Security Operations Jobs in London

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 12 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 296 268 300
Rank change year-on-year -28 +32 +86
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 118 257 322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.89% 1.10% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 1.22% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 74 194 246
10th Percentile £47,750 £51,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £62,563 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% +15.38% -16.13%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £87,188
90th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -10.71%

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 12,597 20,990 27,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 95.09% 89.54% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7,431 15,021 21,246
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £71,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £118,750 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in London over the 6 months to 12 July 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 12 July 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 +8 27 £86,000 +27.41% 26
West London +21 1 - - 6
East London - 1 £63,000 - 4
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 38 (32.20%) Azure
2 23 (19.49%) AWS
3 14 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.32%) GCP
5 7 (5.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (4.24%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (4.24%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.39%) PaaS
8 3 (2.54%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.54%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (2.54%) Google App Engine
8 3 (2.54%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.54%) SaaS
9 2 (1.69%) IaaS
10 1 (0.85%) Amazon ECS
10 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (0.85%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 34 (28.81%) Firewall
2 15 (12.71%) Network Security
3 12 (10.17%) DNS
4 8 (6.78%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (5.93%) TCP/IP
6 6 (5.08%) HTTP
6 6 (5.08%) SMTP
7 4 (3.39%) VPN
8 2 (1.69%) DKIM
8 2 (1.69%) DMARC
9 1 (0.85%) DHCP
9 1 (0.85%) LAN
9 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.69%) Power BI
General
1 49 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.64%) Finance
3 21 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (12.71%) Law
5 11 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 11 (9.32%) Telecoms
6 8 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.08%) Banking
7 6 (5.08%) Legal
7 6 (5.08%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (4.24%) Financial Institution
9 4 (3.39%) Retail
10 3 (2.54%) Advertising
10 3 (2.54%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.69%) Games
11 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.85%) Electronics
12 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (30.51%) Analyst
2 31 (26.27%) Security Analyst
3 23 (19.49%) Security Engineer
4 21 (17.80%) Senior
5 12 (10.17%) IT Analyst
5 12 (10.17%) IT Security Analyst
5 12 (10.17%) Security Manager
6 9 (7.63%) Information Manager
6 9 (7.63%) Information Security Manager
6 9 (7.63%) Operations Manager
7 8 (6.78%) Operational Security Manager
7 8 (6.78%) Security Operations Manager
8 7 (5.93%) Development Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) Information Security Engineer
8 7 (5.93%) SOC Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Automation Engineer
9 6 (5.08%) Incident Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
10 5 (4.24%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (4.24%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.54%) .NET
1 3 (2.54%) React
2 2 (1.69%) EDI
3 1 (0.85%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.85%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.85%) CSS
3 1 (0.85%) HTML
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.85%) REST
3 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 20 (16.95%) Security Posture
3 17 (14.41%) Management Information System
4 12 (10.17%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (5.93%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (5.93%) Hedge funds
6 5 (4.24%) Cloud Security Posture
6 5 (4.24%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.54%) Insider Threat
7 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.69%) CESG
8 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.69%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.69%) PKI
9 1 (0.85%) CCTV
9 1 (0.85%) CMDB
9 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.85%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.93%) Windows
2 4 (3.39%) Linux
3 1 (0.85%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.85%) VMS
3 1 (0.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (59.32%) Cybersecurity
2 59 (50.00%) Information Security
3 54 (45.76%) Incident Response
4 40 (33.90%) SIEM
5 32 (27.12%) Vulnerability Management
6 27 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (20.34%) Cloud Security
8 22 (18.64%) Risk Management
9 19 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (16.10%) Data Loss Prevention
10 18 (15.25%) Data Protection
11 17 (14.41%) Computer Science
11 17 (14.41%) Identity Access Management
11 17 (14.41%) Vulnerability Assessment
12 16 (13.56%) Security Architecture
12 16 (13.56%) Threat Intelligence
13 15 (12.71%) Penetration Testing
13 15 (12.71%) Threat Detection
14 14 (11.86%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 13 (11.02%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 23 (19.49%) Python
2 15 (12.71%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.39%) Bash
4 3 (2.54%) C#
4 3 (2.54%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.85%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 26 (22.03%) Degree
2 24 (20.34%) CISSP
3 14 (11.86%) CISM
4 10 (8.47%) CEH
5 9 (7.63%) CompTIA Security+
6 8 (6.78%) GCIA
6 8 (6.78%) GCIH
7 7 (5.93%) CISA
7 7 (5.93%) GIAC
7 7 (5.93%) Security Cleared
8 6 (5.08%) CRISC
8 6 (5.08%) OSCP
9 5 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.24%) Master's Degree
9 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
10 3 (2.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.54%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.54%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (2.54%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (24.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 29 (24.58%) NIST
2 16 (13.56%) GDPR
3 12 (10.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (6.78%) GRC
4 8 (6.78%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 4 (3.39%) COBIT
8 2 (1.69%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.85%) NCSC
9 1 (0.85%) SOC 1
9 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.08%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.54%) CSIRT
3 3 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.69%) QRadar
5 1 (0.85%) CASB
5 1 (0.85%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.85%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.85%) Puppet
5 1 (0.85%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.85%) SCCM
5 1 (0.85%) Terraform
5 1 (0.85%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 35 (29.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.32%) Splunk
3 6 (5.08%) CrowdStrike
3 6 (5.08%) Google
4 5 (4.24%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.54%) Cisco
5 3 (2.54%) Proofpoint
5 3 (2.54%) Tenable
6 2 (1.69%) Checkmarx
6 2 (1.69%) Juniper
6 2 (1.69%) Rapid7
6 2 (1.69%) Trend Micro
6 2 (1.69%) VMware
6 2 (1.69%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.85%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.85%) McAfee
7 1 (0.85%) Meraki
7 1 (0.85%) Okta
7 1 (0.85%) Qualys
7 1 (0.85%) Varonis