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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 160 258 247
Rank change year-on-year +98 -11 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 370 136 238
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.43% 1.15% 1.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.77% 1.22% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 233 101 136
10th Percentile £45,450 £47,750 £46,713
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.81%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,813
90th Percentile £114,500 £115,000 £121,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% +2.40%

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 20,905 11,131 16,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.66% 94.12% 89.72%
Number of salaries quoted 13,908 6,993 10,090
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 35 £67,750 -15.31% 46
West London +3 21 £81,000 +44.64% 16
East London -2 7 £57,500 -8.73% 4
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 7 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.08%) Confluence
4 3 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.81%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 98 (26.49%) Azure
2 67 (18.11%) AWS
3 65 (17.57%) Entra ID
4 45 (12.16%) GCP
5 44 (11.89%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (7.84%) Azure Sentinel
7 19 (5.14%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (4.05%) SaaS
9 13 (3.51%) Mimecast
10 7 (1.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 6 (1.62%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.35%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.08%) AWS KMS
13 4 (1.08%) Nutanix
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon Bedrock
14 3 (0.81%) Amazon ECS
14 3 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (0.81%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (12.16%) Firewall
2 38 (10.27%) Network Security
3 21 (5.68%) VPN
4 14 (3.78%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.16%) DNS
6 6 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.08%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.08%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.08%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.08%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.08%) WAN
8 3 (0.81%) DMARC
8 3 (0.81%) LAN
8 3 (0.81%) OSPF
8 3 (0.81%) TACACS
9 2 (0.54%) DKIM
9 2 (0.54%) HTTP
9 2 (0.54%) NGFW
9 2 (0.54%) SMTP
10 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.08%) MongoDB
1 4 (1.08%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.81%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.54%) Power BI
4 1 (0.27%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (1.35%) JIRA
2 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
General
1 84 (22.70%) Social Skills
2 74 (20.00%) Finance
3 40 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (8.92%) Law
5 31 (8.38%) Legal
6 25 (6.76%) Banking
7 17 (4.59%) Public Sector
7 17 (4.59%) Retail
8 14 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.62%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.62%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.62%) Military
11 5 (1.35%) Advertising
12 4 (1.08%) Digital Health
13 3 (0.81%) Digital Healthcare
13 3 (0.81%) Legal Technology
13 3 (0.81%) Local Government
14 2 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 70 (18.92%) Security Engineer
2 69 (18.65%) Lead
3 62 (16.76%) Analyst
4 58 (15.68%) Senior
5 52 (14.05%) Security Analyst
6 30 (8.11%) Security Manager
7 25 (6.76%) Architect
8 24 (6.49%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 21 (5.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 20 (5.41%) Senior Analyst
11 16 (4.32%) Cloud Engineer
11 16 (4.32%) Consultant
11 16 (4.32%) Operations Engineer
11 16 (4.32%) Senior Security Analyst
12 14 (3.78%) Security Architect
13 13 (3.51%) Security Specialist
14 12 (3.24%) Information Analyst
14 12 (3.24%) Information Security Analyst
15 11 (2.97%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
16 10 (2.70%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.95%) Terraform
2 11 (2.97%) REST
3 4 (1.08%) LDAP
3 4 (1.08%) OpenID
3 4 (1.08%) SAML
3 4 (1.08%) SOAP
4 3 (0.81%) Kafka
4 3 (0.81%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.81%) Smart Contracts
5 2 (0.54%) CSS
5 2 (0.54%) HTML
5 2 (0.54%) JSON
5 2 (0.54%) RESTful
5 2 (0.54%) XML
6 1 (0.27%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (21.35%) Security Posture
2 44 (11.89%) Security Operations Centre
3 38 (10.27%) Data Centre
4 33 (8.92%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.38%) Cyber Defence
6 28 (7.57%) Cyber Threat
7 24 (6.49%) Cloud Native
8 15 (4.05%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 10 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (2.70%) PKI
10 10 (2.70%) Public Cloud
11 9 (2.43%) AI Agents
12 8 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
12 8 (2.16%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.89%) Cloud Security Posture
13 7 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (1.62%) Insider Threat
15 5 (1.35%) Virtual Team
16 4 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (11.89%) Windows
2 28 (7.57%) Linux
3 9 (2.43%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.35%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.35%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.81%) Ubuntu
6 3 (0.81%) Unix
7 1 (0.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 195 (52.70%) Cybersecurity
2 146 (39.46%) Incident Response
3 119 (32.16%) SIEM
3 119 (32.16%) Vulnerability Management
4 93 (25.14%) Information Security
5 83 (22.43%) Cloud Security
6 69 (18.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 67 (18.11%) Risk Management
8 64 (17.30%) Threat Detection
9 61 (16.49%) AI
10 59 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
11 57 (15.41%) Threat Intelligence
12 52 (14.05%) Stakeholder Management
13 44 (11.89%) Mentoring
14 43 (11.62%) Security Monitoring
14 43 (11.62%) SOAR
15 42 (11.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 41 (11.08%) Zero Trust
17 40 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
18 37 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 46 (12.43%) PowerShell
2 36 (9.73%) Python
3 16 (4.32%) Kusto Query Language
4 12 (3.24%) SQL
5 9 (2.43%) Bash
6 7 (1.89%) Go
7 6 (1.62%) Java
7 6 (1.62%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.54%) Bicep
8 2 (0.54%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 74 (20.00%) CISSP
2 43 (11.62%) CISM
3 30 (8.11%) Security Cleared
4 29 (7.84%) Degree
5 24 (6.49%) GIAC
6 19 (5.14%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.59%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (4.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (3.78%) CCSP
10 13 (3.51%) SC Cleared
11 12 (3.24%) AWS Certification
11 12 (3.24%) DV Cleared
12 11 (2.97%) CEH
12 11 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (2.97%) GCIH
13 8 (2.16%) CISA
14 7 (1.89%) GCIA
15 6 (1.62%) Azure Certification
15 6 (1.62%) GCFA
15 6 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (27.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (22.16%) NIST
3 38 (10.27%) GDPR
4 31 (8.38%) GRC
5 30 (8.11%) PCI DSS
6 24 (6.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (3.78%) SOC 2
8 10 (2.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (1.89%) NCSC
11 5 (1.35%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.81%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.81%) SLA
13 1 (0.27%) COBIT
13 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (6.76%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.62%) Docker
3 6 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (9.19%) Single Sign-On
2 26 (7.03%) Kubernetes
3 21 (5.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (2.43%) QRadar
5 8 (2.16%) SCCM
6 4 (1.08%) Ansible
6 4 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.81%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.81%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.81%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.81%) Puppet
7 3 (0.81%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 2 (0.54%) Argo
8 2 (0.54%) Grafana
8 2 (0.54%) Istio
8 2 (0.54%) linkerd
8 2 (0.54%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.27%) CASB
9 1 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.27%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 121 (32.70%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.92%) CrowdStrike
2 33 (8.92%) Splunk
3 27 (7.30%) Google
4 24 (6.49%) Palo Alto
4 24 (6.49%) ServiceNow
5 20 (5.41%) Qualys
6 19 (5.14%) Cisco
6 19 (5.14%) Tenable
7 13 (3.51%) Rapid7
8 8 (2.16%) CyberArk
8 8 (2.16%) iManage
8 8 (2.16%) VMware
9 7 (1.89%) Zscaler
10 6 (1.62%) OpenAI
11 5 (1.35%) Meraki
11 5 (1.35%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.35%) Sophos
12 4 (1.08%) Citrix
12 4 (1.08%) Oracle