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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 280 265
Rank change year-on-year +97 -15 +11
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 293 115 217
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.24% 0.94% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.00% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 202 77 153
10th Percentile £52,875 £47,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £97,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,000 £121,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% - -

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 19,423 11,519 17,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.07% 94.33% 89.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,125 7,273 11,907
10th Percentile £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.67% -0.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 8 August 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 8 August 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 +5 39 £70,000 -12.50% 35
West London -13 17 £73,750 - 7
East London -1 7 £57,500 -8.73% 8
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 (1.71%) Confluence
2 3 (1.02%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 81 (27.65%) Azure
2 57 (19.45%) AWS
3 32 (10.92%) Entra ID
3 32 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
4 25 (8.53%) Azure Sentinel
5 23 (7.85%) GCP
6 12 (4.10%) Azure Logic Apps
7 11 (3.75%) SaaS
8 10 (3.41%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (2.73%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 7 (2.39%) Mimecast
11 6 (2.05%) Google Workspace
12 5 (1.71%) Anthropic Claude
12 5 (1.71%) AWS KMS
12 5 (1.71%) GitHub
12 5 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (1.71%) Nutanix
13 3 (1.02%) Amazon Bedrock
13 3 (1.02%) Amazon Kinesis
13 3 (1.02%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.65%) Network Security
2 39 (13.31%) Firewall
3 16 (5.46%) VPN
4 10 (3.41%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (2.39%) DNS
5 7 (2.39%) Intrusion Detection
5 7 (2.39%) TCP/IP
6 5 (1.71%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.37%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco Firepower
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
8 3 (1.02%) WAN
9 2 (0.68%) LAN
9 2 (0.68%) NGFW
9 2 (0.68%) OSPF
9 2 (0.68%) TACACS
10 1 (0.34%) HTTP
10 1 (0.34%) SCCP
10 1 (0.34%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.71%) MongoDB
1 5 (1.71%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.02%) Hadoop
2 3 (1.02%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.34%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 5 (1.71%) JIRA
2 4 (1.37%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.37%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.02%) Jenkins
General
1 71 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 58 (19.80%) Finance
3 41 (13.99%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.85%) Legal
5 21 (7.17%) Law
6 12 (4.10%) Banking
7 7 (2.39%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.05%) Advertising
8 6 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.37%) Digital Health
9 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Digital Healthcare
10 3 (1.02%) Legal Technology
10 3 (1.02%) Military
10 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.02%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.02%) Retail
11 2 (0.68%) Back Office
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (18.43%) Analyst
2 49 (16.72%) Lead
3 48 (16.38%) Security Analyst
4 46 (15.70%) Security Engineer
5 44 (15.02%) Senior
6 32 (10.92%) Security Manager
7 26 (8.87%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 18 (6.14%) Architect
9 15 (5.12%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.78%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 14 (4.78%) Engineering Manager
10 14 (4.78%) Security Architect
10 14 (4.78%) Security Specialist
10 14 (4.78%) Senior Security Analyst
11 13 (4.44%) Consultant
11 13 (4.44%) Operational Security Manager
11 13 (4.44%) Operations Engineer
11 13 (4.44%) Security Operations Manager
12 12 (4.10%) Operations Analyst
12 12 (4.10%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.71%) LDAP
2 4 (1.37%) OpenID
2 4 (1.37%) REST
2 4 (1.37%) SAML
3 3 (1.02%) Kafka
3 3 (1.02%) Smart Contracts
4 2 (0.68%) JSON
4 2 (0.68%) RESTful
5 1 (0.34%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.34%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 59 (20.14%) Security Posture
2 46 (15.70%) Cyber Defence
2 46 (15.70%) Security Operations Centre
3 31 (10.58%) Management Information System
4 23 (7.85%) Cyber Threat
5 18 (6.14%) Cloud Native
5 18 (6.14%) Data Centre
6 15 (5.12%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.39%) Cyber Security Posture
7 7 (2.39%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.39%) Virtual Team
8 6 (2.05%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.71%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (1.71%) Insider Threat
9 5 (1.71%) PKI
10 4 (1.37%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 4 (1.37%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.02%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 45 (15.36%) Windows
2 30 (10.24%) Linux
3 6 (2.05%) Unix
4 5 (1.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.37%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.34%) CentOS
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (52.56%) Cybersecurity
2 123 (41.98%) Incident Response
3 108 (36.86%) SIEM
4 88 (30.03%) Vulnerability Management
5 79 (26.96%) Cloud Security
6 71 (24.23%) Information Security
7 62 (21.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (20.14%) Threat Intelligence
9 55 (18.77%) Risk Management
10 52 (17.75%) Threat Detection
11 51 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (16.38%) SOAR
13 47 (16.04%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 45 (15.36%) AI
15 39 (13.31%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 36 (12.29%) Penetration Testing
16 36 (12.29%) Security Monitoring
17 34 (11.60%) Stakeholder Management
18 33 (11.26%) Mentoring
19 30 (10.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 52 (17.75%) PowerShell
2 36 (12.29%) Python
3 14 (4.78%) Kusto Query Language
4 7 (2.39%) Bash
4 7 (2.39%) SQL
5 5 (1.71%) Java
6 4 (1.37%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.68%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 64 (21.84%) CISSP
2 36 (12.29%) CISM
3 30 (10.24%) GIAC
3 30 (10.24%) Security Cleared
4 27 (9.22%) Degree
5 25 (8.53%) CompTIA Security+
6 24 (8.19%) Cisco Certification
7 19 (6.48%) SC Cleared
8 18 (6.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 17 (5.80%) CCSP
9 17 (5.80%) CEH
10 12 (4.10%) GCIH
11 10 (3.41%) CISA
11 10 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (2.73%) AWS Certification
12 8 (2.73%) GCIA
13 6 (2.05%) Azure Certification
13 6 (2.05%) CCNP
14 5 (1.71%) DV Cleared
14 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (29.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (27.65%) NIST
3 38 (12.97%) GDPR
4 22 (7.51%) GRC
5 15 (5.12%) SOC 2
6 14 (4.78%) PCI DSS
7 12 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (2.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.71%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.37%) NIST 800
11 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.02%) NCSC
12 2 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.68%) PMO
13 1 (0.34%) COBIT
13 1 (0.34%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.39%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Docker
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (6.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 19 (6.48%) Single Sign-On
3 12 (4.10%) Terraform
4 11 (3.75%) Kubernetes
5 10 (3.41%) QRadar
6 8 (2.73%) SCCM
7 5 (1.71%) Ansible
7 5 (1.71%) Red Hat Satellite
8 3 (1.02%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 3 (1.02%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 2 (0.68%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.34%) CASB
10 1 (0.34%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.34%) Nessus
10 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 92 (31.40%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.95%) Splunk
3 26 (8.87%) CrowdStrike
4 23 (7.85%) ServiceNow
5 22 (7.51%) Qualys
6 18 (6.14%) Tenable
7 16 (5.46%) Cisco
7 16 (5.46%) Palo Alto
8 13 (4.44%) Google
8 13 (4.44%) Rapid7
9 10 (3.41%) Sophos
10 9 (3.07%) iManage
11 8 (2.73%) CyberArk
12 6 (2.05%) OpenAI
12 6 (2.05%) Red Hat
12 6 (2.05%) VMware
13 5 (1.71%) Fortinet
13 5 (1.71%) Ivanti
13 5 (1.71%) LogRhythm
13 5 (1.71%) Oracle