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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 238 206 280
Rank change year-on-year -32 +74 +21
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 148 264 188
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.54% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.68% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 103 177 155
10th Percentile £51,700 £46,250 £41,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £114,000 £120,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -7.41%

All Process and 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 11,808 15,758 17,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.60% 91.83% 93.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,500 9,242 14,087
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 -4 35 £80,000 +5.61% 14
West London +3 3 £56,000 -47.29%
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 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
2 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.65%) Azure
2 30 (20.27%) AWS
3 14 (9.46%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (8.78%) GCP
5 10 (6.76%) Entra ID
6 9 (6.08%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (4.05%) Mimecast
7 6 (4.05%) SaaS
7 6 (4.05%) Tessian
8 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.70%) PaaS
10 3 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.03%) Google App Engine
11 2 (1.35%) Amazon ECR
11 2 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
12 1 (0.68%) dbt
12 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 39 (26.35%) Firewall
2 22 (14.86%) Network Security
3 15 (10.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 14 (9.46%) VPN
5 4 (2.70%) TCP/IP
5 4 (2.70%) Wireshark
6 3 (2.03%) DNS
6 3 (2.03%) WAN
6 3 (2.03%) Wireless
7 2 (1.35%) DMARC
7 2 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.68%) DKIM
8 1 (0.68%) DMZ
8 1 (0.68%) LAN
8 1 (0.68%) Modbus
8 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.68%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 56 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 44 (29.73%) Finance
3 32 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (9.46%) Law
6 12 (8.11%) Banking
7 9 (6.08%) Advertising
7 9 (6.08%) Financial Institution
8 8 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (5.41%) Legal
9 6 (4.05%) Public Sector
10 5 (3.38%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.70%) Back Office
11 4 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.70%) Retail
12 2 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.68%) Marketing
13 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (25.68%) Analyst
2 31 (20.95%) Security Analyst
3 22 (14.86%) Lead
3 22 (14.86%) Security Engineer
4 14 (9.46%) Senior
5 13 (8.78%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 13 (8.78%) Security Manager
6 11 (7.43%) SOC Analyst
7 10 (6.76%) Operational Security Manager
7 10 (6.76%) Operations Manager
7 10 (6.76%) Security Operations Manager
8 8 (5.41%) Consultant
8 8 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 8 (5.41%) Information Analyst
8 8 (5.41%) Information Security Analyst
8 8 (5.41%) Technical Consultant
9 7 (4.73%) Security Specialist
10 6 (4.05%) Information Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Information Security Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.70%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (2.03%) .NET
2 3 (2.03%) React
3 2 (1.35%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.68%) Django
4 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.68%) Cyber Threat
2 29 (19.59%) Security Operations Centre
3 25 (16.89%) Security Posture
4 10 (6.76%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (6.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (6.08%) Cyberattack
5 9 (6.08%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.41%) Virtual Team
7 7 (4.73%) Insider Threat
8 6 (4.05%) Cloud Native
8 6 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (3.38%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.70%) CMDB
10 4 (2.70%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.70%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (2.03%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (2.03%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (2.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.95%) Windows
2 23 (15.54%) Linux
3 6 (4.05%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.68%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (62.16%) Incident Response
2 73 (49.32%) Cybersecurity
3 62 (41.89%) SIEM
4 58 (39.19%) Information Security
5 38 (25.68%) Threat Intelligence
6 33 (22.30%) Vulnerability Management
7 30 (20.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 30 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (18.92%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 27 (18.24%) Cloud Security
10 26 (17.57%) Root Cause Analysis
11 25 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (16.22%) Risk Management
13 23 (15.54%) Data Loss Prevention
14 20 (13.51%) Threat Detection
15 18 (12.16%) Computer Science
16 16 (10.81%) Analytics
16 16 (10.81%) Identity Access Management
16 16 (10.81%) Penetration Testing
17 14 (9.46%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.84%) Python
2 11 (7.43%) PowerShell
3 4 (2.70%) Bash
4 3 (2.03%) C#
4 3 (2.03%) Java
5 2 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.35%) SQL
6 1 (0.68%) Perl
6 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (28.38%) CISSP
2 34 (22.97%) Degree
3 17 (11.49%) CompTIA Security+
4 15 (10.14%) GIAC
5 14 (9.46%) CISM
6 12 (8.11%) Security Cleared
7 11 (7.43%) GCIH
8 9 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.05%) CISA
9 6 (4.05%) GCFA
9 6 (4.05%) GCIA
9 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (4.05%) SC Cleared
10 5 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.70%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.70%) CCNA
11 4 (2.70%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.70%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.70%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (31.76%) NIST
2 44 (29.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (18.92%) GDPR
4 16 (10.81%) PCI DSS
5 15 (10.14%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (5.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 8 (5.41%) SLA
7 7 (4.73%) GRC
8 5 (3.38%) Accessibility
8 5 (3.38%) SOC 2
9 4 (2.70%) Data Quality
9 4 (2.70%) QA
10 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 3 (2.03%) ITGC
11 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 1 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (4.73%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.70%) Docker
3 4 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.43%) QRadar
3 9 (6.08%) CSIRT
4 7 (4.73%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.73%) Terraform
5 5 (3.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (2.70%) Ansible
6 4 (2.70%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.03%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (2.03%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 3 (2.03%) Nessus
8 1 (0.68%) CASB
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.68%) SCCM
8 1 (0.68%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 43 (29.05%) Microsoft
2 19 (12.84%) Splunk
3 11 (7.43%) CrowdStrike
3 11 (7.43%) ServiceNow
4 8 (5.41%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.38%) ArcSight
5 5 (3.38%) Qualys
5 5 (3.38%) VMware
6 4 (2.70%) Foundry
6 4 (2.70%) Palantir
7 3 (2.03%) Cisco
7 3 (2.03%) LogLogic
7 3 (2.03%) McAfee
7 3 (2.03%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.35%) Carbon Black
8 2 (1.35%) Thales
9 1 (0.68%) Censornet
9 1 (0.68%) Exabeam
9 1 (0.68%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.68%) Tenable