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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 265 238
Rank change year-on-year +95 -27 +40
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 317 124 234
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.31% 1.05% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 1.12% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 217 91 144
10th Percentile £47,400 £42,500 £46,949
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,156 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £76,500
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% +13.33%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £95,813
90th Percentile £111,000 £115,000 £121,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £64,108
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.39% +2.57%

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 19,609 11,091 17,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.08% 94.05% 89.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13,331 7,011 10,877
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,700 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,063 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £98,750 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -8.00%

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 4 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 4 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 +13 36 £67,500 -15.63% 37
West London 0 18 £75,000 +53.85% 19
East London +1 7 £57,500 -8.73% 4
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 5 (1.58%) Confluence
2 4 (1.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.95%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 84 (26.50%) Azure
2 60 (18.93%) AWS
3 48 (15.14%) Entra ID
4 43 (13.56%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (9.15%) Azure Sentinel
6 26 (8.20%) GCP
7 15 (4.73%) Azure Logic Apps
7 15 (4.73%) Microsoft Purview
8 10 (3.15%) Mimecast
9 8 (2.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 7 (2.21%) SaaS
11 6 (1.89%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.58%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (1.58%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.58%) GitHub
12 5 (1.58%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.58%) Nutanix
13 3 (0.95%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.95%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (12.93%) Firewall
2 36 (11.36%) Network Security
3 20 (6.31%) VPN
4 12 (3.79%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (2.21%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.58%) DNS
6 5 (1.58%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.26%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.26%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.26%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.26%) WAN
8 3 (0.95%) LAN
8 3 (0.95%) OSPF
8 3 (0.95%) TACACS
9 2 (0.63%) DMARC
9 2 (0.63%) HTTP
9 2 (0.63%) NGFW
9 2 (0.63%) SMTP
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.32%) DKIM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.58%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.58%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.95%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.95%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.32%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (1.89%) JIRA
2 3 (0.95%) Jenkins
General
1 78 (24.61%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.35%) Finance
3 41 (12.93%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (8.52%) Legal
5 21 (6.62%) Law
6 12 (3.79%) Banking
7 7 (2.21%) Financial Institution
8 6 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.58%) Advertising
9 5 (1.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.58%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.58%) Retail
10 4 (1.26%) Digital Health
11 3 (0.95%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (0.95%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.95%) Legal Technology
11 3 (0.95%) Military
11 3 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (18.61%) Security Engineer
2 56 (17.67%) Analyst
3 54 (17.03%) Lead
4 48 (15.14%) Security Analyst
5 47 (14.83%) Senior
6 32 (10.09%) Security Manager
7 25 (7.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 20 (6.31%) Architect
9 18 (5.68%) Senior Analyst
10 17 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 16 (5.05%) Operations Engineer
11 16 (5.05%) Senior Security Analyst
12 15 (4.73%) Consultant
12 15 (4.73%) Security Architect
13 14 (4.42%) Security Specialist
14 12 (3.79%) Operations Analyst
15 11 (3.47%) Engineering Manager
15 11 (3.47%) Information Manager
15 11 (3.47%) Information Security Manager
15 11 (3.47%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.42%) Terraform
2 6 (1.89%) REST
3 5 (1.58%) LDAP
4 4 (1.26%) OpenID
4 4 (1.26%) SAML
5 3 (0.95%) Kafka
5 3 (0.95%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (0.63%) JSON
6 2 (0.63%) RESTful
6 2 (0.63%) SOAP
7 1 (0.32%) CSS
7 1 (0.32%) HTML
7 1 (0.32%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.32%) TAPI
7 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (21.77%) Security Posture
2 44 (13.88%) Security Operations Centre
3 35 (11.04%) Cyber Defence
4 33 (10.41%) Management Information System
5 24 (7.57%) Data Centre
6 20 (6.31%) Cloud Native
6 20 (6.31%) Cyber Threat
7 15 (4.73%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.52%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (2.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 7 (2.21%) AI Agents
9 7 (2.21%) Cloud Security Posture
9 7 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.21%) Virtual Team
10 6 (1.89%) Insider Threat
11 5 (1.58%) PKI
12 4 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.95%) Blockchain
13 3 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 3 (0.95%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.93%) Windows
2 23 (7.26%) Linux
3 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (1.58%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.95%) Unix
5 1 (0.32%) CentOS
5 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (56.15%) Cybersecurity
2 131 (41.32%) Incident Response
3 115 (36.28%) SIEM
4 101 (31.86%) Vulnerability Management
5 83 (26.18%) Cloud Security
6 78 (24.61%) Information Security
7 63 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (19.24%) Risk Management
9 55 (17.35%) Problem-Solving
9 55 (17.35%) Threat Detection
10 52 (16.40%) Threat Intelligence
11 51 (16.09%) AI
12 44 (13.88%) SOAR
13 41 (12.93%) Mentoring
14 40 (12.62%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 39 (12.30%) Security Monitoring
15 39 (12.30%) Stakeholder Management
16 38 (11.99%) Penetration Testing
17 36 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 34 (10.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 47 (14.83%) PowerShell
2 31 (9.78%) Python
3 16 (5.05%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (2.21%) SQL
5 5 (1.58%) Java
5 5 (1.58%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.26%) Bash
7 2 (0.63%) Go
7 2 (0.63%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 67 (21.14%) CISSP
2 39 (12.30%) CISM
3 30 (9.46%) Degree
4 28 (8.83%) Security Cleared
5 25 (7.89%) GIAC
6 23 (7.26%) Cisco Certification
6 23 (7.26%) CompTIA Security+
7 18 (5.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 17 (5.36%) CCSP
8 17 (5.36%) CEH
9 15 (4.73%) SC Cleared
10 12 (3.79%) GCIH
11 11 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.52%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.52%) CISA
12 8 (2.52%) DV Cleared
13 7 (2.21%) GCIA
14 6 (1.89%) Azure Certification
14 6 (1.89%) CompTIA CySA+
14 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (29.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (26.18%) NIST
3 39 (12.30%) GDPR
4 27 (8.52%) GRC
5 20 (6.31%) PCI DSS
6 15 (4.73%) SOC 2
7 14 (4.42%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.58%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.26%) NIST 800
11 3 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.95%) NCSC
12 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.63%) PMO
12 2 (0.63%) SLA
13 1 (0.32%) COBIT
System Software
1 17 (5.36%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.32%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (8.52%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (7.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (3.79%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.79%) QRadar
4 8 (2.52%) SCCM
5 5 (1.58%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (0.95%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.95%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (0.95%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 2 (0.63%) Argo
7 2 (0.63%) Grafana
7 2 (0.63%) Istio
7 2 (0.63%) linkerd
7 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.32%) Ansible
8 1 (0.32%) CASB
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.32%) Nessus
8 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 109 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 37 (11.67%) Splunk
3 30 (9.46%) CrowdStrike
4 24 (7.57%) ServiceNow
5 23 (7.26%) Qualys
6 22 (6.94%) Palo Alto
7 20 (6.31%) Tenable
8 17 (5.36%) Cisco
9 16 (5.05%) Google
10 15 (4.73%) Rapid7
11 10 (3.15%) CyberArk
12 9 (2.84%) iManage
13 8 (2.52%) Sophos
14 6 (1.89%) LogRhythm
14 6 (1.89%) OpenAI
14 6 (1.89%) Red Hat
14 6 (1.89%) VMware
15 5 (1.58%) Ivanti
15 5 (1.58%) Oracle
15 5 (1.58%) Veracode