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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 248 249
Rank change year-on-year +80 +1 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 346 132 239
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.36% 1.11% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.18% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 227 97 138
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £46,713
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.81%
75th Percentile £93,125 £96,250 £99,375
90th Percentile £113,500 £115,000 £121,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +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 20,486 11,212 17,240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.81% 94.14% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 13,831 7,104 10,464
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +11 33 £70,000 -12.50% 60
West London +3 20 £81,000 +66.15% 21
East London -1 7 £57,500 -8.73% 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 6 (1.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.45%) Confluence
3 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.87%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 89 (25.72%) Azure
2 63 (18.21%) AWS
3 59 (17.05%) Entra ID
4 44 (12.72%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (10.40%) GCP
6 28 (8.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 19 (5.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.34%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (3.18%) Mimecast
9 11 (3.18%) SaaS
10 7 (2.02%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 6 (1.73%) Google Workspace
11 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Copilot
12 5 (1.45%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (1.45%) Nutanix
13 4 (1.16%) AWS KMS
13 4 (1.16%) GitHub
13 4 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
14 3 (0.87%) Amazon Kinesis
14 3 (0.87%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.85%) Firewall
2 35 (10.12%) Network Security
3 19 (5.49%) VPN
4 12 (3.47%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (2.02%) DNS
6 6 (1.73%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (1.45%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.16%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (1.16%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (1.16%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.16%) WAN
9 3 (0.87%) DMARC
9 3 (0.87%) LAN
9 3 (0.87%) OSPF
9 3 (0.87%) TACACS
10 2 (0.58%) DKIM
10 2 (0.58%) HTTP
10 2 (0.58%) NGFW
10 2 (0.58%) SMTP
11 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.45%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.45%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.87%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.87%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.29%) Big Data
3 1 (0.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.87%) Jenkins
General
1 84 (24.28%) Social Skills
2 63 (18.21%) Finance
3 42 (12.14%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.09%) Legal
5 26 (7.51%) Law
6 20 (5.78%) Banking
7 14 (4.05%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.76%) Retail
9 9 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
10 6 (1.73%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (1.73%) Military
11 5 (1.45%) Advertising
11 5 (1.45%) Investment Banking
12 4 (1.16%) Digital Health
13 3 (0.87%) Digital Healthcare
13 3 (0.87%) Legal Technology
13 3 (0.87%) Local Government
14 2 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (18.21%) Lead
1 63 (18.21%) Security Engineer
2 60 (17.34%) Analyst
3 52 (15.03%) Senior
4 51 (14.74%) Security Analyst
5 30 (8.67%) Security Manager
6 24 (6.94%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 21 (6.07%) Architect
8 19 (5.49%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (5.20%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 17 (4.91%) Consultant
11 16 (4.62%) Senior Security Analyst
12 15 (4.34%) Operations Engineer
13 14 (4.05%) Security Architect
14 13 (3.76%) Security Specialist
15 11 (3.18%) Cloud Engineer
15 11 (3.18%) Information Manager
15 11 (3.18%) Information Security Manager
15 11 (3.18%) Operations Analyst
15 11 (3.18%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.78%) Terraform
2 9 (2.60%) REST
3 5 (1.45%) LDAP
4 4 (1.16%) OpenID
4 4 (1.16%) SAML
5 3 (0.87%) Kafka
5 3 (0.87%) Smart Contracts
5 3 (0.87%) SOAP
6 2 (0.58%) CSS
6 2 (0.58%) HTML
6 2 (0.58%) JSON
6 2 (0.58%) RESTful
6 2 (0.58%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.58%) XML
7 1 (0.29%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 74 (21.39%) Security Posture
2 42 (12.14%) Security Operations Centre
3 35 (10.12%) Data Centre
4 34 (9.83%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.96%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (6.65%) Cyber Threat
7 22 (6.36%) Cloud Native
8 15 (4.34%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.60%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.60%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 9 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (2.31%) Cyber Security Posture
10 8 (2.31%) PKI
11 7 (2.02%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (2.02%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.73%) Insider Threat
12 6 (1.73%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.73%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (12.14%) Windows
2 26 (7.51%) Linux
3 8 (2.31%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.87%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.87%) Unix
6 2 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (52.60%) Cybersecurity
2 134 (38.73%) Incident Response
3 111 (32.08%) SIEM
4 109 (31.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 85 (24.57%) Information Security
6 79 (22.83%) Cloud Security
7 66 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (18.21%) Risk Management
9 60 (17.34%) Threat Detection
10 59 (17.05%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (16.18%) AI
12 54 (15.61%) Threat Intelligence
13 45 (13.01%) Stakeholder Management
14 44 (12.72%) Mentoring
15 42 (12.14%) SOAR
16 40 (11.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 39 (11.27%) Penetration Testing
17 39 (11.27%) Security Monitoring
18 38 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 35 (10.12%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 47 (13.58%) PowerShell
2 35 (10.12%) Python
3 16 (4.62%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (2.89%) SQL
5 7 (2.02%) Bash
6 6 (1.73%) Java
6 6 (1.73%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.45%) Go
8 2 (0.58%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 70 (20.23%) CISSP
2 41 (11.85%) CISM
3 30 (8.67%) Degree
4 28 (8.09%) Security Cleared
5 24 (6.94%) GIAC
6 20 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (5.20%) CompTIA Security+
8 16 (4.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (4.34%) CCSP
10 14 (4.05%) SC Cleared
11 12 (3.47%) CEH
12 11 (3.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.18%) GCIH
13 10 (2.89%) AWS Certification
14 9 (2.60%) DV Cleared
15 8 (2.31%) CISA
16 7 (2.02%) GCIA
17 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
18 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
19 4 (1.16%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (28.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (23.70%) NIST
3 40 (11.56%) GDPR
4 29 (8.38%) GRC
5 26 (7.51%) PCI DSS
6 19 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (4.05%) SOC 2
8 10 (2.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.45%) Accessibility
9 5 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.16%) NCSC
11 3 (0.87%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.87%) SLA
12 1 (0.29%) COBIT
12 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (6.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.02%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.16%) Docker
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (8.38%) Single Sign-On
2 21 (6.07%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (5.49%) Kubernetes
4 8 (2.31%) QRadar
4 8 (2.31%) SCCM
5 5 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (0.87%) Ansible
6 3 (0.87%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.87%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (0.87%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 2 (0.58%) Argo
7 2 (0.58%) Grafana
7 2 (0.58%) Istio
7 2 (0.58%) linkerd
7 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.58%) Puppet
8 1 (0.29%) CASB
8 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 112 (32.37%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.54%) Splunk
3 29 (8.38%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (7.23%) ServiceNow
5 22 (6.36%) Google
5 22 (6.36%) Palo Alto
6 21 (6.07%) Qualys
7 20 (5.78%) Tenable
8 16 (4.62%) Cisco
9 14 (4.05%) Rapid7
10 9 (2.60%) CyberArk
11 8 (2.31%) iManage
11 8 (2.31%) VMware
12 6 (1.73%) OpenAI
12 6 (1.73%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.73%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.45%) Meraki
13 5 (1.45%) Oracle
13 5 (1.45%) Sophos
13 5 (1.45%) Veracode