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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 266 261
Rank change year-on-year +90 -5 +21
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 277 119 269
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.26% 0.97% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.02% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 188 72 211
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,688 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +6.90% +11.54%
75th Percentile £87,813 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £119,750 £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 17,995 11,708 21,543
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.98% 95.39% 89.27%
Number of salaries quoted 12,331 7,174 15,745
10th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £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 1 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 1 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 +31 57 £70,000 -12.50% 14
West London -5 9 £80,000 - 10
East London +4 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 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
1 3 (1.08%) Confluence
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 83 (29.96%) Azure
2 57 (20.58%) AWS
3 34 (12.27%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (10.47%) Azure Sentinel
4 29 (10.47%) Entra ID
5 23 (8.30%) GCP
6 13 (4.69%) SaaS
7 12 (4.33%) Azure Logic Apps
8 9 (3.25%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.89%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 8 (2.89%) Mimecast
10 6 (2.17%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.81%) Anthropic Claude
11 5 (1.81%) AWS KMS
11 5 (1.81%) GitHub
11 5 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.08%) Amazon Bedrock
12 3 (1.08%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.08%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.08%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.80%) Firewall
2 38 (13.72%) Network Security
3 17 (6.14%) VPN
4 10 (3.61%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.89%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.53%) DNS
6 7 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.44%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.44%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.08%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.72%) SCCP
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.36%) HTTP
10 1 (0.36%) IPsec
10 1 (0.36%) NGFW
10 1 (0.36%) SMTP
10 1 (0.36%) SSL
10 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.08%) Hadoop
1 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
1 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.36%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.44%) JIRA
1 4 (1.44%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (25.27%) Social Skills
2 56 (20.22%) Finance
3 34 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.22%) Law
4 20 (7.22%) Legal
5 13 (4.69%) Banking
6 8 (2.89%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.53%) Retail
8 6 (2.17%) Advertising
9 5 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.44%) Back Office
10 4 (1.44%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.08%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (1.08%) Legal Technology
11 3 (1.08%) Military
11 3 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 64 (23.10%) Analyst
2 56 (20.22%) Security Analyst
3 45 (16.25%) Security Engineer
4 44 (15.88%) Senior
5 39 (14.08%) Lead
6 33 (11.91%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 29 (10.47%) Security Manager
8 18 (6.50%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (6.14%) Security Specialist
9 17 (6.14%) Senior Security Analyst
10 15 (5.42%) Operational Security Manager
10 15 (5.42%) Operations Analyst
10 15 (5.42%) Operations Engineer
10 15 (5.42%) Security Operations Manager
11 14 (5.05%) Architect
11 14 (5.05%) Consultant
11 14 (5.05%) Security Operations Analyst
12 13 (4.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
12 13 (4.69%) Operations Manager
13 12 (4.33%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.44%) REST
2 3 (1.08%) Kafka
2 3 (1.08%) LDAP
2 3 (1.08%) OpenID
2 3 (1.08%) SAML
3 2 (0.72%) JSON
3 2 (0.72%) RESTful
3 2 (0.72%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.36%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 51 (18.41%) Security Operations Centre
1 51 (18.41%) Security Posture
2 50 (18.05%) Cyber Defence
3 28 (10.11%) Management Information System
4 23 (8.30%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (6.50%) Cloud Native
6 15 (5.42%) Onboarding
7 13 (4.69%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
8 7 (2.53%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (1.81%) Insider Threat
10 5 (1.81%) PKI
11 4 (1.44%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.44%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.08%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 48 (17.33%) Windows
2 37 (13.36%) Linux
3 9 (3.25%) Unix
4 4 (1.44%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.44%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.36%) CentOS
6 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (52.35%) Cybersecurity
2 123 (44.40%) Incident Response
3 107 (38.63%) SIEM
4 79 (28.52%) Cloud Security
5 76 (27.44%) Vulnerability Management
6 63 (22.74%) Threat Intelligence
7 59 (21.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 59 (21.30%) Information Security
8 53 (19.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 52 (18.77%) SOAR
10 48 (17.33%) Risk Management
11 45 (16.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 45 (16.25%) Problem-Solving
12 40 (14.44%) Threat Detection
13 37 (13.36%) Security Monitoring
14 35 (12.64%) AI
15 32 (11.55%) Penetration Testing
16 29 (10.47%) Root Cause Analysis
17 28 (10.11%) Mentoring
17 28 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (20.22%) PowerShell
2 42 (15.16%) Python
3 11 (3.97%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (2.89%) Bash
5 6 (2.17%) SQL
6 4 (1.44%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.08%) Java
8 2 (0.72%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (19.86%) CISSP
2 36 (13.00%) GIAC
3 29 (10.47%) Security Cleared
4 28 (10.11%) Degree
5 27 (9.75%) CISM
6 26 (9.39%) CompTIA Security+
7 21 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (6.86%) SC Cleared
9 16 (5.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (5.78%) CEH
10 15 (5.42%) CCSP
11 12 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.97%) GCIH
13 10 (3.61%) CISA
14 9 (3.25%) AWS Certification
15 8 (2.89%) Azure Certification
16 7 (2.53%) GCIA
17 6 (2.17%) CompTIA CySA+
17 6 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
18 5 (1.81%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (28.52%) NIST
2 76 (27.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (12.64%) GDPR
4 18 (6.50%) GRC
5 15 (5.42%) PCI DSS
6 13 (4.69%) SOC 2
7 12 (4.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.81%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.08%) NCSC
11 3 (1.08%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.72%) COBIT
12 2 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.72%) PMO
13 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.81%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.72%) Docker
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (7.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.69%) Terraform
3 11 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.61%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.25%) QRadar
6 8 (2.89%) SCCM
7 7 (2.53%) Ansible
8 3 (1.08%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (1.08%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 3 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.36%) CASB
9 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.36%) Nessus
9 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 90 (32.49%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.36%) Splunk
3 24 (8.66%) CrowdStrike
4 21 (7.58%) Qualys
4 21 (7.58%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.78%) Cisco
5 16 (5.78%) Tenable
6 14 (5.05%) Google
7 10 (3.61%) Palo Alto
7 10 (3.61%) Sophos
8 8 (2.89%) iManage
8 8 (2.89%) Rapid7
9 6 (2.17%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.17%) OpenAI
9 6 (2.17%) Zscaler
10 5 (1.81%) CheckPoint
11 4 (1.44%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.44%) Okta
11 4 (1.44%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.44%) VMware