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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 237 240
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +46
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 182 176 284
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.37% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.42% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 112 124 242
10th Percentile £46,825 £53,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £67,488 £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 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £99,750 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £63,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +0.80% -5.30%

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 15,693 12,378 20,615
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.09% 96.20% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 10,257 7,567 15,942
10th Percentile £39,860 £42,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
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 £113,750 £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 8 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 8 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 +6 58 £70,000 +7.69% 15
West London -20 1 £85,000 +3.03%
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 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.55%) Confluence
2 1 (0.55%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 52 (28.57%) Azure
2 36 (19.78%) AWS
3 22 (12.09%) GCP
3 22 (12.09%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (9.89%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (7.69%) SaaS
6 10 (5.49%) Entra ID
7 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (3.85%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.20%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.65%) Tessian
11 2 (1.10%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.10%) GitHub
11 2 (1.10%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.10%) Serverless
12 1 (0.55%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 1 (0.55%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 41 (22.53%) Firewall
2 37 (20.33%) Network Security
3 15 (8.24%) VPN
4 12 (6.59%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (5.49%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.75%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (2.75%) DNS
7 4 (2.20%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.20%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.65%) SCCP
9 2 (1.10%) DKIM
9 2 (1.10%) DMARC
9 2 (1.10%) WAN
10 1 (0.55%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.55%) LAN
10 1 (0.55%) SMTP
10 1 (0.55%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (1.65%) Power BI
2 1 (0.55%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.55%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.20%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.20%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.10%) JIRA
General
1 51 (28.02%) Finance
2 48 (26.37%) Social Skills
3 30 (16.48%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (9.34%) Banking
6 15 (8.24%) Law
6 15 (8.24%) Retail
7 11 (6.04%) Financial Institution
8 10 (5.49%) Back Office
9 7 (3.85%) Legal
10 5 (2.75%) Advertising
10 5 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.65%) Aviation
12 3 (1.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (1.10%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.55%) Marketing
14 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (31.87%) Analyst
2 47 (25.82%) Security Analyst
3 26 (14.29%) Security Manager
4 24 (13.19%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 19 (10.44%) Operational Security Manager
5 19 (10.44%) Security Engineer
5 19 (10.44%) Security Operations Manager
6 18 (9.89%) Lead
7 17 (9.34%) Operations Manager
8 16 (8.79%) Senior
9 15 (8.24%) Consultant
10 14 (7.69%) Security Specialist
11 13 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
12 12 (6.59%) Technical Consultant
13 11 (6.04%) Information Analyst
13 11 (6.04%) Information Security Analyst
13 11 (6.04%) ServiceNow Consultant
14 10 (5.49%) Engineering Manager
14 10 (5.49%) Operations Analyst
14 10 (5.49%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.10%) LDAP
2 1 (0.55%) EDI
2 1 (0.55%) REST
2 1 (0.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 41 (22.53%) Cyber Defence
1 41 (22.53%) Security Operations Centre
2 33 (18.13%) Security Posture
3 19 (10.44%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (8.24%) Cloud Native
4 15 (8.24%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.40%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (3.30%) Cyber Security Posture
7 5 (2.75%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.20%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.65%) Insider Threat
9 3 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.10%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.10%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.10%) PKI
10 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.10%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 41 (22.53%) Windows
2 35 (19.23%) Linux
3 9 (4.95%) Unix
4 5 (2.75%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.20%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.55%) CentOS
6 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (56.04%) Incident Response
2 90 (49.45%) Cybersecurity
3 77 (42.31%) SIEM
4 45 (24.73%) Threat Intelligence
5 39 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 38 (20.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 38 (20.88%) Information Security
7 37 (20.33%) Cloud Security
8 36 (19.78%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (19.78%) Vulnerability Management
9 35 (19.23%) SOAR
10 31 (17.03%) Risk Management
11 30 (16.48%) Root Cause Analysis
11 30 (16.48%) Threat Detection
12 29 (15.93%) Security Monitoring
13 25 (13.74%) Problem-Solving
14 22 (12.09%) Penetration Testing
15 21 (11.54%) Use Case
16 18 (9.89%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
17 17 (9.34%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (24.73%) PowerShell
2 37 (20.33%) Python
3 9 (4.95%) Bash
4 3 (1.65%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.65%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.10%) Perl
6 1 (0.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 47 (25.82%) CISSP
2 28 (15.38%) Degree
2 28 (15.38%) GIAC
3 23 (12.64%) CompTIA Security+
4 21 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (9.34%) Security Cleared
6 13 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 13 (7.14%) SC Cleared
7 12 (6.59%) CISM
7 12 (6.59%) GCIH
8 10 (5.49%) CISA
9 9 (4.95%) CCSP
10 8 (4.40%) CCNA
10 8 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (3.85%) Azure Certification
11 7 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
11 7 (3.85%) CRISC
12 6 (3.30%) CEH
13 5 (2.75%) CCNP
14 4 (2.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (29.12%) NIST
2 48 (26.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (12.64%) GDPR
4 19 (10.44%) PCI DSS
5 14 (7.69%) GRC
6 11 (6.04%) SOC 2
7 6 (3.30%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.65%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.65%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.65%) ITGC
9 3 (1.65%) SLA
10 2 (1.10%) COBIT
10 2 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.65%) Docker
2 3 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (6.04%) Kubernetes
2 9 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.40%) Ansible
3 8 (4.40%) QRadar
3 8 (4.40%) Terraform
4 3 (1.65%) ArcSight ESM
5 2 (1.10%) CSIRT
5 2 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.55%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.55%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.55%) SCCM
6 1 (0.55%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 63 (34.62%) Microsoft
2 23 (12.64%) Splunk
3 19 (10.44%) ServiceNow
4 13 (7.14%) CrowdStrike
5 11 (6.04%) Cisco
6 8 (4.40%) Qualys
7 7 (3.85%) Sophos
8 5 (2.75%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.75%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.75%) Zscaler
9 4 (2.20%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.20%) Google
9 4 (2.20%) Okta
10 3 (1.65%) ArcSight
10 3 (1.65%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.65%) LogLogic
10 3 (1.65%) LogRhythm
10 3 (1.65%) McAfee
10 3 (1.65%) Rapid7
10 3 (1.65%) Salesforce