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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 173 272 262
Rank change year-on-year +99 -10 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 269 118 278
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.24% 0.97% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.01% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 182 72 223
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,250 £76,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +5.17% +11.54%
75th Percentile £87,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £119,750 £105,690
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.45% +3.75% -4.00%

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 17,772 11,646 21,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.75% 95.64% 88.93%
Number of salaries quoted 12,171 7,045 16,016
10th Percentile £41,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,500 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,100 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +24 55 £70,000 -11.11% 14
West London -12 8 £85,000 - 9
East London +5 7 £57,500 -8.73% 5
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 2 (0.74%) Apache Spark
1 2 (0.74%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 81 (30.11%) Azure
2 55 (20.45%) AWS
3 31 (11.52%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (10.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 26 (9.67%) Entra ID
6 23 (8.55%) GCP
7 13 (4.83%) SaaS
8 10 (3.72%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (2.97%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.97%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.23%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 6 (2.23%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.86%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (1.86%) GitHub
11 5 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.49%) AWS KMS
12 4 (1.49%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.12%) Zapier
14 2 (0.74%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 41 (15.24%) Firewall
2 35 (13.01%) Network Security
3 16 (5.95%) VPN
4 10 (3.72%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.97%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.60%) DNS
7 6 (2.23%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.49%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.49%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.12%) SCCP
10 2 (0.74%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.37%) HTTP
11 1 (0.37%) IPsec
11 1 (0.37%) NGFW
11 1 (0.37%) SMTP
11 1 (0.37%) SSL
11 1 (0.37%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.12%) Power BI
2 2 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.74%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.74%) NoSQL
2 2 (0.74%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.37%) Big Data
3 1 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.49%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.12%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 69 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.33%) Finance
3 34 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.81%) Legal
5 20 (7.43%) Law
6 13 (4.83%) Banking
7 8 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.97%) Retail
8 7 (2.60%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.23%) Advertising
10 4 (1.49%) Back Office
10 4 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Aviation
11 3 (1.12%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.12%) Legal Technology
12 2 (0.74%) Digital Healthcare
12 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (23.79%) Analyst
2 56 (20.82%) Security Analyst
3 42 (15.61%) Security Engineer
4 40 (14.87%) Senior
5 38 (14.13%) Lead
6 33 (12.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 29 (10.78%) Security Manager
8 17 (6.32%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (5.95%) Operations Engineer
9 16 (5.95%) Security Specialist
9 16 (5.95%) Senior Security Analyst
10 15 (5.58%) Operational Security Manager
10 15 (5.58%) Operations Analyst
10 15 (5.58%) Security Operations Manager
11 14 (5.20%) Security Operations Analyst
12 13 (4.83%) Architect
12 13 (4.83%) Operations Manager
13 12 (4.46%) Consultant
13 12 (4.46%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 11 (4.09%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.49%) REST
2 3 (1.12%) LDAP
2 3 (1.12%) OpenID
2 3 (1.12%) SAML
3 2 (0.74%) JSON
3 2 (0.74%) Kafka
3 2 (0.74%) RESTful
4 1 (0.37%) EDI
4 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.37%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (18.59%) Cyber Defence
1 50 (18.59%) Security Operations Centre
2 48 (17.84%) Security Posture
3 27 (10.04%) Management Information System
4 22 (8.18%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (6.69%) Cloud Native
6 14 (5.20%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.83%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.60%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (1.86%) Insider Threat
10 4 (1.49%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (1.49%) PKI
11 3 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.47%) Windows
2 37 (13.75%) Linux
3 10 (3.72%) Unix
4 4 (1.49%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.49%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) CentOS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (52.79%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (44.61%) Incident Response
3 104 (38.66%) SIEM
4 73 (27.14%) Cloud Security
5 69 (25.65%) Vulnerability Management
6 60 (22.30%) Threat Intelligence
7 57 (21.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (20.82%) Information Security
9 51 (18.96%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 50 (18.59%) SOAR
11 46 (17.10%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 44 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (16.36%) Risk Management
13 37 (13.75%) Security Monitoring
13 37 (13.75%) Threat Detection
14 31 (11.52%) AI
15 30 (11.15%) Penetration Testing
16 29 (10.78%) Root Cause Analysis
17 27 (10.04%) Mentoring
18 26 (9.67%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 55 (20.45%) PowerShell
2 43 (15.99%) Python
3 10 (3.72%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (3.35%) Bash
5 5 (1.86%) SQL
6 4 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.74%) Java
7 2 (0.74%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (0.74%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.37%) Perl
Qualifications
1 52 (19.33%) CISSP
2 35 (13.01%) GIAC
3 28 (10.41%) Security Cleared
4 27 (10.04%) Degree
5 26 (9.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 24 (8.92%) CISM
7 19 (7.06%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (6.69%) SC Cleared
9 16 (5.95%) CEH
10 14 (5.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 13 (4.83%) CCSP
12 12 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (3.72%) CISA
13 10 (3.72%) GCIH
14 8 (2.97%) Azure Certification
15 7 (2.60%) AWS Certification
16 6 (2.23%) CompTIA CySA+
16 6 (2.23%) GCIA
16 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (1.86%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (28.62%) NIST
2 73 (27.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (12.64%) GDPR
4 18 (6.69%) GRC
5 17 (6.32%) PCI DSS
6 11 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (4.09%) SOC 2
7 6 (2.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.86%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.12%) NCSC
10 3 (1.12%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.74%) COBIT
11 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.74%) PMO
12 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.46%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.12%) Docker
3 3 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (7.43%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.83%) Terraform
3 10 (3.72%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.72%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (2.97%) Ansible
4 8 (2.97%) QRadar
5 7 (2.60%) SCCM
6 3 (1.12%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (1.12%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.37%) CASB
8 1 (0.37%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.37%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.37%) Nessus
8 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (31.60%) Microsoft
2 35 (13.01%) Splunk
3 23 (8.55%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.06%) ServiceNow
5 17 (6.32%) Qualys
6 16 (5.95%) Cisco
7 13 (4.83%) Google
8 12 (4.46%) Tenable
9 9 (3.35%) Palo Alto
9 9 (3.35%) Sophos
10 8 (2.97%) iManage
11 7 (2.60%) Rapid7
12 6 (2.23%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.23%) OpenAI
12 6 (2.23%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.86%) CheckPoint
14 4 (1.49%) CyberArk
14 4 (1.49%) Okta
15 3 (1.12%) Carbon Black
15 3 (1.12%) LogRhythm