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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 203 250
Rank change year-on-year -11 +47 +27
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 169 256 226
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.66% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.75% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 109 170 193
10th Percentile £49,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £73,750 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.08% +9.26% -10.00%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £100,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -7.41%

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 12,609 14,633 17,924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 87.44% 94.72% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,044 8,000 14,401
10th Percentile £36,575 £43,227 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 21 January 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 21 January 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 -16 43 £80,000 +23.08% 12
West London +2 3 £56,000 -32.12% 3
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 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.59%) Confluence
2 1 (0.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 41 (24.26%) Azure
2 32 (18.93%) AWS
3 18 (10.65%) GCP
3 18 (10.65%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 11 (6.51%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.14%) SaaS
7 6 (3.55%) Mimecast
7 6 (3.55%) Tessian
8 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (2.37%) PaaS
10 3 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
12 1 (0.59%) Amazon ECR
12 1 (0.59%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.59%) dbt
12 1 (0.59%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 41 (24.26%) Firewall
2 29 (17.16%) Network Security
3 16 (9.47%) VPN
4 10 (5.92%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (3.55%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.37%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.78%) SCCP
7 3 (1.78%) Wireless
8 2 (1.18%) DKIM
8 2 (1.18%) DMARC
8 2 (1.18%) DNS
8 2 (1.18%) WAN
9 1 (0.59%) DMZ
9 1 (0.59%) LAN
9 1 (0.59%) Modbus
9 1 (0.59%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.59%) SSH
9 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (1.18%) Power BI
2 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.59%) JIRA
General
1 55 (32.54%) Social Skills
2 51 (30.18%) Finance
3 30 (17.75%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (9.47%) Banking
6 15 (8.88%) Law
7 11 (6.51%) Legal
7 11 (6.51%) Retail
8 8 (4.73%) Advertising
8 8 (4.73%) Financial Institution
9 6 (3.55%) Back Office
9 6 (3.55%) Public Sector
10 3 (1.78%) Aviation
10 3 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Marketing
11 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.59%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 51 (30.18%) Analyst
2 41 (24.26%) Security Analyst
3 23 (13.61%) Lead
4 21 (12.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 21 (12.43%) Security Engineer
5 18 (10.65%) Senior
6 15 (8.88%) SOC Analyst
7 14 (8.28%) Security Manager
8 12 (7.10%) Consultant
8 12 (7.10%) Technical Consultant
9 11 (6.51%) Information Analyst
9 11 (6.51%) Information Security Analyst
10 10 (5.92%) Operational Security Manager
10 10 (5.92%) Operations Manager
10 10 (5.92%) Security Operations Manager
10 10 (5.92%) Security Specialist
10 10 (5.92%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 9 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
12 8 (4.73%) Senior Security Analyst
13 6 (3.55%) Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.37%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.37%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.59%) AWS CDK
2 1 (0.59%) Django
2 1 (0.59%) EDI
2 1 (0.59%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 34 (20.12%) Cyber Threat
2 33 (19.53%) Security Posture
3 29 (17.16%) Security Operations Centre
4 21 (12.43%) Cyber Defence
5 12 (7.10%) Cloud Native
6 10 (5.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (5.33%) Cyberattack
7 9 (5.33%) Management Information System
8 8 (4.73%) Virtual Team
9 7 (4.14%) Analytical Mindset
10 6 (3.55%) Cyber Security Posture
10 6 (3.55%) Data Structures
10 6 (3.55%) Insider Threat
11 5 (2.96%) Operational Technology
11 5 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (2.37%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (1.78%) Data Centre
13 3 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 2 (1.18%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 36 (21.30%) Windows
2 29 (17.16%) Linux
3 8 (4.73%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.59%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (63.91%) Incident Response
2 81 (47.93%) Cybersecurity
3 76 (44.97%) SIEM
4 52 (30.77%) Information Security
5 45 (26.63%) Threat Intelligence
6 36 (21.30%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 34 (20.12%) Vulnerability Management
8 33 (19.53%) Root Cause Analysis
9 31 (18.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 29 (17.16%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 27 (15.98%) Cloud Security
12 25 (14.79%) Risk Management
12 25 (14.79%) Threat Detection
13 24 (14.20%) Data Loss Prevention
13 24 (14.20%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (12.43%) SOAR
15 18 (10.65%) Security Monitoring
16 17 (10.06%) Penetration Testing
17 16 (9.47%) Incident Management
17 16 (9.47%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (14.20%) Python
2 21 (12.43%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.96%) Bash
4 3 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.18%) Perl
5 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (31.36%) CISSP
2 27 (15.98%) Degree
3 20 (11.83%) CompTIA Security+
3 20 (11.83%) GIAC
4 18 (10.65%) CISM
5 15 (8.88%) GCIH
5 15 (8.88%) Security Cleared
6 14 (8.28%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (5.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 7 (4.14%) CISA
8 7 (4.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.14%) SC Cleared
9 6 (3.55%) CCSP
9 6 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.55%) GCFA
9 6 (3.55%) GCIA
10 5 (2.96%) Azure Certification
11 4 (2.37%) CCNA
11 4 (2.37%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (30.77%) NIST
2 51 (30.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 27 (15.98%) GDPR
4 19 (11.24%) PCI DSS
5 12 (7.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (5.33%) GRC
7 8 (4.73%) SLA
8 6 (3.55%) SOC 2
9 5 (2.96%) Accessibility
9 5 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (2.37%) Data Quality
10 4 (2.37%) QA
11 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.78%) ITGC
12 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.59%) COBIT
12 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.59%) NCSC
12 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (4.14%) Active Directory
1 7 (4.14%) Docker
2 4 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.92%) Terraform
3 9 (5.33%) QRadar
4 8 (4.73%) Ansible
4 8 (4.73%) CSIRT
5 5 (2.96%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.37%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.78%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (1.78%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.78%) Nessus
8 2 (1.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 51 (30.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.06%) Splunk
3 13 (7.69%) ServiceNow
4 11 (6.51%) CrowdStrike
5 7 (4.14%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.55%) Qualys
7 5 (2.96%) ArcSight
8 4 (2.37%) Foundry
8 4 (2.37%) Palantir
8 4 (2.37%) VMware
9 3 (1.78%) Google
9 3 (1.78%) LogLogic
9 3 (1.78%) McAfee
9 3 (1.78%) Rapid7
9 3 (1.78%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.18%) Carbon Black
10 2 (1.18%) Cisco
11 1 (0.59%) Censornet
11 1 (0.59%) Extreme Networks
11 1 (0.59%) Thales