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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 246 235
Rank change year-on-year +91 -11 +48
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 386 140 237
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.48% 1.19% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.27% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 234 104 141
10th Percentile £47,250 £47,750 £46,713
25th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,000 £76,250 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.98% -1.61% +10.71%
75th Percentile £94,944 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £114,250 £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 21,084 10,993 16,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.63% 93.80% 89.70%
Number of salaries quoted 13,784 6,980 9,737
10th Percentile £40,826 £37,500 £41,650
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 +8 31 £70,000 -12.50% 63
West London +2 22 £75,000 +33.93% 7
East London 0 9 £57,500 -8.73% 2
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 7 (1.81%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.04%) Confluence
4 3 (0.78%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 102 (26.42%) Azure
2 71 (18.39%) AWS
3 69 (17.88%) Entra ID
4 48 (12.44%) GCP
5 45 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (8.03%) Azure Sentinel
7 19 (4.92%) Microsoft Purview
8 16 (4.15%) SaaS
9 15 (3.89%) Mimecast
10 14 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
11 7 (1.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (1.55%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.30%) Anthropic Claude
14 4 (1.04%) AWS KMS
14 4 (1.04%) Nutanix
15 3 (0.78%) Amazon Bedrock
15 3 (0.78%) Amazon ECS
15 3 (0.78%) GitHub Actions
15 3 (0.78%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 45 (11.66%) Firewall
2 39 (10.10%) Network Security
3 23 (5.96%) VPN
4 16 (4.15%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (1.81%) DNS
6 5 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.04%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.04%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.04%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.78%) DMARC
8 3 (0.78%) LAN
8 3 (0.78%) OSPF
8 3 (0.78%) TACACS
8 3 (0.78%) WAN
9 2 (0.52%) DKIM
9 2 (0.52%) HTTP
9 2 (0.52%) NGFW
10 1 (0.26%) SCCP
10 1 (0.26%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
1 4 (1.04%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.78%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.78%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.52%) Power BI
4 1 (0.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (1.30%) JIRA
2 3 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 88 (22.80%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.47%) Finance
3 40 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (9.59%) Law
5 31 (8.03%) Legal
6 29 (7.51%) Banking
7 19 (4.92%) Retail
8 17 (4.40%) Public Sector
9 16 (4.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.55%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.55%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.55%) Military
12 5 (1.30%) Advertising
13 4 (1.04%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.78%) Digital Healthcare
14 3 (0.78%) Legal Technology
14 3 (0.78%) Local Government
15 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 75 (19.43%) Lead
2 67 (17.36%) Security Engineer
3 63 (16.32%) Analyst
3 63 (16.32%) Senior
4 53 (13.73%) Security Analyst
5 35 (9.07%) Security Manager
6 27 (6.99%) Architect
7 24 (6.22%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 20 (5.18%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 20 (5.18%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (4.40%) Cloud Engineer
9 17 (4.40%) Consultant
10 16 (4.15%) Senior Security Analyst
11 14 (3.63%) Security Architect
12 13 (3.37%) Information Analyst
12 13 (3.37%) Information Security Analyst
12 13 (3.37%) Operations Engineer
12 13 (3.37%) Security Specialist
13 12 (3.11%) Information Manager
13 12 (3.11%) Information Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (5.96%) Terraform
2 11 (2.85%) REST
3 5 (1.30%) SOAP
4 4 (1.04%) LDAP
4 4 (1.04%) OpenID
4 4 (1.04%) SAML
5 3 (0.78%) Kafka
5 3 (0.78%) SailPoint
5 3 (0.78%) Smart Contracts
6 2 (0.52%) CSS
6 2 (0.52%) HTML
6 2 (0.52%) JSON
6 2 (0.52%) RESTful
6 2 (0.52%) XML
7 1 (0.26%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 81 (20.98%) Security Posture
2 47 (12.18%) Security Operations Centre
3 38 (9.84%) Data Centre
4 34 (8.81%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.03%) Cyber Defence
6 29 (7.51%) Cyber Threat
7 25 (6.48%) Cloud Native
8 15 (3.89%) Onboarding
9 13 (3.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 12 (3.11%) AI Agents
11 10 (2.59%) PKI
11 10 (2.59%) Public Cloud
12 9 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
13 8 (2.07%) Cyber Security Posture
13 8 (2.07%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (2.07%) Private Cloud
14 7 (1.81%) Cloud Security Posture
15 6 (1.55%) Insider Threat
16 5 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
16 5 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.14%) Windows
2 27 (6.99%) Linux
3 9 (2.33%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.55%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.55%) macOS
4 6 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.78%) Unix
6 2 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (53.89%) Cybersecurity
2 156 (40.41%) Incident Response
3 123 (31.87%) SIEM
4 122 (31.61%) Vulnerability Management
5 98 (25.39%) Information Security
6 88 (22.80%) Cloud Security
7 73 (18.91%) Risk Management
8 70 (18.13%) Continuous Improvement
9 68 (17.62%) AI
10 66 (17.10%) Threat Detection
11 61 (15.80%) Threat Intelligence
12 57 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
12 57 (14.77%) Stakeholder Management
13 46 (11.92%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 46 (11.92%) Security Monitoring
14 44 (11.40%) Zero Trust
15 42 (10.88%) Mentoring
15 42 (10.88%) SOAR
16 41 (10.62%) Threat Modelling
17 40 (10.36%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.14%) PowerShell
2 37 (9.59%) Python
3 16 (4.15%) Kusto Query Language
4 12 (3.11%) SQL
5 10 (2.59%) Bash
6 8 (2.07%) Go
7 7 (1.81%) Java
8 6 (1.55%) JavaScript
9 2 (0.52%) Bicep
9 2 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 78 (20.21%) CISSP
2 46 (11.92%) CISM
3 32 (8.29%) Security Cleared
4 30 (7.77%) Degree
5 25 (6.48%) GIAC
6 19 (4.92%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.40%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (3.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (3.63%) CCSP
9 14 (3.63%) SC Cleared
10 12 (3.11%) AWS Certification
10 12 (3.11%) DV Cleared
10 12 (3.11%) GCIH
11 11 (2.85%) CEH
12 9 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (2.07%) CISA
13 8 (2.07%) GCIA
14 7 (1.81%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.81%) GCFA
14 7 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (28.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (22.02%) NIST
3 37 (9.59%) GDPR
4 35 (9.07%) GRC
5 32 (8.29%) PCI DSS
6 24 (6.22%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (3.89%) SOC 2
8 10 (2.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (2.33%) NCSC
10 8 (2.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (1.30%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.78%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.78%) SLA
13 2 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.26%) COBIT
14 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
14 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.26%) PMO
14 1 (0.26%) QA
System Software
1 25 (6.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.81%) Docker
2 7 (1.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (9.59%) Single Sign-On
2 29 (7.51%) Kubernetes
3 23 (5.96%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.07%) QRadar
4 8 (2.07%) SCCM
5 4 (1.04%) Ansible
5 4 (1.04%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (0.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.78%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (0.78%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.78%) Puppet
6 3 (0.78%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 2 (0.52%) Argo
7 2 (0.52%) Grafana
7 2 (0.52%) Istio
7 2 (0.52%) linkerd
7 2 (0.52%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.26%) CASB
8 1 (0.26%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.26%) Nessus
Vendors
1 129 (33.42%) Microsoft
2 35 (9.07%) CrowdStrike
3 33 (8.55%) Splunk
4 29 (7.51%) Google
5 26 (6.74%) Palo Alto
6 23 (5.96%) ServiceNow
7 20 (5.18%) Cisco
8 19 (4.92%) Qualys
8 19 (4.92%) Tenable
9 12 (3.11%) Rapid7
10 8 (2.07%) CyberArk
10 8 (2.07%) iManage
11 7 (1.81%) VMware
11 7 (1.81%) Zscaler
12 6 (1.55%) OpenAI
13 5 (1.30%) Meraki
14 4 (1.04%) Oracle
14 4 (1.04%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.04%) Sophos
14 4 (1.04%) Veracode