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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 243 223 279
Rank change year-on-year -20 +56 +39
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 145 238 189
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.20% 1.37% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.29% 1.52% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 107 147 162
10th Percentile £50,750 £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £76,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +9.29% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,313
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,500 £111,125
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.59% +0.40% -7.41%

All Process and 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 11,257 15,667 18,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 93.21% 90.09% 93.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,176 9,338 15,095
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,750 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 31 October 2025.

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 31 October 2025. 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 28 £80,000 - 20
West London +7 3 £56,000 -47.29% 1
East London -6 1 £63,000 +8.62% 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 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.38%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.69%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 34 (23.45%) Azure
2 31 (21.38%) AWS
3 13 (8.97%) GCP
4 12 (8.28%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (6.21%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (5.52%) Entra ID
7 6 (4.14%) SaaS
8 5 (3.45%) PaaS
9 4 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.76%) Mimecast
9 4 (2.76%) Tessian
10 3 (2.07%) Google App Engine
11 2 (1.38%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (1.38%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.38%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Purview
12 1 (0.69%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.69%) Amazon Macie
12 1 (0.69%) AWS KMS
12 1 (0.69%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 37 (25.52%) Firewall
2 16 (11.03%) Network Security
3 12 (8.28%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (6.21%) VPN
5 5 (3.45%) DNS
6 4 (2.76%) WAN
6 4 (2.76%) Wireshark
7 3 (2.07%) Wireless
8 2 (1.38%) LAN
8 2 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.69%) DHCP
9 1 (0.69%) DMARC
9 1 (0.69%) DMZ
9 1 (0.69%) Modbus
9 1 (0.69%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.69%) SSH
9 1 (0.69%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.69%) JIRA
General
1 65 (44.83%) Social Skills
2 37 (25.52%) Finance
3 29 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.97%) Law
6 10 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (6.21%) Advertising
7 9 (6.21%) Banking
8 8 (5.52%) Financial Institution
8 8 (5.52%) Legal
9 7 (4.83%) Public Sector
10 6 (4.14%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.76%) Retail
12 3 (2.07%) Back Office
12 3 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (1.38%) Games
14 1 (0.69%) Electronics
14 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.69%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 33 (22.76%) Analyst
2 25 (17.24%) Security Analyst
2 25 (17.24%) Security Engineer
3 19 (13.10%) Lead
4 18 (12.41%) Senior
5 14 (9.66%) Security Manager
6 13 (8.97%) Operations Manager
7 12 (8.28%) Operational Security Manager
7 12 (8.28%) Security Operations Manager
8 11 (7.59%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (7.59%) SOC Analyst
9 9 (6.21%) Information Manager
9 9 (6.21%) Information Security Manager
10 8 (5.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 7 (4.83%) Consultant
11 7 (4.83%) Head of Security
11 7 (4.83%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (4.83%) Technical Consultant
12 6 (4.14%) Security Specialist
12 6 (4.14%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.76%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.76%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (2.07%) .NET
2 3 (2.07%) React
3 2 (1.38%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.38%) EDI
4 1 (0.69%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.69%) Django
4 1 (0.69%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 32 (22.07%) Cyber Threat
2 27 (18.62%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (15.17%) Security Posture
4 14 (9.66%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (6.21%) Cyberattack
6 8 (5.52%) Insider Threat
6 8 (5.52%) Virtual Team
7 7 (4.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (4.83%) Management Information System
7 7 (4.83%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (4.14%) Data Centre
9 5 (3.45%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.76%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.76%) CMDB
10 4 (2.76%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.76%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (2.07%) Operational Technology
12 2 (1.38%) Analytical Mindset
12 2 (1.38%) CESG
12 2 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.31%) Windows
2 20 (13.79%) Linux
3 4 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.69%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.69%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.69%) Unix
4 1 (0.69%) VMS
4 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (58.62%) Incident Response
2 72 (49.66%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (41.38%) Information Security
4 55 (37.93%) SIEM
5 33 (22.76%) Threat Intelligence
6 31 (21.38%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (20.69%) Vulnerability Management
8 29 (20.00%) Cloud Security
9 27 (18.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (17.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 25 (17.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 22 (15.17%) Data Loss Prevention
12 19 (13.10%) Risk Management
12 19 (13.10%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (13.10%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 18 (12.41%) DevOps
14 17 (11.72%) Threat Detection
15 16 (11.03%) Computer Science
16 14 (9.66%) Penetration Testing
16 14 (9.66%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.03%) Python
2 8 (5.52%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.14%) Bash
4 3 (2.07%) C#
4 3 (2.07%) Java
5 2 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.38%) SQL
6 1 (0.69%) Perl
6 1 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 35 (24.14%) CISSP
2 25 (17.24%) Degree
3 16 (11.03%) CISM
4 14 (9.66%) Security Cleared
5 13 (8.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 9 (6.21%) GIAC
7 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (5.52%) SC Cleared
8 7 (4.83%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.14%) CISA
9 6 (4.14%) GCFA
9 6 (4.14%) GCIH
10 5 (3.45%) GCIA
11 4 (2.76%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.76%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.76%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.76%) Novell Certification
12 3 (2.07%) CEH
13 2 (1.38%) CESG Certified Professional
13 2 (1.38%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (31.03%) NIST
2 38 (26.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (14.48%) GDPR
4 16 (11.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (8.97%) PCI DSS
6 8 (5.52%) SLA
7 7 (4.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (3.45%) Accessibility
8 5 (3.45%) GRC
8 5 (3.45%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.76%) Data Quality
9 4 (2.76%) QA
10 2 (1.38%) COBIT
11 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 1 (0.69%) NCSC
11 1 (0.69%) SOC 1
System Software
1 7 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.76%) Docker
3 4 (2.76%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (8.97%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.90%) CSIRT
3 8 (5.52%) QRadar
3 8 (5.52%) Terraform
4 6 (4.14%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (3.45%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (2.76%) Ansible
6 4 (2.76%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.07%) Nessus
8 2 (1.38%) CASB
8 2 (1.38%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.69%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.69%) SCCM
9 1 (0.69%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 39 (26.90%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.10%) Splunk
3 10 (6.90%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.21%) CrowdStrike
5 6 (4.14%) Palo Alto
5 6 (4.14%) VMware
6 5 (3.45%) Rapid7
7 4 (2.76%) Cisco
7 4 (2.76%) Foundry
7 4 (2.76%) Palantir
7 4 (2.76%) Qualys
8 2 (1.38%) ArcSight
8 2 (1.38%) Carbon Black
8 2 (1.38%) Checkmarx
8 2 (1.38%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.38%) Tenable
8 2 (1.38%) Thales
8 2 (1.38%) Trend Micro
8 2 (1.38%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.69%) Censornet