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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 211 227
Rank change year-on-year -12 +16 +60
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 171 228 270
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.09% 1.53% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.60% 1.40%
Number of salaries quoted 105 144 237
10th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £106,500 £120,000 £100,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -7.41%

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 13,563 14,234 19,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.34% 95.58% 91.86%
Number of salaries quoted 8,777 7,826 15,556
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,001 £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 £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 19 February 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 19 February 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 50 £76,250 +17.31% 13
West London -8 3 £56,000 -32.12%
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 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.17%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.58%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 41 (23.98%) Azure
2 27 (15.79%) AWS
3 20 (11.70%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (10.53%) GCP
5 13 (7.60%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (7.02%) Entra ID
7 11 (6.43%) SaaS
8 7 (4.09%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (4.09%) Mimecast
9 6 (3.51%) Tessian
10 4 (2.34%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.17%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (1.17%) PaaS
13 1 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
13 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
13 1 (0.58%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.81%) Firewall
2 32 (18.71%) Network Security
3 15 (8.77%) VPN
4 10 (5.85%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (4.09%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.75%) DNS
6 3 (1.75%) SCCP
6 3 (1.75%) Wireless
7 2 (1.17%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (1.17%) DKIM
7 2 (1.17%) DMARC
7 2 (1.17%) WAN
7 2 (1.17%) Wireshark
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (0.58%) DMZ
8 1 (0.58%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.58%) Modbus
8 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.58%) SSH
8 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (1.75%) Power BI
2 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.17%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.58%) Metasploit
General
1 53 (30.99%) Finance
2 52 (30.41%) Social Skills
3 28 (16.37%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (11.70%) Banking
6 17 (9.94%) Law
7 15 (8.77%) Retail
8 11 (6.43%) Financial Institution
9 10 (5.85%) Back Office
10 9 (5.26%) Advertising
11 8 (4.68%) Legal
12 4 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.34%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.75%) Aviation
14 2 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.58%) Marketing
15 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (33.33%) Analyst
2 48 (28.07%) Security Analyst
3 24 (14.04%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 22 (12.87%) Lead
5 20 (11.70%) Security Engineer
6 16 (9.36%) Senior
7 15 (8.77%) Consultant
8 14 (8.19%) SOC Analyst
8 14 (8.19%) Technical Consultant
9 13 (7.60%) Information Analyst
9 13 (7.60%) Information Security Analyst
10 12 (7.02%) Security Manager
10 12 (7.02%) Security Specialist
10 12 (7.02%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 9 (5.26%) Operational Security Manager
11 9 (5.26%) Security Operations Manager
12 8 (4.68%) Operations Analyst
12 8 (4.68%) Operations Manager
12 8 (4.68%) Security Operations Analyst
12 8 (4.68%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.17%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.58%) EDI
2 1 (0.58%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.88%) Security Operations Centre
1 34 (19.88%) Security Posture
2 30 (17.54%) Cyber Threat
3 27 (15.79%) Cyber Defence
4 12 (7.02%) Cloud Native
4 12 (7.02%) Management Information System
5 8 (4.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (4.68%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 8 (4.68%) Cyberattack
5 8 (4.68%) Virtual Team
6 6 (3.51%) Cyber Security Posture
6 6 (3.51%) Insider Threat
7 5 (2.92%) Operational Technology
8 4 (2.34%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.17%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.17%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 37 (21.64%) Windows
2 29 (16.96%) Linux
3 7 (4.09%) Unix
4 6 (3.51%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.58%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (64.33%) Incident Response
2 82 (47.95%) Cybersecurity
3 73 (42.69%) SIEM
4 48 (28.07%) Information Security
5 43 (25.15%) Threat Intelligence
6 36 (21.05%) Root Cause Analysis
7 35 (20.47%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 34 (19.88%) Vulnerability Management
9 33 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (16.96%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 29 (16.96%) Risk Management
11 24 (14.04%) SOAR
12 23 (13.45%) Cloud Security
13 22 (12.87%) Threat Detection
14 20 (11.70%) Data Loss Prevention
14 20 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (11.11%) Security Monitoring
16 17 (9.94%) Penetration Testing
17 15 (8.77%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
17 15 (8.77%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 26 (15.20%) PowerShell
1 26 (15.20%) Python
2 5 (2.92%) Bash
3 3 (1.75%) Kusto Query Language
3 3 (1.75%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.17%) Perl
Qualifications
1 54 (31.58%) CISSP
2 31 (18.13%) Degree
3 23 (13.45%) CompTIA Security+
3 23 (13.45%) GIAC
4 16 (9.36%) CISM
5 15 (8.77%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (8.19%) Security Cleared
7 13 (7.60%) GCIH
8 11 (6.43%) CISA
9 10 (5.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (4.68%) SC Cleared
12 7 (4.09%) CRISC
13 6 (3.51%) Azure Certification
13 6 (3.51%) CCSP
14 5 (2.92%) CCNA
14 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (2.34%) GCFA
15 4 (2.34%) GCIA
15 4 (2.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (29.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 47 (27.49%) NIST
3 25 (14.62%) GDPR
4 23 (13.45%) PCI DSS
5 13 (7.60%) GRC
6 10 (5.85%) SOC 2
7 9 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (4.68%) SLA
9 4 (2.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (2.34%) QA
10 3 (1.75%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (1.75%) ITGC
11 2 (1.17%) COBIT
12 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (3.51%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.92%) Docker
3 2 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (6.43%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.68%) Terraform
3 7 (4.09%) Ansible
4 5 (2.92%) CSIRT
4 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.92%) QRadar
5 3 (1.75%) ArcSight ESM
5 3 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (1.17%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.58%) Nessus
Vendors
1 53 (30.99%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.77%) ServiceNow
3 14 (8.19%) Splunk
4 9 (5.26%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (4.09%) Palo Alto
6 4 (2.34%) Google
6 4 (2.34%) Qualys
7 3 (1.75%) ArcSight
7 3 (1.75%) CheckPoint
7 3 (1.75%) Cisco
7 3 (1.75%) LogLogic
7 3 (1.75%) McAfee
7 3 (1.75%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.17%) Foundry
8 2 (1.17%) Palantir
8 2 (1.17%) VMware
8 2 (1.17%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.58%) Acronis
9 1 (0.58%) Aruba
9 1 (0.58%) Gemalto