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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 271 274
Rank change year-on-year +91 +3 +30
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 274 119 273
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.26% 0.98% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.02% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 185 72 217
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 £88,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £119,750 £106,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.90% +3.33% -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 17,844 11,662 21,629
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.93% 95.65% 89.33%
Number of salaries quoted 12,193 7,071 15,855
10th Percentile £40,832 £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 £125,000 £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 27 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 27 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 +33 56 £70,000 -12.50% 11
West London -14 8 £85,000 - 10
East London +4 7 £57,500 -8.73% 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 3 (1.09%) Confluence
2 2 (0.73%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.73%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 83 (30.29%) Azure
2 57 (20.80%) AWS
3 33 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (10.22%) Azure Sentinel
5 27 (9.85%) Entra ID
6 23 (8.39%) GCP
7 13 (4.74%) SaaS
8 10 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
9 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.92%) Mimecast
10 7 (2.55%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 6 (2.19%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.82%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (1.82%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.82%) GitHub
12 5 (1.82%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.46%) Power Platform
14 3 (1.09%) Nutanix
14 3 (1.09%) Zapier
15 2 (0.73%) Amazon Bedrock
Communications & Networking
1 40 (14.60%) Firewall
2 37 (13.50%) Network Security
3 16 (5.84%) VPN
4 10 (3.65%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.92%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.55%) DNS
6 7 (2.55%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.46%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.46%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.09%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.73%) 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 (1.09%) MongoDB
1 3 (1.09%) Power BI
1 3 (1.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.73%) Hadoop
2 2 (0.73%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.36%) Big Data
3 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.46%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.46%) JIRA
1 4 (1.46%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
General
1 69 (25.18%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.07%) Finance
3 36 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (7.66%) Legal
5 20 (7.30%) Law
6 14 (5.11%) Banking
7 8 (2.92%) Financial Institution
7 8 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.55%) Retail
9 6 (2.19%) Advertising
10 5 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.46%) Back Office
11 4 (1.46%) Digital Health
11 4 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.09%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (1.09%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.73%) Aviation
13 2 (0.73%) Military
13 2 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (22.99%) Analyst
2 55 (20.07%) Security Analyst
3 44 (16.06%) Security Engineer
4 41 (14.96%) Senior
5 40 (14.60%) Lead
6 32 (11.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 29 (10.58%) Security Manager
8 17 (6.20%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (5.84%) Security Specialist
9 16 (5.84%) Senior Security Analyst
10 15 (5.47%) Operational Security Manager
10 15 (5.47%) Operations Analyst
10 15 (5.47%) Operations Engineer
10 15 (5.47%) Security Operations Manager
11 14 (5.11%) Architect
11 14 (5.11%) Security Operations Analyst
12 13 (4.74%) Operations Manager
13 12 (4.38%) Consultant
13 12 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 11 (4.01%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.46%) LDAP
1 4 (1.46%) REST
2 3 (1.09%) OpenID
2 3 (1.09%) SAML
3 2 (0.73%) JSON
3 2 (0.73%) Kafka
3 2 (0.73%) RESTful
3 2 (0.73%) Smart Contracts
4 1 (0.36%) EDI
4 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.36%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 51 (18.61%) Security Posture
2 50 (18.25%) Security Operations Centre
3 49 (17.88%) Cyber Defence
4 28 (10.22%) Management Information System
5 22 (8.03%) Cyber Threat
6 18 (6.57%) Cloud Native
7 14 (5.11%) Onboarding
8 13 (4.74%) Data Centre
9 7 (2.55%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.82%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.82%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.46%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.46%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
11 4 (1.46%) PKI
12 3 (1.09%) NHS
12 3 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 49 (17.88%) Windows
2 38 (13.87%) Linux
3 10 (3.65%) Unix
4 5 (1.82%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.46%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (52.19%) Cybersecurity
2 122 (44.53%) Incident Response
3 108 (39.42%) SIEM
4 75 (27.37%) Cloud Security
5 73 (26.64%) Vulnerability Management
6 61 (22.26%) Threat Intelligence
7 59 (21.53%) Information Security
8 58 (21.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 52 (18.98%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 50 (18.25%) SOAR
11 47 (17.15%) Risk Management
12 46 (16.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 46 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
13 38 (13.87%) Threat Detection
14 37 (13.50%) Security Monitoring
15 34 (12.41%) AI
16 32 (11.68%) Penetration Testing
17 29 (10.58%) Mentoring
18 28 (10.22%) Root Cause Analysis
19 27 (9.85%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 57 (20.80%) PowerShell
2 44 (16.06%) Python
3 10 (3.65%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (3.28%) Bash
5 5 (1.82%) SQL
6 4 (1.46%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.09%) Java
8 2 (0.73%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (0.73%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.36%) Perl
Qualifications
1 55 (20.07%) CISSP
2 36 (13.14%) GIAC
3 29 (10.58%) Security Cleared
4 27 (9.85%) CISM
4 27 (9.85%) Degree
5 26 (9.49%) CompTIA Security+
6 21 (7.66%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (6.93%) SC Cleared
8 16 (5.84%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 16 (5.84%) CEH
9 15 (5.47%) CCSP
10 12 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (4.01%) GCIH
12 10 (3.65%) CISA
13 8 (2.92%) AWS Certification
13 8 (2.92%) Azure Certification
14 7 (2.55%) GCIA
15 6 (2.19%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (1.82%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (28.47%) NIST
2 75 (27.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 35 (12.77%) GDPR
4 18 (6.57%) GRC
5 16 (5.84%) PCI DSS
6 12 (4.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 12 (4.38%) SOC 2
7 7 (2.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (1.82%) Accessibility
9 4 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.09%) NCSC
10 3 (1.09%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.73%) COBIT
11 2 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.73%) PMO
12 1 (0.36%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.74%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.73%) Docker
5 1 (0.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (7.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (4.74%) Terraform
3 11 (4.01%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (3.65%) Kubernetes
5 9 (3.28%) QRadar
6 7 (2.55%) Ansible
6 7 (2.55%) SCCM
7 3 (1.09%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (1.09%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (1.09%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.36%) CASB
8 1 (0.36%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.36%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.36%) Nessus
8 1 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 88 (32.12%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.14%) Splunk
3 23 (8.39%) CrowdStrike
4 21 (7.66%) ServiceNow
5 20 (7.30%) Qualys
6 16 (5.84%) Cisco
7 14 (5.11%) Tenable
8 13 (4.74%) Google
9 10 (3.65%) Sophos
10 9 (3.28%) Palo Alto
11 8 (2.92%) iManage
11 8 (2.92%) Rapid7
12 6 (2.19%) Fortinet
12 6 (2.19%) OpenAI
12 6 (2.19%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.82%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.82%) CyberArk
14 4 (1.46%) Okta
14 4 (1.46%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.46%) VMware