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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 245 294
Rank change year-on-year -25 +49 +102
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 124 283 389
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.99% 1.19% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.31% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 71 233 284
10th Percentile £53,649 £51,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,625 £61,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +8.21% -10.67%
75th Percentile £114,375 £95,000 £83,863
90th Percentile £120,000 £101,250 £97,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,720 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.93% -2.85% -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 12,081 21,583 31,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.41% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,866 15,843 22,594
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £55,656 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,576 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.27% -5.90% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +4 23 £71,250 +5.56% 7
West London +15 1 - - 2
East London - 1 £63,000 - 5
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 4 (3.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.81%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 38 (30.65%) Azure
2 22 (17.74%) GCP
3 18 (14.52%) AWS
4 12 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Purview
6 6 (4.84%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (4.03%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (3.23%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (3.23%) PaaS
9 3 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.42%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (2.42%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.42%) SaaS
10 2 (1.61%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.61%) IaaS
11 1 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
11 1 (0.81%) Amazon Macie
11 1 (0.81%) ShareGate
11 1 (0.81%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 39 (31.45%) Firewall
2 21 (16.94%) Network Security
3 13 (10.48%) DNS
4 6 (4.84%) HTTP
4 6 (4.84%) SMTP
4 6 (4.84%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.23%) VPN
6 3 (2.42%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.61%) DKIM
7 2 (1.61%) DMARC
8 1 (0.81%) LAN
8 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.61%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.81%) GitLab
1 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (34.68%) Social Skills
2 31 (25.00%) Finance
3 17 (13.71%) Legal
4 16 (12.90%) Law
5 15 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (12.10%) Retail
6 9 (7.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (5.65%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (4.03%) Banking
10 4 (3.23%) Financial Institution
11 3 (2.42%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.61%) Games
13 1 (0.81%) Advertising
13 1 (0.81%) Back Office
13 1 (0.81%) Electronics
13 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 46 (37.10%) Analyst
2 38 (30.65%) Security Analyst
3 20 (16.13%) Senior
4 18 (14.52%) Security Engineer
5 11 (8.87%) Security Manager
6 10 (8.06%) IT Analyst
6 10 (8.06%) IT Security Analyst
7 8 (6.45%) Automation Engineer
7 8 (6.45%) SOC Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Development Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Head of Security
8 7 (5.65%) Information Manager
8 7 (5.65%) Information Security Engineer
8 7 (5.65%) Information Security Manager
9 6 (4.84%) Head of Information
9 6 (4.84%) Head of Information Security
9 6 (4.84%) Operations Manager
9 6 (4.84%) SOC Analyst
9 6 (4.84%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.81%) CSS
1 1 (0.81%) HTML
1 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 31 (25.00%) Security Posture
2 29 (23.39%) Management Information System
3 20 (16.13%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (8.87%) Hedge funds
5 7 (5.65%) Cyber Defence
5 7 (5.65%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (4.84%) PKI
7 4 (3.23%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.23%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.23%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.23%) Virtual Team
8 3 (2.42%) CSOC
8 3 (2.42%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.61%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.61%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.61%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.61%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.65%) Windows
2 6 (4.84%) Linux
3 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.81%) Unix
3 1 (0.81%) VMS
3 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (58.87%) Cybersecurity
2 65 (52.42%) Incident Response
3 63 (50.81%) Information Security
4 59 (47.58%) SIEM
5 42 (33.87%) Vulnerability Management
6 33 (26.61%) Risk Management
7 31 (25.00%) Data Loss Prevention
8 30 (24.19%) Data Protection
9 25 (20.16%) Identity Access Management
10 21 (16.94%) Cloud Security
11 20 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (15.32%) Data Security
12 19 (15.32%) Incident Management
13 18 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (14.52%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 16 (12.90%) Internal Audit
14 16 (12.90%) Root Cause Analysis
14 16 (12.90%) Task Automation
14 16 (12.90%) Threat Intelligence
15 15 (12.10%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.00%) Python
2 27 (21.77%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.23%) Bash
4 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 29 (23.39%) CISSP
2 24 (19.35%) Degree
3 18 (14.52%) CompTIA Security+
4 17 (13.71%) CEH
5 16 (12.90%) OSCP
6 15 (12.10%) GCIA
6 15 (12.10%) GCIH
7 10 (8.06%) CISM
7 10 (8.06%) Security Cleared
8 8 (6.45%) CRISC
8 8 (6.45%) SC Cleared
9 6 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (4.03%) CISA
10 5 (4.03%) GIAC
10 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (3.23%) AWS Certification
11 4 (3.23%) Master's Degree
12 3 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.42%) Azure Certification
12 3 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (26.61%) NIST
2 32 (25.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (17.74%) GDPR
4 16 (12.90%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.65%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (4.84%) GRC
7 4 (3.23%) COBIT
7 4 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.61%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.61%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.81%) NCSC
10 1 (0.81%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.81%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (4.84%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.03%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.03%) Terraform
3 3 (2.42%) QRadar
4 2 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.81%) CASB
5 1 (0.81%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.81%) Puppet
5 1 (0.81%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (22.58%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.26%) Splunk
3 7 (5.65%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (4.84%) Google
5 3 (2.42%) Cisco
5 3 (2.42%) Tenable
6 2 (1.61%) Checkmarx
6 2 (1.61%) Juniper
6 2 (1.61%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.81%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.81%) McAfee
7 1 (0.81%) Okta
7 1 (0.81%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.81%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.81%) Qualys
7 1 (0.81%) SAP
7 1 (0.81%) Varonis
7 1 (0.81%) VMware