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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 231 232
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +53
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 177 174 279
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.36% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.41% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 107 123 241
10th Percentile £49,000 £52,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £67,475 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £61,439
% change year-on-year +12.00% +1.73% -8.30%

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 15,204 12,340 20,413
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 84.39% 96.24% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 9,935 7,530 15,942
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,503
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% -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 April 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 April 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 +10 55 £70,000 +7.69% 15
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 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.13%) Confluence
2 2 (1.13%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.25%) Azure
2 35 (19.77%) AWS
3 22 (12.43%) GCP
4 21 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (10.17%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (7.91%) SaaS
7 11 (6.21%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (4.52%) Mimecast
10 4 (2.26%) Power Platform
10 4 (2.26%) Tessian
11 3 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.13%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 2 (1.13%) GitHub
12 2 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.13%) Serverless
13 1 (0.56%) AWS KMS
13 1 (0.56%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.56%) Nutanix
13 1 (0.56%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 42 (23.73%) Firewall
2 38 (21.47%) Network Security
3 15 (8.47%) VPN
4 11 (6.21%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (5.65%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.82%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (2.26%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.26%) DNS
7 4 (2.26%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.69%) SCCP
9 2 (1.13%) DKIM
9 2 (1.13%) DMARC
10 1 (0.56%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.56%) LAN
10 1 (0.56%) SSH
10 1 (0.56%) WAN
10 1 (0.56%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.69%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (1.69%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.26%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.69%) JIRA
General
1 50 (28.25%) Finance
2 48 (27.12%) Social Skills
3 28 (15.82%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (9.60%) Banking
6 16 (9.04%) Law
7 15 (8.47%) Retail
8 11 (6.21%) Financial Institution
9 10 (5.65%) Back Office
10 7 (3.95%) Legal
11 5 (2.82%) Advertising
11 5 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.69%) Aviation
13 3 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (1.13%) Public Sector
15 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.56%) Marketing
15 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (33.33%) Analyst
2 47 (26.55%) Security Analyst
3 25 (14.12%) Security Manager
4 24 (13.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 20 (11.30%) Lead
6 18 (10.17%) Operational Security Manager
6 18 (10.17%) Security Operations Manager
7 16 (9.04%) Operations Manager
7 16 (9.04%) Security Engineer
8 15 (8.47%) Consultant
8 15 (8.47%) Senior
9 14 (7.91%) Security Specialist
10 13 (7.34%) SOC Analyst
11 12 (6.78%) Technical Consultant
12 11 (6.21%) Information Analyst
12 11 (6.21%) Information Security Analyst
12 11 (6.21%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 10 (5.65%) Operations Analyst
13 10 (5.65%) Security Operations Analyst
14 9 (5.08%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.13%) LDAP
2 1 (0.56%) EDI
2 1 (0.56%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 39 (22.03%) Cyber Defence
1 39 (22.03%) Security Operations Centre
2 33 (18.64%) Security Posture
3 18 (10.17%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (8.47%) Cloud Native
5 14 (7.91%) Management Information System
6 8 (4.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (4.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 6 (3.39%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (2.26%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.26%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.69%) Insider Threat
9 3 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
10 2 (1.13%) Data Structures
10 2 (1.13%) PKI
10 2 (1.13%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.56%) IoT
11 1 (0.56%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 40 (22.60%) Windows
2 34 (19.21%) Linux
3 10 (5.65%) Unix
4 5 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.26%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (57.63%) Incident Response
2 87 (49.15%) Cybersecurity
3 77 (43.50%) SIEM
4 42 (23.73%) Threat Intelligence
5 39 (22.03%) Information Security
6 37 (20.90%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 36 (20.34%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (20.34%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 34 (19.21%) Cloud Security
9 33 (18.64%) SOAR
10 32 (18.08%) Vulnerability Management
11 31 (17.51%) Risk Management
12 30 (16.95%) Root Cause Analysis
13 29 (16.38%) Threat Detection
14 28 (15.82%) Security Monitoring
15 22 (12.43%) Problem-Solving
16 21 (11.86%) Penetration Testing
17 20 (11.30%) Use Case
18 17 (9.60%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
19 16 (9.04%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 42 (23.73%) PowerShell
2 36 (20.34%) Python
3 9 (5.08%) Bash
4 3 (1.69%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.69%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.13%) Perl
6 1 (0.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 48 (27.12%) CISSP
2 29 (16.38%) Degree
3 28 (15.82%) GIAC
4 23 (12.99%) CompTIA Security+
5 21 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (9.60%) Security Cleared
7 13 (7.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 13 (7.34%) CISM
8 12 (6.78%) GCIH
8 12 (6.78%) SC Cleared
9 10 (5.65%) CISA
10 9 (5.08%) CCSP
11 8 (4.52%) CCNA
11 8 (4.52%) Computer Science Degree
12 7 (3.95%) Azure Certification
12 7 (3.95%) CompTIA CySA+
12 7 (3.95%) CRISC
13 6 (3.39%) CEH
14 5 (2.82%) CCNP
15 4 (2.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (29.94%) NIST
2 50 (28.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (12.43%) GDPR
4 20 (11.30%) PCI DSS
5 14 (7.91%) GRC
6 11 (6.21%) SOC 2
7 7 (3.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.69%) ITGC
9 3 (1.69%) SLA
10 2 (1.13%) COBIT
10 2 (1.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.56%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.56%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (3.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.69%) Docker
2 3 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (6.21%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (4.52%) Ansible
3 8 (4.52%) Terraform
4 7 (3.95%) QRadar
5 3 (1.69%) ArcSight ESM
6 2 (1.13%) CSIRT
6 2 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.56%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 62 (35.03%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.43%) Splunk
3 17 (9.60%) ServiceNow
4 13 (7.34%) CrowdStrike
5 10 (5.65%) Cisco
6 7 (3.95%) Qualys
7 6 (3.39%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.39%) Sophos
8 5 (2.82%) CheckPoint
8 5 (2.82%) Zscaler
9 4 (2.26%) Fortinet
9 4 (2.26%) Google
9 4 (2.26%) Okta
10 3 (1.69%) ArcSight
10 3 (1.69%) CyberArk
10 3 (1.69%) LogLogic
10 3 (1.69%) LogRhythm
10 3 (1.69%) McAfee
10 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.13%) Rapid7