Security Operations Jobs in London

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 256 286
Rank change year-on-year -11 +30 +114
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 125 284 391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.00% 1.19% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.32% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 71 232 286
10th Percentile £53,750 £51,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £63,000 £60,931 £55,056
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +8.21% -10.67%
75th Percentile £114,375 £95,000 £84,621
90th Percentile £120,000 £101,250 £97,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,439 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.73% -1.70% -10.71%

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 12,045 21,522 31,580
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.48% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,842 15,847 22,804
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £42,874
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £125,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in London.

Salary trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in London over the 6 months to 28 May 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 28 May 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 +11 24 £71,250 +5.56% 7
West London +21 1 - -
East London - 1 £63,000 - 5
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.80%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 36 (28.80%) Azure
2 22 (17.60%) GCP
3 18 (14.40%) AWS
4 12 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Purview
6 5 (4.00%) Entra ID
7 4 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (3.20%) PaaS
8 3 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.40%) Copilot Studio
8 3 (2.40%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.40%) SaaS
9 2 (1.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 2 (1.60%) IaaS
10 1 (0.80%) AWS CloudTrail
10 1 (0.80%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.80%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.80%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (31.20%) Firewall
2 21 (16.80%) Network Security
3 13 (10.40%) DNS
4 6 (4.80%) HTTP
4 6 (4.80%) SMTP
4 6 (4.80%) TCP/IP
5 4 (3.20%) VPN
6 3 (2.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.60%) DKIM
7 2 (1.60%) DMARC
8 1 (0.80%) LAN
8 1 (0.80%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.80%) GitLab
1 1 (0.80%) Jenkins
General
1 42 (33.60%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.80%) Finance
3 19 (15.20%) Legal
4 18 (14.40%) Law
5 15 (12.00%) Retail
6 13 (10.40%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (7.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (5.60%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.80%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (4.00%) Banking
11 4 (3.20%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.60%) Games
14 1 (0.80%) Advertising
14 1 (0.80%) Back Office
14 1 (0.80%) Electronics
14 1 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (36.00%) Analyst
2 39 (31.20%) Security Analyst
3 20 (16.00%) Senior
4 18 (14.40%) Security Engineer
5 12 (9.60%) Security Manager
6 11 (8.80%) IT Analyst
6 11 (8.80%) IT Security Analyst
7 8 (6.40%) Automation Engineer
7 8 (6.40%) SOC Engineer
8 7 (5.60%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.60%) Development Engineer
8 7 (5.60%) Head of Security
8 7 (5.60%) Information Manager
8 7 (5.60%) Information Security Engineer
8 7 (5.60%) Information Security Manager
9 6 (4.80%) Head of Information
9 6 (4.80%) Head of Information Security
9 6 (4.80%) Lead
9 6 (4.80%) Operations Manager
9 6 (4.80%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.80%) CSS
1 1 (0.80%) HTML
1 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Graph
1 1 (0.80%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 30 (24.00%) Management Information System
1 30 (24.00%) Security Posture
2 18 (14.40%) Security Operations Centre
3 11 (8.80%) Hedge funds
4 8 (6.40%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (5.60%) Cyber Defence
6 6 (4.80%) PKI
7 4 (3.20%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (3.20%) Cyber Security Posture
7 4 (3.20%) Data Centre
7 4 (3.20%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.20%) Virtual Team
8 3 (2.40%) CSOC
8 3 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.60%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.60%) Insider Threat
9 2 (1.60%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.80%) Cyberattack
10 1 (0.80%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.60%) Windows
2 6 (4.80%) Linux
3 1 (0.80%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.80%) Unix
3 1 (0.80%) VMS
3 1 (0.80%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (59.20%) Cybersecurity
2 64 (51.20%) Incident Response
2 64 (51.20%) Information Security
3 59 (47.20%) SIEM
4 42 (33.60%) Vulnerability Management
5 34 (27.20%) Risk Management
6 31 (24.80%) Data Loss Prevention
7 30 (24.00%) Data Protection
8 25 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
9 21 (16.80%) Cloud Security
10 19 (15.20%) Data Security
10 19 (15.20%) Incident Management
10 19 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (14.40%) Threat Intelligence
11 18 (14.40%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 17 (13.60%) Root Cause Analysis
13 16 (12.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (12.80%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 16 (12.80%) Internal Audit
13 16 (12.80%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.80%) Python
2 27 (21.60%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.20%) Bash
4 1 (0.80%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.80%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 27 (21.60%) CISSP
2 25 (20.00%) Degree
3 18 (14.40%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (12.80%) OSCP
5 15 (12.00%) CEH
5 15 (12.00%) GCIA
5 15 (12.00%) GCIH
6 10 (8.00%) CISM
6 10 (8.00%) Security Cleared
7 8 (6.40%) CRISC
7 8 (6.40%) SC Cleared
8 6 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.00%) CISA
9 5 (4.00%) GIAC
10 4 (3.20%) AWS Certification
10 4 (3.20%) Master's Degree
11 3 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (2.40%) Azure Certification
11 3 (2.40%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (24.80%) NIST
2 30 (24.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (17.60%) GDPR
4 16 (12.80%) PCI DSS
5 7 (5.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (4.80%) GRC
7 4 (3.20%) COBIT
7 4 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.60%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.60%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.80%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.80%) NCSC
10 1 (0.80%) SOC 1
10 1 (0.80%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (4.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 5 (4.00%) Terraform
3 3 (2.40%) QRadar
4 2 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.80%) CASB
5 1 (0.80%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.80%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.80%) Puppet
5 1 (0.80%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (20.80%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.20%) Splunk
3 7 (5.60%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (4.80%) Google
5 3 (2.40%) Cisco
5 3 (2.40%) Tenable
6 2 (1.60%) Checkmarx
6 2 (1.60%) Juniper
6 2 (1.60%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.80%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.80%) McAfee
7 1 (0.80%) Okta
7 1 (0.80%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.80%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.80%) Qualys
7 1 (0.80%) SAP
7 1 (0.80%) Varonis
7 1 (0.80%) VMware