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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 284 254
Rank change year-on-year +106 -30 +30
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 283 112 239
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.25% 0.91% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.96% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 194 73 179
10th Percentile £56,250 £47,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £76,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +4.58% +17.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £96,875
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £115,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 18,596 11,629 18,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.19% 94.52% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,715 7,349 13,331
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,500 £38,918
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +12 43 £70,000 -12.50% 17
West London 0 14 £85,000 - 7
East London -3 7 £57,500 -8.73% 6
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 4 (1.41%) Confluence
2 3 (1.06%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 81 (28.62%) Azure
2 56 (19.79%) AWS
3 32 (11.31%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.60%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (9.19%) Azure Sentinel
6 22 (7.77%) GCP
7 12 (4.24%) SaaS
8 11 (3.89%) Azure Logic Apps
8 11 (3.89%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 8 (2.83%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.12%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.77%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (1.77%) AWS KMS
11 5 (1.77%) GitHub
11 5 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.41%) Nutanix
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon Kinesis
13 3 (1.06%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 38 (13.43%) Firewall
2 36 (12.72%) Network Security
3 15 (5.30%) VPN
4 9 (3.18%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.83%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (2.47%) DNS
6 7 (2.47%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.41%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.41%) HTTPS
7 4 (1.41%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.71%) NGFW
9 1 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
9 1 (0.35%) HTTP
9 1 (0.35%) IPsec
9 1 (0.35%) SCCP
9 1 (0.35%) SMTP
9 1 (0.35%) SSL
9 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.41%) MongoDB
1 4 (1.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.06%) Hadoop
2 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.35%) Big Data
3 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.41%) JIRA
1 4 (1.41%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
General
1 68 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 57 (20.14%) Finance
3 35 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.77%) Law
4 22 (7.77%) Legal
5 13 (4.59%) Banking
6 8 (2.83%) Financial Institution
7 6 (2.12%) Advertising
7 6 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.41%) Digital Health
8 4 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (1.41%) Retail
9 3 (1.06%) Back Office
9 3 (1.06%) Digital Healthcare
9 3 (1.06%) Legal Technology
9 3 (1.06%) Military
10 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 56 (19.79%) Analyst
2 50 (17.67%) Security Analyst
3 47 (16.61%) Lead
4 45 (15.90%) Security Engineer
5 40 (14.13%) Senior
6 30 (10.60%) Security Manager
7 28 (9.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 16 (5.65%) Architect
9 15 (5.30%) Security Specialist
9 15 (5.30%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.95%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 14 (4.95%) Operations Engineer
10 14 (4.95%) Senior Security Analyst
11 13 (4.59%) Engineering Manager
11 13 (4.59%) Operational Security Manager
11 13 (4.59%) Operations Analyst
11 13 (4.59%) Security Operations Manager
12 12 (4.24%) Consultant
12 12 (4.24%) Operations Manager
12 12 (4.24%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.41%) LDAP
1 4 (1.41%) OpenID
1 4 (1.41%) REST
1 4 (1.41%) SAML
2 3 (1.06%) Kafka
2 3 (1.06%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (0.71%) JSON
3 2 (0.71%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.35%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.43%) Security Posture
2 51 (18.02%) Security Operations Centre
3 48 (16.96%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (10.25%) Management Information System
5 23 (8.13%) Cyber Threat
6 17 (6.01%) Cloud Native
6 17 (6.01%) Data Centre
7 15 (5.30%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.47%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.77%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.77%) PKI
11 4 (1.41%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 4 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.06%) NHS
12 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.90%) Windows
2 32 (11.31%) Linux
3 7 (2.47%) Unix
4 4 (1.41%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) CentOS
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (52.30%) Cybersecurity
2 121 (42.76%) Incident Response
3 109 (38.52%) SIEM
4 83 (29.33%) Vulnerability Management
5 80 (28.27%) Cloud Security
6 65 (22.97%) Information Security
7 61 (21.55%) Threat Intelligence
8 59 (20.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (18.37%) Risk Management
10 50 (17.67%) SOAR
11 49 (17.31%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 47 (16.61%) Threat Detection
13 45 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
14 42 (14.84%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 40 (14.13%) AI
16 36 (12.72%) Security Monitoring
17 33 (11.66%) Penetration Testing
18 32 (11.31%) Stakeholder Management
19 30 (10.60%) Mentoring
20 28 (9.89%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 53 (18.73%) PowerShell
2 38 (13.43%) Python
3 13 (4.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (2.83%) Bash
5 6 (2.12%) SQL
6 4 (1.41%) Java
6 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (21.55%) CISSP
2 33 (11.66%) CISM
2 33 (11.66%) GIAC
3 29 (10.25%) Security Cleared
4 28 (9.89%) Degree
5 24 (8.48%) CompTIA Security+
6 22 (7.77%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (6.71%) SC Cleared
8 17 (6.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (5.65%) CCSP
9 16 (5.65%) CEH
10 12 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (4.24%) GCIH
11 11 (3.89%) CISA
12 8 (2.83%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.83%) GCIA
13 7 (2.47%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.77%) CCNP
14 5 (1.77%) CompTIA CySA+
14 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (28.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (27.92%) NIST
3 38 (13.43%) GDPR
4 21 (7.42%) GRC
5 15 (5.30%) PCI DSS
5 15 (5.30%) SOC 2
6 12 (4.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.77%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.06%) NCSC
9 3 (1.06%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.71%) PMO
11 1 (0.35%) COBIT
11 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.12%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) Docker
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (7.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.65%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (4.24%) Terraform
4 10 (3.53%) QRadar
5 9 (3.18%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.83%) SCCM
7 5 (1.77%) Ansible
8 4 (1.41%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (1.06%) Computer Incident Response Team
10 1 (0.35%) CASB
10 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.35%) Nessus
10 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (32.16%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.72%) Splunk
3 26 (9.19%) CrowdStrike
4 21 (7.42%) Qualys
4 21 (7.42%) ServiceNow
5 17 (6.01%) Tenable
6 15 (5.30%) Cisco
7 14 (4.95%) Palo Alto
8 12 (4.24%) Google
9 11 (3.89%) Sophos
10 10 (3.53%) Rapid7
11 9 (3.18%) iManage
12 7 (2.47%) CyberArk
13 6 (2.12%) Fortinet
13 6 (2.12%) OpenAI
14 5 (1.77%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.77%) VMware
14 5 (1.77%) Zscaler
15 4 (1.41%) Carbon Black
15 4 (1.41%) Okta