East London - 2 £110,000 - 8
West London -26 1 £85,000 - 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 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.52%) Confluence
2 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 53 (27.75%) Azure
2 32 (16.75%) AWS
3 24 (12.57%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (9.95%) Azure Sentinel
4 19 (9.95%) GCP
5 13 (6.81%) Entra ID
5 13 (6.81%) SaaS
6 10 (5.24%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (4.19%) Mimecast
8 4 (2.09%) Power Platform
8 4 (2.09%) Tessian
9 3 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.57%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.05%) GitHub
10 2 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.05%) Serverless
11 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 1 (0.52%) Nutanix
11 1 (0.52%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 45 (23.56%) Firewall
2 37 (19.37%) Network Security
3 16 (8.38%) VPN
4 10 (5.24%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.71%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (3.14%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (2.62%) DNS
8 4 (2.09%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (2.09%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.57%) SCCP
10 2 (1.05%) DKIM
10 2 (1.05%) DMARC
10 2 (1.05%) WAN
11 1 (0.52%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.52%) LAN
11 1 (0.52%) SMTP
11 1 (0.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (1.57%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.09%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.09%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.05%) JIRA
General
1 51 (26.70%) Finance
1 51 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.75%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (7.85%) Banking
4 15 (7.85%) Retail
5 13 (6.81%) Law
6 11 (5.76%) Financial Institution
7 9 (4.71%) Back Office
8 8 (4.19%) Legal
9 4 (2.09%) Advertising
9 4 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.57%) Aviation
10 3 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.52%) Marketing
11 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (30.89%) Analyst
2 47 (24.61%) Security Analyst
3 25 (13.09%) Security Manager
4 24 (12.57%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 24 (12.57%) Security Engineer
5 22 (11.52%) Lead
6 18 (9.42%) Operational Security Manager
6 18 (9.42%) Security Operations Manager
7 16 (8.38%) Operations Manager
8 15 (7.85%) Senior
9 13 (6.81%) Consultant
9 13 (6.81%) SOC Analyst
10 12 (6.28%) Operations Analyst
10 12 (6.28%) Security Specialist
11 11 (5.76%) Information Analyst
11 11 (5.76%) Information Security Analyst
11 11 (5.76%) Security Operations Analyst
12 10 (5.24%) Operations Engineer
12 10 (5.24%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 10 (5.24%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.05%) LDAP
1 2 (1.05%) REST
2 1 (0.52%) EDI
2 1 (0.52%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 42 (21.99%) Cyber Defence
1 42 (21.99%) Security Operations Centre
2 34 (17.80%) Security Posture
3 22 (11.52%) Cyber Threat
4 17 (8.90%) Management Information System
5 13 (6.81%) Cloud Native
6 9 (4.71%) Data Centre
7 8 (4.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (4.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 6 (3.14%) Cyber Security Posture
8 6 (3.14%) Insider Threat
9 4 (2.09%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.09%) Operational Technology
10 3 (1.57%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (1.05%) Data Structures
11 2 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (1.05%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.05%) PKI
11 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 42 (21.99%) Windows
2 35 (18.32%) Linux
3 9 (4.71%) Unix
4 5 (2.62%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.09%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.52%) CentOS
6 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (53.40%) Incident Response
2 94 (49.21%) Cybersecurity
3 82 (42.93%) SIEM
4 49 (25.65%) Threat Intelligence
5 42 (21.99%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 42 (21.99%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 41 (21.47%) Cloud Security
7 39 (20.42%) Vulnerability Management
8 37 (19.37%) Information Security
9 36 (18.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (18.85%) SOAR
10 33 (17.28%) Risk Management
11 30 (15.71%) Root Cause Analysis
12 29 (15.18%) Security Monitoring
12 29 (15.18%) Threat Detection
13 27 (14.14%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (12.04%) Penetration Testing
15 21 (10.99%) Use Case
16 18 (9.42%) Incident Management
16 18 (9.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 47 (24.61%) PowerShell
2 39 (20.42%) Python
3 9 (4.71%) Bash
4 3 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.57%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.05%) Perl
6 1 (0.52%) Java
Qualifications
1 51 (26.70%) CISSP
2 32 (16.75%) GIAC
3 28 (14.66%) Degree
4 24 (12.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 21 (10.99%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (8.38%) Security Cleared
7 13 (6.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 13 (6.81%) SC Cleared
8 12 (6.28%) GCIH
9 11 (5.76%) CISM
10 9 (4.71%) CCSP
10 9 (4.71%) CISA
11 8 (4.19%) CCNA
11 8 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.66%) CEH
12 7 (3.66%) CompTIA CySA+
12 7 (3.66%) CRISC
13 6 (3.14%) Azure Certification
14 5 (2.62%) CCNP
15 4 (2.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (28.80%) NIST
2 49 (25.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (12.04%) GDPR
4 19 (9.95%) PCI DSS
5 15 (7.85%) GRC
6 10 (5.24%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.62%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (1.57%) ITGC
9 2 (1.05%) COBIT
9 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.05%) SLA
10 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.57%) Docker
2 3 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.24%) Kubernetes
3 9 (4.71%) QRadar
4 8 (4.19%) Ansible
5 7 (3.66%) Terraform
6 3 (1.57%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.57%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (1.05%) CSIRT
7 2 (1.05%) SCCM
8 1 (0.52%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 64 (33.51%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.04%) Splunk
3 19 (9.95%) ServiceNow
4 15 (7.85%) CrowdStrike
5 12 (6.28%) Cisco
6 9 (4.71%) Qualys
7 8 (4.19%) Sophos
8 6 (3.14%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.62%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.62%) Zscaler
10 4 (2.09%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.09%) Google
10 4 (2.09%) Okta
10 4 (2.09%) Rapid7
11 3 (1.57%) ArcSight
11 3 (1.57%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.57%) LogLogic
11 3 (1.57%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.57%) McAfee
11 3 (1.57%) Salesforce