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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 270 257
Rank change year-on-year +70 -13 +27
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 231 125 280
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.11% 1.06% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.10% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 148 71 230
10th Percentile £46,225 £53,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,000 £61,513
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +6.90% +8.21%
75th Percentile £85,000 £114,375 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £63,250 £61,439
% change year-on-year +10.67% +2.95% -1.70%

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 17,025 11,372 21,329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.52% 96.07% 90.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11,508 6,798 15,875
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 £125,000 £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 27 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 27 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 +20 57 £70,000 -1.75% 24
East London -5 6 £57,500 -8.73% 3
West London -14 1 £85,000 - 6
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 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.43%) Confluence
2 1 (0.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 66 (28.57%) Azure
2 41 (17.75%) AWS
3 27 (11.69%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (11.26%) Azure Sentinel
5 25 (10.82%) GCP
6 16 (6.93%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.49%) SaaS
8 8 (3.46%) Mimecast
9 7 (3.03%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (1.73%) Google Workspace
10 4 (1.73%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (1.30%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (1.30%) GitHub
11 3 (1.30%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.87%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (0.87%) Anthropic Claude
12 2 (0.87%) AWS KMS
12 2 (0.87%) Serverless
12 2 (0.87%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 38 (16.45%) Firewall
2 35 (15.15%) Network Security
3 13 (5.63%) VPN
4 10 (4.33%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.90%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (3.03%) DNS
7 5 (2.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.73%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.73%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.30%) SCCP
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.43%) DKIM
10 1 (0.43%) DMARC
10 1 (0.43%) HTTP
10 1 (0.43%) IPsec
10 1 (0.43%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.43%) SMTP
10 1 (0.43%) SSL
10 1 (0.43%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.30%) Power BI
2 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.43%) Big Data
3 1 (0.43%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.43%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.73%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.73%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.87%) JIRA
3 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (22.94%) Social Skills
2 52 (22.51%) Finance
3 33 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (6.93%) Banking
4 16 (6.93%) Legal
5 14 (6.06%) Law
6 13 (5.63%) Retail
7 9 (3.90%) Financial Institution
7 9 (3.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (3.03%) Back Office
9 6 (2.60%) Advertising
10 4 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Aviation
11 3 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Marketing
12 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.87%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (25.97%) Analyst
2 49 (21.21%) Security Analyst
3 30 (12.99%) Security Engineer
4 27 (11.69%) Security Manager
5 26 (11.26%) Senior
6 25 (10.82%) Lead
7 23 (9.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 19 (8.23%) Operational Security Manager
8 19 (8.23%) Security Operations Manager
9 17 (7.36%) Operations Manager
10 15 (6.49%) Security Specialist
11 14 (6.06%) Information Analyst
11 14 (6.06%) Information Security Analyst
11 14 (6.06%) Operations Analyst
12 13 (5.63%) Operations Engineer
12 13 (5.63%) Security Operations Analyst
13 12 (5.19%) Architect
14 11 (4.76%) Consultant
15 10 (4.33%) Engineering Manager
15 10 (4.33%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.73%) REST
2 2 (0.87%) LDAP
3 1 (0.43%) EDI
3 1 (0.43%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.43%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (21.65%) Cyber Defence
2 43 (18.61%) Security Operations Centre
3 34 (14.72%) Security Posture
4 24 (10.39%) Management Information System
5 22 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
6 14 (6.06%) Cloud Native
7 12 (5.19%) Data Centre
7 12 (5.19%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.60%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (2.16%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.73%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.30%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.87%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.87%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 49 (21.21%) Windows
2 40 (17.32%) Linux
3 10 (4.33%) Unix
4 4 (1.73%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.43%) CentOS
6 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (49.78%) Cybersecurity
2 106 (45.89%) Incident Response
3 88 (38.10%) SIEM
4 51 (22.08%) Threat Intelligence
5 50 (21.65%) Vulnerability Management
6 49 (21.21%) Cloud Security
7 48 (20.78%) SOAR
8 47 (20.35%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 45 (19.48%) Continuous Improvement
9 45 (19.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 40 (17.32%) Information Security
11 36 (15.58%) Security Monitoring
12 34 (14.72%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (14.29%) Risk Management
14 30 (12.99%) Threat Detection
15 27 (11.69%) Root Cause Analysis
15 27 (11.69%) Use Case
16 24 (10.39%) Penetration Testing
17 21 (9.09%) Incident Management
17 21 (9.09%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 53 (22.94%) PowerShell
2 44 (19.05%) Python
3 8 (3.46%) Bash
4 5 (2.16%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.87%) Perl
6 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.87%) SQL
7 1 (0.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 51 (22.08%) CISSP
2 32 (13.85%) GIAC
3 24 (10.39%) CompTIA Security+
4 23 (9.96%) Security Cleared
5 22 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
5 22 (9.52%) Degree
6 17 (7.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 17 (7.36%) CISM
7 15 (6.49%) CEH
7 15 (6.49%) SC Cleared
8 13 (5.63%) CCSP
9 12 (5.19%) GCIH
10 9 (3.90%) CISA
10 9 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (3.03%) CRISC
12 6 (2.60%) Azure Certification
13 5 (2.16%) CCNP
14 4 (1.73%) CCNA
14 4 (1.73%) CompTIA CySA+
14 4 (1.73%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (27.71%) NIST
2 57 (24.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (9.09%) GDPR
4 19 (8.23%) GRC
5 18 (7.79%) PCI DSS
6 10 (4.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (3.90%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.73%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.30%) NCSC
10 2 (0.87%) COBIT
10 2 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.87%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.87%) PMO
11 1 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.43%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.30%) Docker
2 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.87%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.46%) Ansible
2 8 (3.46%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.46%) QRadar
2 8 (3.46%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.46%) Terraform
3 4 (1.73%) SCCM
4 3 (1.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (1.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (0.87%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.43%) CASB
6 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.43%) Nessus
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (30.74%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.82%) Splunk
3 19 (8.23%) CrowdStrike
4 18 (7.79%) ServiceNow
5 15 (6.49%) Cisco
6 11 (4.76%) Qualys
7 10 (4.33%) Google
8 9 (3.90%) Sophos
9 6 (2.60%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.60%) Rapid7
9 6 (2.60%) Zscaler
10 5 (2.16%) CheckPoint
10 5 (2.16%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.73%) Okta
11 4 (1.73%) Tenable
12 3 (1.30%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.30%) LogRhythm
12 3 (1.30%) OpenAI
12 3 (1.30%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.87%) Intel