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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 253 256
Rank change year-on-year +51 +3 +25
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 218 144 283
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.06% 1.16% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 1.21% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 138 90 237
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,425 £51,250
25th Percentile £64,063 £62,500 £58,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.45% +8.21%
75th Percentile £85,000 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £102,250 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,750 £60,970
% change year-on-year +11.55% +2.92% -6.20%

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 16,742 11,907 21,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.36% 96.00% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 11,266 7,268 15,910
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,750 £51,275
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 £122,500 £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 18 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 18 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 +17 58 £70,000 +7.69% 22
East London -6 5 £57,500 -8.73% 5
West London -16 1 £85,000 - 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 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.46%) Confluence
2 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 65 (29.82%) Azure
2 38 (17.43%) AWS
3 29 (13.30%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (11.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (9.17%) GCP
6 17 (7.80%) Entra ID
7 14 (6.42%) SaaS
8 9 (4.13%) Mimecast
9 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.83%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.38%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.38%) Google Workspace
11 3 (1.38%) Tessian
12 2 (0.92%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.92%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.92%) GitHub
12 2 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.92%) Serverless
13 1 (0.46%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 42 (19.27%) Firewall
2 38 (17.43%) Network Security
3 15 (6.88%) VPN
4 12 (5.50%) TCP/IP
5 9 (4.13%) Cisco ISE
6 6 (2.75%) DNS
6 6 (2.75%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.83%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.83%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.38%) SCCP
9 2 (0.92%) DKIM
9 2 (0.92%) DMARC
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.46%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.46%) HTTP
10 1 (0.46%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.46%) NGFW
10 1 (0.46%) SMTP
10 1 (0.46%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.38%) Power BI
2 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.46%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.83%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.92%) JIRA
General
1 53 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 51 (23.39%) Finance
3 36 (16.51%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.88%) Legal
5 14 (6.42%) Banking
6 13 (5.96%) Retail
7 12 (5.50%) Law
8 9 (4.13%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.21%) Back Office
11 5 (2.29%) Advertising
12 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.38%) Aviation
13 3 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.38%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.46%) Local Government
15 1 (0.46%) Marketing
15 1 (0.46%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 62 (28.44%) Analyst
2 49 (22.48%) Security Analyst
3 29 (13.30%) Security Engineer
4 28 (12.84%) Security Manager
5 24 (11.01%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 23 (10.55%) Senior
7 22 (10.09%) Lead
8 19 (8.72%) Operational Security Manager
8 19 (8.72%) Security Operations Manager
9 17 (7.80%) Operations Manager
10 15 (6.88%) Security Specialist
11 13 (5.96%) Information Analyst
11 13 (5.96%) Information Security Analyst
11 13 (5.96%) Operations Analyst
11 13 (5.96%) Operations Engineer
12 12 (5.50%) Security Operations Analyst
13 11 (5.05%) Consultant
13 11 (5.05%) SOC Analyst
14 10 (4.59%) Engineering Manager
14 10 (4.59%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.92%) LDAP
1 2 (0.92%) REST
2 1 (0.46%) EDI
2 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
2 1 (0.46%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 48 (22.02%) Cyber Defence
2 43 (19.72%) Security Operations Centre
3 37 (16.97%) Security Posture
4 24 (11.01%) Management Information System
5 23 (10.55%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (6.42%) Cloud Native
7 11 (5.05%) Data Centre
8 10 (4.59%) Onboarding
9 9 (4.13%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (2.75%) Insider Threat
11 5 (2.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (2.29%) Virtual Team
12 3 (1.38%) AI Agents
12 3 (1.38%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.38%) PKI
12 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.92%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.92%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 51 (23.39%) Windows
2 40 (18.35%) Linux
3 10 (4.59%) Unix
4 5 (2.29%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.83%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.46%) CentOS
6 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.46%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 108 (49.54%) Incident Response
3 90 (41.28%) SIEM
4 50 (22.94%) Threat Intelligence
5 49 (22.48%) Cloud Security
6 48 (22.02%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 46 (21.10%) Vulnerability Management
8 44 (20.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 44 (20.18%) SOAR
9 41 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (17.43%) Information Security
11 37 (16.97%) Security Monitoring
12 35 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
13 34 (15.60%) Risk Management
14 32 (14.68%) Threat Detection
15 30 (13.76%) Root Cause Analysis
16 28 (12.84%) Use Case
17 25 (11.47%) Penetration Testing
18 19 (8.72%) Incident Management
18 19 (8.72%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.85%) PowerShell
2 42 (19.27%) Python
3 9 (4.13%) Bash
4 4 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.92%) Perl
5 2 (0.92%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.46%) Java
6 1 (0.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (24.31%) CISSP
2 33 (15.14%) GIAC
3 26 (11.93%) Degree
4 24 (11.01%) CompTIA Security+
5 22 (10.09%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (9.17%) Security Cleared
7 18 (8.26%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 17 (7.80%) CISM
9 15 (6.88%) SC Cleared
10 14 (6.42%) CCSP
11 13 (5.96%) CEH
11 13 (5.96%) GCIH
12 9 (4.13%) CISA
13 8 (3.67%) Azure Certification
13 8 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (3.21%) CRISC
15 5 (2.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (2.29%) SANS
16 4 (1.83%) AWS Certification
16 4 (1.83%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (27.52%) NIST
2 57 (26.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (11.01%) GDPR
4 20 (9.17%) PCI DSS
5 19 (8.72%) GRC
6 10 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (4.13%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.83%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.38%) NCSC
11 2 (0.92%) COBIT
11 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.92%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.46%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (5.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.38%) Docker
2 3 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.46%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (6.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.67%) Ansible
2 8 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.67%) QRadar
3 7 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.29%) Terraform
5 4 (1.83%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 4 (1.83%) SCCM
6 3 (1.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (0.92%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.46%) CASB
8 1 (0.46%) Nessus
8 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 75 (34.40%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.55%) Splunk
3 18 (8.26%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (7.34%) ServiceNow
5 15 (6.88%) Cisco
6 12 (5.50%) Qualys
7 9 (4.13%) Sophos
8 7 (3.21%) Google
9 6 (2.75%) Zscaler
10 5 (2.29%) CheckPoint
10 5 (2.29%) Fortinet
10 5 (2.29%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.29%) Rapid7
11 4 (1.83%) Okta
12 3 (1.38%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.38%) LogRhythm
12 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.38%) Tenable
13 2 (0.92%) Intel
13 2 (0.92%) Red Hat