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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 278 264
Rank change year-on-year +108 -14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 304 109 222
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.27% 0.90% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.55% 0.95% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 207 81 150
10th Percentile £50,500 £47,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £95,188
90th Percentile £111,000 £120,000 £121,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -

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 19,550 11,435 17,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.68% 94.29% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 13,195 7,208 11,608
10th Percentile £40,770 £39,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £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 19 August 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 19 August 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 +9 38 £70,000 -12.50% 16
West London -3 18 £75,000 - 9
East London -3 7 £57,500 -8.73% 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 5 (1.64%) Confluence
2 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 82 (26.97%) Azure
2 59 (19.41%) AWS
3 37 (12.17%) Microsoft 365
4 36 (11.84%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.22%) Azure Sentinel
5 25 (8.22%) GCP
6 14 (4.61%) Azure Logic Apps
7 12 (3.95%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (3.29%) SaaS
9 8 (2.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 7 (2.30%) Mimecast
11 6 (1.97%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.64%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (1.64%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.64%) GitHub
12 5 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.64%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.99%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.16%) Network Security
2 39 (12.83%) Firewall
3 17 (5.59%) VPN
4 11 (3.62%) Cisco ISE
5 9 (2.96%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (1.97%) DNS
6 6 (1.97%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.64%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (1.32%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (1.32%) WAN
9 3 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (0.99%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.99%) LAN
9 3 (0.99%) OSPF
9 3 (0.99%) TACACS
10 2 (0.66%) NGFW
11 1 (0.33%) SCCP
11 1 (0.33%) SMTP
11 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.64%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.64%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.99%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.99%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (1.97%) JIRA
2 3 (0.99%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.99%) Jenkins
2 3 (0.99%) Metasploit
General
1 74 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 56 (18.42%) Finance
3 41 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.22%) Legal
5 19 (6.25%) Law
6 10 (3.29%) Banking
7 7 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (1.64%) Advertising
8 5 (1.64%) Financial Institution
8 5 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.64%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.32%) Digital Health
9 4 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.99%) Digital Healthcare
10 3 (0.99%) Legal Technology
10 3 (0.99%) Military
10 3 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.66%) Local Government
11 2 (0.66%) Retail
11 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (17.11%) Analyst
2 51 (16.78%) Lead
3 50 (16.45%) Security Engineer
4 45 (14.80%) Security Analyst
5 44 (14.47%) Senior
6 33 (10.86%) Security Manager
7 24 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 18 (5.92%) Architect
9 15 (4.93%) Security Specialist
9 15 (4.93%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.61%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 14 (4.61%) Engineering Manager
10 14 (4.61%) Operations Engineer
10 14 (4.61%) Security Architect
10 14 (4.61%) Senior Security Analyst
11 13 (4.28%) Consultant
11 13 (4.28%) Operational Security Manager
11 13 (4.28%) Security Operations Manager
12 12 (3.95%) Operations Analyst
12 12 (3.95%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.64%) LDAP
1 5 (1.64%) REST
2 4 (1.32%) OpenID
2 4 (1.32%) SAML
3 3 (0.99%) Kafka
3 3 (0.99%) Smart Contracts
4 2 (0.66%) JSON
4 2 (0.66%) RESTful
5 1 (0.33%) CSS
5 1 (0.33%) HTML
5 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.33%) SOAP
5 1 (0.33%) TAPI
5 1 (0.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (20.39%) Security Posture
2 44 (14.47%) Security Operations Centre
3 43 (14.14%) Cyber Defence
4 32 (10.53%) Management Information System
5 22 (7.24%) Cyber Threat
6 21 (6.91%) Data Centre
7 20 (6.58%) Cloud Native
8 15 (4.93%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.63%) AI Agents
9 8 (2.63%) Cyber Security Posture
10 7 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (2.30%) Insider Threat
10 7 (2.30%) Virtual Team
11 6 (1.97%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 5 (1.64%) PKI
13 4 (1.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 4 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
14 3 (0.99%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 43 (14.14%) Windows
2 27 (8.88%) Linux
3 6 (1.97%) Unix
4 5 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.99%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.33%) CentOS
6 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (53.29%) Cybersecurity
2 129 (42.43%) Incident Response
3 112 (36.84%) SIEM
4 94 (30.92%) Vulnerability Management
5 81 (26.64%) Cloud Security
6 76 (25.00%) Information Security
7 64 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (19.41%) Risk Management
9 58 (19.08%) Threat Detection
10 56 (18.42%) Threat Intelligence
11 52 (17.11%) Problem-Solving
12 50 (16.45%) AI
13 47 (15.46%) SOAR
14 44 (14.47%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 40 (13.16%) Security Monitoring
16 38 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
17 37 (12.17%) Mentoring
17 37 (12.17%) MITRE ATT&CK
18 36 (11.84%) Stakeholder Management
19 34 (11.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 51 (16.78%) PowerShell
2 36 (11.84%) Python
3 14 (4.61%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (2.63%) Bash
5 7 (2.30%) SQL
6 5 (1.64%) Java
6 5 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.66%) Go
7 2 (0.66%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 66 (21.71%) CISSP
2 39 (12.83%) CISM
3 31 (10.20%) Security Cleared
4 29 (9.54%) Degree
5 28 (9.21%) GIAC
6 25 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (7.57%) CompTIA Security+
8 18 (5.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 18 (5.92%) SC Cleared
9 17 (5.59%) CCSP
9 17 (5.59%) CEH
10 13 (4.28%) GCIH
11 11 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.63%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.63%) CISA
12 8 (2.63%) GCIA
13 7 (2.30%) CCNP
13 7 (2.30%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.97%) Azure Certification
15 5 (1.64%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (28.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (26.97%) NIST
3 40 (13.16%) GDPR
4 23 (7.57%) GRC
5 14 (4.61%) PCI DSS
5 14 (4.61%) SOC 2
6 13 (4.28%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.64%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.32%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.99%) NCSC
11 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.66%) PMO
12 1 (0.33%) COBIT
12 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (4.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.33%) Docker
4 1 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (6.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.58%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (4.61%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.61%) Terraform
4 10 (3.29%) QRadar
5 8 (2.63%) SCCM
6 5 (1.64%) Red Hat Satellite
7 4 (1.32%) Ansible
8 3 (0.99%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (0.99%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (0.99%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 2 (0.66%) Argo
9 2 (0.66%) Grafana
9 2 (0.66%) Istio
9 2 (0.66%) linkerd
9 2 (0.66%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.33%) CASB
10 1 (0.33%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.33%) Nessus
10 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 96 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.51%) Splunk
3 26 (8.55%) CrowdStrike
4 23 (7.57%) ServiceNow
5 22 (7.24%) Qualys
6 18 (5.92%) Tenable
7 17 (5.59%) Cisco
7 17 (5.59%) Palo Alto
8 15 (4.93%) Google
9 14 (4.61%) Rapid7
10 10 (3.29%) Sophos
11 9 (2.96%) iManage
12 8 (2.63%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.97%) LogRhythm
13 6 (1.97%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.97%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.97%) VMware
14 5 (1.64%) Fortinet
14 5 (1.64%) Ivanti
14 5 (1.64%) Oracle