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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 250 258
Rank change year-on-year +50 +8 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 226 132 280
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.09% 1.09% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.14% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 143 78 234
10th Percentile £45,350 £46,175 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £58,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £76,250 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.92% +5.17% +8.21%
75th Percentile £85,000 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £109,500 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £63,750 £60,970
% change year-on-year +9.80% +4.56% -2.45%

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 16,914 11,596 21,258
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.45% 96.08% 90.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11,387 6,945 15,847
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 22 May 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 22 May 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 58 £70,000 +7.69% 20
East London -6 6 £57,500 -8.73% 4
West London -17 1 £85,000 - 7
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 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.44%) Confluence
2 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 62 (27.43%) Azure
2 37 (16.37%) AWS
3 29 (12.83%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (11.06%) Azure Sentinel
5 19 (8.41%) GCP
6 17 (7.52%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.64%) SaaS
8 9 (3.98%) Mimecast
9 7 (3.10%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.77%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.77%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.33%) Tessian
12 2 (0.88%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.88%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.88%) GitHub
12 2 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.88%) Serverless
13 1 (0.44%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 41 (18.14%) Firewall
2 37 (16.37%) Network Security
3 15 (6.64%) VPN
4 12 (5.31%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.98%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (2.65%) DNS
6 6 (2.65%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.77%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.77%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.33%) SCCP
9 2 (0.88%) DKIM
9 2 (0.88%) DMARC
10 1 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.44%) HTTP
10 1 (0.44%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.44%) NGFW
10 1 (0.44%) SMTP
10 1 (0.44%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.33%) Power BI
2 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.44%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.77%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.77%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.88%) JIRA
General
1 52 (23.01%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.12%) Finance
3 35 (15.49%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.64%) Legal
5 14 (6.19%) Banking
6 13 (5.75%) Law
6 13 (5.75%) Retail
7 9 (3.98%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.10%) Back Office
10 6 (2.65%) Advertising
11 4 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Aviation
12 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.44%) Local Government
14 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
14 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (26.99%) Analyst
2 48 (21.24%) Security Analyst
3 29 (12.83%) Security Engineer
4 28 (12.39%) Security Manager
5 24 (10.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 24 (10.62%) Lead
5 24 (10.62%) Senior
6 19 (8.41%) Operational Security Manager
6 19 (8.41%) Security Operations Manager
7 17 (7.52%) Operations Manager
8 16 (7.08%) Security Specialist
9 13 (5.75%) Information Analyst
9 13 (5.75%) Information Security Analyst
9 13 (5.75%) Operations Analyst
9 13 (5.75%) Operations Engineer
10 12 (5.31%) Security Operations Analyst
11 11 (4.87%) Architect
11 11 (4.87%) Consultant
12 10 (4.42%) Engineering Manager
12 10 (4.42%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.33%) REST
2 2 (0.88%) LDAP
3 1 (0.44%) EDI
3 1 (0.44%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.44%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.68%) Cyber Defence
2 42 (18.58%) Security Operations Centre
3 36 (15.93%) Security Posture
4 26 (11.50%) Management Information System
5 23 (10.18%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (6.19%) Cloud Native
7 12 (5.31%) Data Centre
7 12 (5.31%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.54%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.65%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (2.21%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.77%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.33%) PKI
12 3 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.88%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 51 (22.57%) Windows
2 39 (17.26%) Linux
3 10 (4.42%) Unix
4 5 (2.21%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.77%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.44%) CentOS
6 1 (0.44%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (48.67%) Cybersecurity
2 108 (47.79%) Incident Response
3 89 (39.38%) SIEM
4 50 (22.12%) Threat Intelligence
5 49 (21.68%) Cloud Security
5 49 (21.68%) Vulnerability Management
6 47 (20.80%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 45 (19.91%) SOAR
8 44 (19.47%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 40 (17.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (17.70%) Information Security
10 37 (16.37%) Security Monitoring
11 35 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
11 35 (15.49%) Risk Management
12 33 (14.60%) Threat Detection
13 29 (12.83%) Root Cause Analysis
14 28 (12.39%) Use Case
15 25 (11.06%) Penetration Testing
16 20 (8.85%) Incident Management
16 20 (8.85%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.01%) PowerShell
2 42 (18.58%) Python
3 8 (3.54%) Bash
4 5 (2.21%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.88%) Perl
5 2 (0.88%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.88%) SQL
6 1 (0.44%) Java
6 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 52 (23.01%) CISSP
2 32 (14.16%) GIAC
3 25 (11.06%) Degree
4 24 (10.62%) CompTIA Security+
5 22 (9.73%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (9.73%) Security Cleared
6 18 (7.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 18 (7.96%) CISM
7 15 (6.64%) SC Cleared
8 14 (6.19%) CCSP
8 14 (6.19%) CEH
9 12 (5.31%) GCIH
10 9 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 8 (3.54%) Azure Certification
11 8 (3.54%) CISA
12 7 (3.10%) CRISC
13 5 (2.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 5 (2.21%) SANS
14 4 (1.77%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.77%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (26.55%) NIST
2 59 (26.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (10.62%) GDPR
4 20 (8.85%) GRC
5 18 (7.96%) PCI DSS
6 10 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.98%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.77%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.33%) NCSC
10 3 (1.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.88%) COBIT
11 2 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.88%) NIST 800
12 1 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.44%) PMO
12 1 (0.44%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.87%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.33%) Docker
2 3 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.54%) Ansible
2 8 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.54%) QRadar
2 8 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (2.21%) Terraform
4 4 (1.77%) Computer Incident Response Team
4 4 (1.77%) SCCM
5 3 (1.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.88%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.44%) CASB
7 1 (0.44%) Nessus
7 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (32.30%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.50%) Splunk
3 18 (7.96%) CrowdStrike
3 18 (7.96%) ServiceNow
4 15 (6.64%) Cisco
5 13 (5.75%) Qualys
6 9 (3.98%) Sophos
7 8 (3.54%) Google
8 6 (2.65%) Zscaler
9 5 (2.21%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.21%) Fortinet
9 5 (2.21%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.21%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.77%) Okta
10 4 (1.77%) Tenable
11 3 (1.33%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.33%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.33%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.88%) Intel
12 2 (0.88%) Red Hat