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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 285 264
Rank change year-on-year +105 -21 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 290 113 225
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.25% 0.92% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 0.98% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 202 75 166
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £63,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £98,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £118,000 £120,625
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 19,054 11,583 18,119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.16% 94.42% 89.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12,959 7,351 12,508
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,920 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% +1.67% -11.29%

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 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 31 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 +12 41 £70,000 -18.60% 24
West London -8 16 £75,000 - 8
East London -2 7 £57,500 -8.73% 7
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 (1.72%) Confluence
2 3 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 80 (27.59%) Azure
2 56 (19.31%) AWS
3 31 (10.69%) Entra ID
4 29 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (8.62%) Azure Sentinel
6 21 (7.24%) GCP
7 11 (3.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (3.79%) SaaS
8 10 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.76%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 8 (2.76%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.07%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.72%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (1.72%) AWS KMS
11 5 (1.72%) GitHub
11 5 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (1.72%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.03%) Amazon Bedrock
12 3 (1.03%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (1.03%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.79%) Network Security
2 39 (13.45%) Firewall
3 16 (5.52%) VPN
4 10 (3.45%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (2.41%) DNS
6 7 (2.41%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.72%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.38%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.38%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.69%) NGFW
9 2 (0.69%) WAN
10 1 (0.34%) HTTP
10 1 (0.34%) LAN
10 1 (0.34%) OSPF
10 1 (0.34%) SMTP
10 1 (0.34%) SSL
10 1 (0.34%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.72%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.72%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.03%) Hadoop
2 3 (1.03%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.34%) Big Data
3 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 5 (1.72%) JIRA
2 4 (1.38%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.38%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.03%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (23.79%) Social Skills
2 57 (19.66%) Finance
3 38 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (7.59%) Legal
5 21 (7.24%) Law
6 13 (4.48%) Banking
7 7 (2.41%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.07%) Advertising
9 5 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.38%) Digital Health
10 4 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (1.03%) Legal Technology
11 3 (1.03%) Military
11 3 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.03%) Retail
12 2 (0.69%) Back Office
12 2 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (18.62%) Analyst
2 49 (16.90%) Lead
3 48 (16.55%) Security Analyst
4 45 (15.52%) Security Engineer
5 43 (14.83%) Senior
6 31 (10.69%) Security Manager
7 27 (9.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 16 (5.52%) Architect
9 15 (5.17%) Operations Engineer
9 15 (5.17%) Security Specialist
9 15 (5.17%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.83%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 14 (4.83%) Senior Security Analyst
11 13 (4.48%) Engineering Manager
11 13 (4.48%) Operational Security Manager
11 13 (4.48%) Security Operations Manager
12 12 (4.14%) Consultant
12 12 (4.14%) Operations Analyst
12 12 (4.14%) Operations Manager
12 12 (4.14%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.72%) LDAP
2 4 (1.38%) OpenID
2 4 (1.38%) REST
2 4 (1.38%) SAML
3 3 (1.03%) Kafka
3 3 (1.03%) Smart Contracts
4 2 (0.69%) JSON
4 2 (0.69%) RESTful
5 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.34%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 57 (19.66%) Security Posture
2 49 (16.90%) Security Operations Centre
3 47 (16.21%) Cyber Defence
4 30 (10.34%) Management Information System
5 23 (7.93%) Cyber Threat
6 18 (6.21%) Data Centre
7 17 (5.86%) Cloud Native
8 15 (5.17%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.41%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.41%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.07%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.72%) Cyber Security Posture
11 5 (1.72%) PKI
12 4 (1.38%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.38%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.38%) Insider Threat
13 3 (1.03%) Blockchain
13 3 (1.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 44 (15.17%) Windows
2 31 (10.69%) Linux
3 7 (2.41%) Unix
4 5 (1.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.72%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.38%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.34%) CentOS
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (52.76%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (42.07%) Incident Response
3 109 (37.59%) SIEM
4 88 (30.34%) Vulnerability Management
5 79 (27.24%) Cloud Security
6 69 (23.79%) Information Security
7 61 (21.03%) Continuous Improvement
8 60 (20.69%) Threat Intelligence
9 54 (18.62%) Risk Management
10 50 (17.24%) Threat Detection
11 48 (16.55%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 48 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (16.55%) SOAR
12 41 (14.14%) AI
13 40 (13.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 36 (12.41%) Penetration Testing
14 36 (12.41%) Security Monitoring
15 33 (11.38%) Stakeholder Management
16 31 (10.69%) Mentoring
17 28 (9.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 52 (17.93%) PowerShell
2 37 (12.76%) Python
3 13 (4.48%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (2.41%) Bash
5 6 (2.07%) SQL
6 5 (1.72%) Java
7 4 (1.38%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.69%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (21.72%) CISSP
2 36 (12.41%) CISM
3 31 (10.69%) GIAC
4 29 (10.00%) Security Cleared
5 28 (9.66%) Degree
6 24 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (8.28%) CompTIA Security+
7 19 (6.55%) SC Cleared
8 18 (6.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (5.86%) CCSP
10 16 (5.52%) CEH
11 12 (4.14%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.79%) GCIH
13 10 (3.45%) CISA
14 8 (2.76%) AWS Certification
15 7 (2.41%) Azure Certification
15 7 (2.41%) GCIA
16 6 (2.07%) CCNP
17 5 (1.72%) DV Cleared
17 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (28.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (27.59%) NIST
3 39 (13.45%) GDPR
4 22 (7.59%) GRC
5 15 (5.17%) SOC 2
6 14 (4.83%) PCI DSS
7 12 (4.14%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.72%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.03%) NCSC
10 3 (1.03%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.69%) PMO
12 1 (0.34%) COBIT
12 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (3.79%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.41%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Docker
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (7.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.52%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (4.14%) Terraform
4 10 (3.45%) QRadar
5 9 (3.10%) Kubernetes
6 8 (2.76%) SCCM
7 5 (1.72%) Ansible
7 5 (1.72%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.03%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (1.03%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.34%) CASB
9 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.34%) Nessus
9 1 (0.34%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
9 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 89 (30.69%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.76%) Splunk
3 26 (8.97%) CrowdStrike
4 22 (7.59%) Qualys
4 22 (7.59%) ServiceNow
5 18 (6.21%) Tenable
6 16 (5.52%) Cisco
7 15 (5.17%) Palo Alto
8 12 (4.14%) Google
8 12 (4.14%) Rapid7
9 11 (3.79%) Sophos
10 9 (3.10%) iManage
11 8 (2.76%) CyberArk
12 6 (2.07%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.07%) OpenAI
12 6 (2.07%) Red Hat
12 6 (2.07%) VMware
13 5 (1.72%) Ivanti
13 5 (1.72%) Oracle
13 5 (1.72%) Zscaler