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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 263 252
Rank change year-on-year +91 -11 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 326 125 237
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.32% 1.04% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 1.11% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 223 91 139
10th Percentile £45,350 £47,750 £46,713
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,656 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% - +14.81%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £96,375
90th Percentile £112,000 £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 19,995 11,293 17,082
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.99% 94.06% 89.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,604 7,162 10,638
10th Percentile £40,825 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 +7 37 £70,000 -12.50% 34
West London 0 18 £75,000 +53.85% 11
East London 0 7 £57,500 -8.73% 1
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 5 (1.53%) Confluence
1 5 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.92%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 84 (25.77%) Azure
2 61 (18.71%) AWS
3 52 (15.95%) Entra ID
4 44 (13.50%) Microsoft 365
5 30 (9.20%) GCP
6 29 (8.90%) Azure Sentinel
7 16 (4.91%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.60%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (3.37%) Mimecast
10 8 (2.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 7 (2.15%) SaaS
12 6 (1.84%) Google Workspace
13 5 (1.53%) Anthropic Claude
13 5 (1.53%) AWS KMS
13 5 (1.53%) GitHub
13 5 (1.53%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.53%) Nutanix
14 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Copilot
15 3 (0.92%) Amazon Bedrock
15 3 (0.92%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 42 (12.88%) Firewall
2 36 (11.04%) Network Security
3 21 (6.44%) VPN
4 13 (3.99%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (2.15%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.53%) DNS
6 5 (1.53%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.23%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.23%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.23%) WAN
8 3 (0.92%) LAN
8 3 (0.92%) OSPF
8 3 (0.92%) TACACS
9 2 (0.61%) DMARC
9 2 (0.61%) HTTP
9 2 (0.61%) NGFW
9 2 (0.61%) SMTP
10 1 (0.31%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.31%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.53%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.92%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.92%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.31%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (1.84%) JIRA
2 3 (0.92%) Jenkins
General
1 81 (24.85%) Social Skills
2 55 (16.87%) Finance
3 42 (12.88%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.28%) Legal
5 21 (6.44%) Law
6 13 (3.99%) Banking
7 8 (2.45%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.15%) Retail
9 6 (1.84%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.84%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.53%) Advertising
11 4 (1.23%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.92%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (0.92%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.92%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.92%) Military
13 2 (0.61%) Local Government
13 2 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (19.33%) Security Engineer
2 59 (18.10%) Analyst
3 54 (16.56%) Lead
4 50 (15.34%) Security Analyst
5 48 (14.72%) Senior
6 31 (9.51%) Security Manager
7 25 (7.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 20 (6.13%) Architect
9 18 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 18 (5.52%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (4.91%) Consultant
10 16 (4.91%) Operations Engineer
10 16 (4.91%) Senior Security Analyst
11 15 (4.60%) Security Architect
12 14 (4.29%) Security Specialist
13 12 (3.68%) Operations Analyst
14 11 (3.37%) Information Manager
14 11 (3.37%) Information Security Manager
14 11 (3.37%) Security Operations Analyst
14 11 (3.37%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.60%) Terraform
2 6 (1.84%) REST
3 5 (1.53%) LDAP
4 4 (1.23%) OpenID
4 4 (1.23%) SAML
5 3 (0.92%) Kafka
5 3 (0.92%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (0.61%) JSON
6 2 (0.61%) RESTful
6 2 (0.61%) SOAP
7 1 (0.31%) CSS
7 1 (0.31%) HTML
7 1 (0.31%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.31%) TAPI
7 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (21.78%) Security Posture
2 45 (13.80%) Security Operations Centre
3 34 (10.43%) Cyber Defence
4 32 (9.82%) Management Information System
5 25 (7.67%) Data Centre
6 21 (6.44%) Cyber Threat
7 20 (6.13%) Cloud Native
8 15 (4.60%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.45%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (2.15%) AI Agents
11 7 (2.15%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (2.15%) Virtual Team
12 6 (1.84%) Insider Threat
13 5 (1.53%) PKI
13 5 (1.53%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.53%) Public Cloud
14 4 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
15 3 (0.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 43 (13.19%) Windows
2 25 (7.67%) Linux
3 6 (1.84%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.92%) Unix
6 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.31%) CentOS
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (56.44%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (41.10%) Incident Response
3 117 (35.89%) SIEM
4 104 (31.90%) Vulnerability Management
5 83 (25.46%) Cloud Security
6 78 (23.93%) Information Security
7 63 (19.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (18.71%) Risk Management
9 57 (17.48%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (17.18%) Threat Detection
11 53 (16.26%) Threat Intelligence
12 51 (15.64%) AI
13 44 (13.50%) SOAR
14 42 (12.88%) Mentoring
15 41 (12.58%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 39 (11.96%) Security Monitoring
16 39 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
17 38 (11.66%) Penetration Testing
18 37 (11.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 35 (10.74%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 48 (14.72%) PowerShell
2 32 (9.82%) Python
3 16 (4.91%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (2.15%) SQL
5 5 (1.53%) Bash
5 5 (1.53%) Java
5 5 (1.53%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.92%) Go
7 2 (0.61%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 66 (20.25%) CISSP
2 39 (11.96%) CISM
3 29 (8.90%) Degree
4 27 (8.28%) Security Cleared
5 26 (7.98%) GIAC
6 23 (7.06%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (7.06%) CompTIA Security+
7 18 (5.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 17 (5.21%) CCSP
9 16 (4.91%) CEH
10 14 (4.29%) SC Cleared
11 12 (3.68%) GCIH
12 11 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (2.45%) AWS Certification
13 8 (2.45%) CISA
13 8 (2.45%) DV Cleared
14 7 (2.15%) GCIA
15 6 (1.84%) Azure Certification
15 6 (1.84%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (28.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (25.77%) NIST
3 39 (11.96%) GDPR
4 27 (8.28%) GRC
5 22 (6.75%) PCI DSS
6 15 (4.60%) SOC 2
7 14 (4.29%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.53%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.23%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.92%) NCSC
12 2 (0.61%) PMO
12 2 (0.61%) SLA
13 1 (0.31%) COBIT
13 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 18 (5.52%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.15%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.31%) Docker
3 1 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (8.59%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (3.99%) Kubernetes
4 12 (3.68%) QRadar
5 8 (2.45%) SCCM
6 5 (1.53%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.92%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.92%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.92%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 2 (0.61%) Ansible
8 2 (0.61%) Argo
8 2 (0.61%) Grafana
8 2 (0.61%) Istio
8 2 (0.61%) linkerd
8 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.31%) CASB
9 1 (0.31%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.31%) Puppet
9 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 113 (34.66%) Microsoft
2 38 (11.66%) Splunk
3 31 (9.51%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (7.36%) ServiceNow
5 23 (7.06%) Qualys
6 22 (6.75%) Palo Alto
7 20 (6.13%) Tenable
8 19 (5.83%) Cisco
8 19 (5.83%) Google
9 14 (4.29%) Rapid7
10 9 (2.76%) CyberArk
11 8 (2.45%) iManage
11 8 (2.45%) Sophos
12 7 (2.15%) VMware
13 6 (1.84%) LogRhythm
13 6 (1.84%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.84%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.53%) Meraki
14 5 (1.53%) Veracode
14 5 (1.53%) Zscaler