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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 265 274
Rank change year-on-year +93 +9 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 283 124 259
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.28% 1.00% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.05% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 192 78 200
10th Percentile £52,875 £47,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £78,750 £73,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.78% +13.46%
75th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,250 £106,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 18,150 11,855 21,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.26% 95.14% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 12,433 7,351 15,427
10th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,073
Median % change year-on-year - +7.03% -6.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £122,500 £117,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 8 July 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 8 July 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 +29 53 £70,000 -12.50% 14
West London -5 10 £85,000 - 12
East London +2 7 £57,500 -8.73% 8
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 (1.06%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.06%) Confluence
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 85 (30.04%) Azure
2 58 (20.49%) AWS
3 34 (12.01%) Microsoft 365
4 31 (10.95%) Entra ID
5 29 (10.25%) Azure Sentinel
6 23 (8.13%) GCP
7 13 (4.59%) SaaS
8 12 (4.24%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (3.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 8 (2.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 8 (2.83%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.12%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.77%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (1.77%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.77%) GitHub
12 5 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (1.06%) Nutanix
13 3 (1.06%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.06%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 42 (14.84%) Firewall
2 37 (13.07%) Network Security
3 17 (6.01%) VPN
4 10 (3.53%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.83%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (2.83%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.47%) DNS
7 4 (1.41%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.41%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.06%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.71%) SCCP
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.35%) HTTP
10 1 (0.35%) IPsec
10 1 (0.35%) NGFW
10 1 (0.35%) SMTP
10 1 (0.35%) SSL
10 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.06%) Hadoop
1 3 (1.06%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.06%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.06%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.71%) Power BI
3 1 (0.35%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (1.41%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.41%) JIRA
1 4 (1.41%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.06%) Jenkins
General
1 71 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 61 (21.55%) Finance
3 34 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.77%) Law
4 22 (7.77%) Legal
5 14 (4.95%) Banking
6 9 (3.18%) Financial Institution
7 8 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.47%) Retail
9 6 (2.12%) Advertising
10 5 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.41%) Back Office
11 4 (1.41%) Digital Health
12 3 (1.06%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.06%) Legal Technology
12 3 (1.06%) Military
12 3 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.71%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 61 (21.55%) Analyst
2 53 (18.73%) Security Analyst
3 46 (16.25%) Security Engineer
4 41 (14.49%) Lead
4 41 (14.49%) Senior
5 31 (10.95%) Security Manager
6 29 (10.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 18 (6.36%) Security Specialist
8 15 (5.30%) Architect
8 15 (5.30%) Operational Security Manager
8 15 (5.30%) Operations Analyst
8 15 (5.30%) Operations Engineer
8 15 (5.30%) Security Operations Manager
8 15 (5.30%) Senior Analyst
9 14 (4.95%) Consultant
9 14 (4.95%) Security Operations Analyst
9 14 (4.95%) Senior Security Analyst
10 13 (4.59%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 13 (4.59%) Operations Manager
11 11 (3.89%) Information Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.41%) OpenID
1 4 (1.41%) REST
1 4 (1.41%) SAML
2 3 (1.06%) Kafka
2 3 (1.06%) LDAP
2 3 (1.06%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (0.71%) JSON
3 2 (0.71%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.35%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 54 (19.08%) Security Posture
2 51 (18.02%) Security Operations Centre
3 49 (17.31%) Cyber Defence
4 28 (9.89%) Management Information System
5 23 (8.13%) Cyber Threat
6 18 (6.36%) Cloud Native
7 15 (5.30%) Data Centre
7 15 (5.30%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.47%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.12%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (1.77%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.77%) PKI
11 4 (1.41%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.06%) Blockchain
12 3 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.61%) Windows
2 36 (12.72%) Linux
3 9 (3.18%) Unix
4 4 (1.41%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.35%) CentOS
6 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (52.30%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (44.17%) Incident Response
3 110 (38.87%) SIEM
4 80 (28.27%) Cloud Security
5 78 (27.56%) Vulnerability Management
6 62 (21.91%) Information Security
6 62 (21.91%) Threat Intelligence
7 61 (21.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 52 (18.37%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 52 (18.37%) Risk Management
9 51 (18.02%) SOAR
10 45 (15.90%) Problem-Solving
11 44 (15.55%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 41 (14.49%) Threat Detection
13 36 (12.72%) AI
13 36 (12.72%) Security Monitoring
14 32 (11.31%) Penetration Testing
15 29 (10.25%) Root Cause Analysis
16 28 (9.89%) Mentoring
16 28 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (19.79%) PowerShell
2 41 (14.49%) Python
3 12 (4.24%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (2.83%) Bash
5 6 (2.12%) SQL
6 4 (1.41%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.06%) Java
8 2 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (20.14%) CISSP
2 35 (12.37%) GIAC
3 30 (10.60%) Security Cleared
4 29 (10.25%) CISM
5 28 (9.89%) Degree
6 26 (9.19%) CompTIA Security+
7 21 (7.42%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (6.71%) SC Cleared
9 16 (5.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (5.65%) CEH
10 15 (5.30%) CCSP
11 12 (4.24%) CISA
11 12 (4.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.89%) GCIH
13 9 (3.18%) AWS Certification
14 8 (2.83%) Azure Certification
15 7 (2.47%) GCIA
16 6 (2.12%) CompTIA CySA+
16 6 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (1.77%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (28.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 80 (28.27%) NIST
2 38 (13.43%) GDPR
3 20 (7.07%) GRC
4 16 (5.65%) PCI DSS
5 14 (4.95%) SOC 2
6 13 (4.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.77%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.06%) NCSC
10 3 (1.06%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.71%) COBIT
11 2 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.71%) PMO
12 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.24%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.71%) Docker
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (7.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.59%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (4.59%) Terraform
3 10 (3.53%) Kubernetes
4 9 (3.18%) QRadar
5 8 (2.83%) SCCM
6 7 (2.47%) Ansible
7 3 (1.06%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (1.06%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (1.06%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.35%) Nessus
8 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 91 (32.16%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.07%) Splunk
3 24 (8.48%) CrowdStrike
4 21 (7.42%) Qualys
4 21 (7.42%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.65%) Cisco
5 16 (5.65%) Tenable
6 14 (4.95%) Google
7 11 (3.89%) Palo Alto
8 10 (3.53%) Sophos
9 9 (3.18%) iManage
9 9 (3.18%) Rapid7
10 6 (2.12%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.12%) OpenAI
10 6 (2.12%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.77%) CheckPoint
11 5 (1.77%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.41%) Okta
12 4 (1.41%) Red Hat
12 4 (1.41%) VMware