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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 269 248
Rank change year-on-year +97 -21 +20
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 341 129 239
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.36% 1.08% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.15% 1.39%
Number of salaries quoted 227 94 139
10th Percentile £46,350 £47,750 £46,713
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,688 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £76,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +1.31% +13.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £96,375
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £121,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% +2.40%

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 20,301 11,233 17,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.87% 94.14% 89.41%
Number of salaries quoted 13,734 7,113 10,472
10th Percentile £41,038 £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% -7.26%

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 17 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 17 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 +12 36 £70,000 -12.50% 64
West London 0 20 £81,000 +66.15% 23
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 (1.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.47%) Confluence
3 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.88%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 89 (26.10%) Azure
2 65 (19.06%) AWS
3 59 (17.30%) Entra ID
4 46 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (10.26%) GCP
6 29 (8.50%) Azure Sentinel
7 19 (5.57%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (3.52%) Mimecast
10 9 (2.64%) SaaS
11 8 (2.35%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (1.76%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.47%) Anthropic Claude
13 5 (1.47%) AWS KMS
13 5 (1.47%) Nutanix
14 4 (1.17%) GitHub
14 4 (1.17%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (0.88%) Amazon Kinesis
15 3 (0.88%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 42 (12.32%) Firewall
2 36 (10.56%) Network Security
3 21 (6.16%) VPN
4 13 (3.81%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (2.05%) DNS
5 7 (2.05%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.47%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.17%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.17%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.17%) WAN
8 3 (0.88%) DMARC
8 3 (0.88%) LAN
8 3 (0.88%) OSPF
8 3 (0.88%) TACACS
9 2 (0.59%) DKIM
9 2 (0.59%) HTTP
9 2 (0.59%) NGFW
9 2 (0.59%) SMTP
10 1 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.47%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.47%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.88%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.88%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.29%) Big Data
3 1 (0.29%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (1.76%) JIRA
2 3 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 85 (24.93%) Social Skills
2 59 (17.30%) Finance
3 42 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (7.92%) Legal
5 25 (7.33%) Law
6 19 (5.57%) Banking
7 13 (3.81%) Public Sector
7 13 (3.81%) Retail
8 9 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.76%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.76%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.76%) Military
10 5 (1.47%) Advertising
11 4 (1.17%) Digital Health
11 4 (1.17%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.88%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (0.88%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.88%) Local Government
13 2 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (18.48%) Security Engineer
2 60 (17.60%) Analyst
3 59 (17.30%) Lead
4 52 (15.25%) Security Analyst
5 50 (14.66%) Senior
6 28 (8.21%) Security Manager
7 25 (7.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 21 (6.16%) Architect
9 18 (5.28%) Consultant
9 18 (5.28%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 18 (5.28%) Senior Analyst
10 16 (4.69%) Operations Engineer
10 16 (4.69%) Senior Security Analyst
11 14 (4.11%) Security Architect
11 14 (4.11%) Security Specialist
12 11 (3.23%) Information Manager
12 11 (3.23%) Information Security Manager
12 11 (3.23%) Operations Analyst
12 11 (3.23%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
13 10 (2.93%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.87%) Terraform
2 8 (2.35%) REST
3 5 (1.47%) LDAP
4 4 (1.17%) OpenID
4 4 (1.17%) SAML
5 3 (0.88%) Kafka
5 3 (0.88%) Smart Contracts
5 3 (0.88%) SOAP
6 2 (0.59%) CSS
6 2 (0.59%) HTML
6 2 (0.59%) JSON
6 2 (0.59%) RESTful
6 2 (0.59%) SailPoint
6 2 (0.59%) XML
7 1 (0.29%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 75 (21.99%) Security Posture
2 43 (12.61%) Security Operations Centre
3 34 (9.97%) Management Information System
4 32 (9.38%) Cyber Defence
4 32 (9.38%) Data Centre
5 23 (6.74%) Cloud Native
5 23 (6.74%) Cyber Threat
6 15 (4.40%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.64%) AI Agents
7 9 (2.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 9 (2.64%) Hybrid Cloud
8 8 (2.35%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (2.35%) PKI
9 7 (2.05%) Cloud Security Posture
10 6 (1.76%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.76%) Insider Threat
10 6 (1.76%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.76%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.47%) Private Cloud
12 4 (1.17%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 45 (13.20%) Windows
2 27 (7.92%) Linux
3 8 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.88%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.88%) Unix
6 2 (0.59%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.29%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (53.67%) Cybersecurity
2 135 (39.59%) Incident Response
3 115 (33.72%) SIEM
4 108 (31.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 84 (24.63%) Information Security
6 80 (23.46%) Cloud Security
7 63 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (18.18%) Risk Management
9 59 (17.30%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (17.30%) Threat Detection
10 55 (16.13%) AI
11 53 (15.54%) Threat Intelligence
12 44 (12.90%) Mentoring
13 43 (12.61%) SOAR
14 41 (12.02%) Security Monitoring
14 41 (12.02%) Stakeholder Management
15 39 (11.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 39 (11.44%) Penetration Testing
16 38 (11.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 33 (9.68%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 50 (14.66%) PowerShell
2 35 (10.26%) Python
3 16 (4.69%) Kusto Query Language
4 9 (2.64%) SQL
5 7 (2.05%) Bash
6 6 (1.76%) Java
6 6 (1.76%) JavaScript
7 5 (1.47%) Go
8 2 (0.59%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.29%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 69 (20.23%) CISSP
2 40 (11.73%) CISM
3 30 (8.80%) Degree
4 29 (8.50%) Security Cleared
5 26 (7.62%) GIAC
6 22 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (5.57%) CompTIA Security+
8 17 (4.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (4.69%) CCSP
10 15 (4.40%) SC Cleared
11 13 (3.81%) CEH
12 11 (3.23%) AWS Certification
12 11 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (3.23%) GCIH
13 9 (2.64%) DV Cleared
14 8 (2.35%) CISA
15 7 (2.05%) GCIA
16 6 (1.76%) Azure Certification
16 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
17 5 (1.47%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (28.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (24.63%) NIST
3 39 (11.44%) GDPR
4 28 (8.21%) GRC
5 25 (7.33%) PCI DSS
6 17 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (4.40%) SOC 2
8 9 (2.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.47%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (1.17%) NCSC
11 3 (0.88%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.59%) SLA
13 1 (0.29%) COBIT
13 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.05%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.17%) Docker
5 1 (0.29%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 29 (8.50%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (5.87%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.93%) QRadar
5 8 (2.35%) SCCM
6 5 (1.47%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (0.88%) Ansible
7 3 (0.88%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (0.88%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (0.88%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
8 2 (0.59%) Argo
8 2 (0.59%) Grafana
8 2 (0.59%) Istio
8 2 (0.59%) linkerd
8 2 (0.59%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.59%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.59%) Puppet
9 1 (0.29%) CASB
9 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.29%) Nessus
Vendors
1 115 (33.72%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.56%) Splunk
3 30 (8.80%) CrowdStrike
4 26 (7.62%) ServiceNow
5 23 (6.74%) Qualys
6 22 (6.45%) Palo Alto
7 21 (6.16%) Google
8 20 (5.87%) Tenable
9 19 (5.57%) Cisco
10 14 (4.11%) Rapid7
11 9 (2.64%) CyberArk
12 8 (2.35%) iManage
12 8 (2.35%) Sophos
12 8 (2.35%) VMware
13 7 (2.05%) Zscaler
14 6 (1.76%) OpenAI
14 6 (1.76%) Red Hat
15 5 (1.47%) Ivanti
15 5 (1.47%) Oracle
15 5 (1.47%) Veracode