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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 262 252
Rank change year-on-year +71 -10 +36
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 241 127 277
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.05% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.10% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 156 75 227
10th Percentile £45,875 £50,110 £51,250
25th Percentile £63,438 £62,625 £60,613
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.06% +6.90% +8.21%
75th Percentile £85,625 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £101,250
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 17,060 11,581 21,541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.60% 96.05% 90.01%
Number of salaries quoted 11,510 6,921 15,929
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 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,100 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.27% +5.64% -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 2 June 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 2 June 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 +28 56 £70,000 -1.75% 28
East London -4 6 £57,500 -8.73% 3
West London -19 2 £85,000 - 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 1 (0.41%) Confluence
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 66 (27.39%) Azure
2 43 (17.84%) AWS
3 27 (11.20%) Azure Sentinel
3 27 (11.20%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (10.79%) GCP
5 15 (6.22%) Entra ID
6 14 (5.81%) SaaS
7 7 (2.90%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (2.90%) Mimecast
8 5 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.66%) Anthropic Claude
9 4 (1.66%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.66%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.24%) GitHub
10 3 (1.24%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.24%) Zapier
11 2 (0.83%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.83%) AWS KMS
11 2 (0.83%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.18%) Firewall
2 34 (14.11%) Network Security
3 12 (4.98%) VPN
4 10 (4.15%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.73%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.90%) DNS
7 5 (2.07%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.66%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.66%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.24%) SCCP
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.41%) HTTP
10 1 (0.41%) IPsec
10 1 (0.41%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.41%) NGFW
10 1 (0.41%) SMTP
10 1 (0.41%) SSL
10 1 (0.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.24%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.41%) Big Data
3 1 (0.41%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.66%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.83%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
General
1 60 (24.90%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.16%) Finance
3 33 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.05%) Legal
5 15 (6.22%) Law
6 14 (5.81%) Banking
7 12 (4.98%) Retail
8 8 (3.32%) Financial Institution
8 8 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.49%) Advertising
9 6 (2.49%) Back Office
10 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Aviation
11 3 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Marketing
12 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (26.14%) Analyst
2 52 (21.58%) Security Analyst
3 31 (12.86%) Security Engineer
4 28 (11.62%) Lead
5 27 (11.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 27 (11.20%) Senior
6 26 (10.79%) Security Manager
7 17 (7.05%) Operational Security Manager
7 17 (7.05%) Security Operations Manager
8 15 (6.22%) Operations Analyst
8 15 (6.22%) Operations Manager
8 15 (6.22%) Security Specialist
9 14 (5.81%) Security Operations Analyst
10 13 (5.39%) Architect
10 13 (5.39%) Operations Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Information Analyst
11 12 (4.98%) Information Security Analyst
12 11 (4.56%) Consultant
12 11 (4.56%) SOC Analyst
13 10 (4.15%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.66%) REST
2 2 (0.83%) LDAP
3 1 (0.41%) EDI
3 1 (0.41%) JSON
3 1 (0.41%) RESTful
3 1 (0.41%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.41%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.16%) Cyber Defence
2 45 (18.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 37 (15.35%) Security Posture
4 24 (9.96%) Management Information System
5 23 (9.54%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (6.22%) Cloud Native
7 12 (4.98%) Data Centre
7 12 (4.98%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.32%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.49%) Virtual Team
10 5 (2.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (2.07%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.66%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.24%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 3 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.83%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.83%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.92%) Windows
2 39 (16.18%) Linux
3 10 (4.15%) Unix
4 4 (1.66%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) CentOS
6 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (50.62%) Cybersecurity
2 110 (45.64%) Incident Response
3 93 (38.59%) SIEM
4 55 (22.82%) Cloud Security
4 55 (22.82%) Threat Intelligence
5 53 (21.99%) Vulnerability Management
6 49 (20.33%) SOAR
7 48 (19.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 48 (19.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 46 (19.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (17.01%) Information Security
10 37 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (14.94%) Security Monitoring
12 34 (14.11%) Threat Detection
13 32 (13.28%) Risk Management
14 28 (11.62%) Root Cause Analysis
15 27 (11.20%) Use Case
16 23 (9.54%) Mentoring
16 23 (9.54%) Penetration Testing
17 22 (9.13%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (22.41%) PowerShell
2 45 (18.67%) Python
3 10 (4.15%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (3.73%) Bash
5 3 (1.24%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.24%) SQL
6 2 (0.83%) Perl
6 2 (0.83%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.41%) Java
7 1 (0.41%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 51 (21.16%) CISSP
2 32 (13.28%) GIAC
3 25 (10.37%) Security Cleared
4 24 (9.96%) CompTIA Security+
4 24 (9.96%) Degree
5 22 (9.13%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (7.47%) CISM
7 17 (7.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 16 (6.64%) CEH
8 16 (6.64%) SC Cleared
9 13 (5.39%) CCSP
10 11 (4.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (4.56%) GCIH
11 9 (3.73%) CISA
12 7 (2.90%) Azure Certification
13 6 (2.49%) CRISC
14 5 (2.07%) CCNP
14 5 (2.07%) CompTIA CySA+
14 5 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (1.66%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (26.56%) NIST
2 56 (23.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (9.13%) GDPR
4 18 (7.47%) GRC
5 17 (7.05%) PCI DSS
6 9 (3.73%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.32%) SOC 2
8 5 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (1.66%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.24%) NCSC
11 2 (0.83%) COBIT
11 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.83%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.83%) PMO
12 1 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.41%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.56%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.24%) Docker
2 3 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (3.32%) Ansible
2 8 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.32%) QRadar
2 8 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (3.32%) Terraform
3 4 (1.66%) SCCM
4 3 (1.24%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 3 (1.24%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 2 (0.83%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.41%) CASB
6 1 (0.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.41%) Nessus
6 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (30.29%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.62%) Splunk
3 20 (8.30%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.88%) ServiceNow
5 15 (6.22%) Cisco
6 11 (4.56%) Google
6 11 (4.56%) Qualys
7 9 (3.73%) Sophos
8 6 (2.49%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.49%) Rapid7
8 6 (2.49%) Zscaler
9 5 (2.07%) CheckPoint
9 5 (2.07%) OpenAI
9 5 (2.07%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.07%) Tenable
10 4 (1.66%) Okta
11 3 (1.24%) Carbon Black
11 3 (1.24%) CyberArk
11 3 (1.24%) LogRhythm
11 3 (1.24%) Salesforce