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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 214 288
Rank change year-on-year -23 +74 +24
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 151 251 181
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.44% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.59% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 107 160 153
10th Percentile £50,750 £46,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £78,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +12.50% -6.67%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £121,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -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 11,865 15,788 17,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 92.41% 90.43% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7,444 9,318 14,507
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +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% - -0.83%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -2 32 £80,000 - 49
West London -3 3 £56,000 -47.29%
East London -16 1 £63,000 +8.62% 1
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 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.32%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.66%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.66%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 32 (21.19%) Azure
2 30 (19.87%) AWS
3 12 (7.95%) GCP
3 12 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.96%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (5.96%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (3.31%) Mimecast
5 5 (3.31%) SaaS
5 5 (3.31%) Tessian
6 4 (2.65%) PaaS
7 3 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.99%) Google App Engine
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon ECR
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.32%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.66%) Amazon Macie
9 1 (0.66%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.66%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 39 (25.83%) Firewall
2 16 (10.60%) Network Security
3 14 (9.27%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (7.28%) VPN
5 4 (2.65%) DNS
5 4 (2.65%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.99%) WAN
6 3 (1.99%) Wireless
7 2 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.66%) DHCP
8 1 (0.66%) DMARC
8 1 (0.66%) DMZ
8 1 (0.66%) LAN
8 1 (0.66%) Modbus
8 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.66%) SSH
8 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.66%) JIRA
General
1 65 (43.05%) Social Skills
2 39 (25.83%) Finance
3 33 (21.85%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.61%) Law
6 10 (6.62%) Advertising
6 10 (6.62%) Documentation Skills
7 9 (5.96%) Banking
8 8 (5.30%) Financial Institution
8 8 (5.30%) Legal
9 7 (4.64%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.97%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.65%) Retail
12 3 (1.99%) Back Office
12 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.66%) Electronics
13 1 (0.66%) Games
13 1 (0.66%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 36 (23.84%) Analyst
2 28 (18.54%) Security Analyst
3 25 (16.56%) Security Engineer
4 22 (14.57%) Lead
5 15 (9.93%) Senior
6 13 (8.61%) SOC Analyst
7 12 (7.95%) Security Manager
8 11 (7.28%) Operations Manager
9 10 (6.62%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 10 (6.62%) Operational Security Manager
9 10 (6.62%) Security Operations Manager
10 8 (5.30%) Consultant
10 8 (5.30%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Information Analyst
10 8 (5.30%) Information Security Analyst
10 8 (5.30%) Technical Consultant
11 7 (4.64%) Information Manager
11 7 (4.64%) Information Security Manager
12 6 (3.97%) Security Specialist
12 6 (3.97%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.65%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (1.99%) .NET
2 3 (1.99%) React
3 2 (1.32%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.32%) EDI
4 1 (0.66%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.66%) Django
4 1 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 35 (23.18%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (21.19%) Security Operations Centre
3 24 (15.89%) Security Posture
4 12 (7.95%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (5.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (5.96%) Cyberattack
6 8 (5.30%) Management Information System
6 8 (5.30%) Virtual Team
7 7 (4.64%) Insider Threat
8 6 (3.97%) Data Centre
8 6 (3.97%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (3.31%) Cloud Native
9 5 (3.31%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.65%) CMDB
10 4 (2.65%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.99%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.99%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (1.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 30 (19.87%) Windows
2 21 (13.91%) Linux
3 4 (2.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.32%) Unix
5 1 (0.66%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.66%) VMS
5 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.66%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (60.93%) Incident Response
2 73 (48.34%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (40.40%) Information Security
4 57 (37.75%) SIEM
5 35 (23.18%) Threat Intelligence
6 33 (21.85%) Vulnerability Management
7 32 (21.19%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (18.54%) Cloud Security
8 28 (18.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (17.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 25 (16.56%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 22 (14.57%) Data Loss Prevention
11 22 (14.57%) Risk Management
11 22 (14.57%) Root Cause Analysis
12 19 (12.58%) Computer Science
12 19 (12.58%) Threat Detection
13 18 (11.92%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 17 (11.26%) Penetration Testing
15 16 (10.60%) DevOps
15 16 (10.60%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.60%) Python
2 7 (4.64%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.31%) Bash
4 3 (1.99%) C#
4 3 (1.99%) Java
5 2 (1.32%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.32%) SQL
6 1 (0.66%) Perl
6 1 (0.66%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (26.49%) CISSP
2 33 (21.85%) Degree
3 16 (10.60%) CISM
3 16 (10.60%) CompTIA Security+
4 15 (9.93%) Security Cleared
5 11 (7.28%) GIAC
6 10 (6.62%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (5.96%) GCIH
7 9 (5.96%) SC Cleared
8 8 (5.30%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (3.97%) CISA
9 6 (3.97%) GCFA
10 5 (3.31%) GCIA
10 5 (3.31%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.65%) CCNA
11 4 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.65%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.65%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.65%) Novell Certification
12 3 (1.99%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (31.79%) NIST
2 41 (27.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (15.23%) GDPR
4 14 (9.27%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (8.61%) PCI DSS
6 8 (5.30%) SLA
7 7 (4.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (3.97%) GRC
9 5 (3.31%) Accessibility
9 5 (3.31%) SOC 2
10 4 (2.65%) Data Quality
10 4 (2.65%) QA
11 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (1.99%) ITGC
12 2 (1.32%) COBIT
13 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.66%) NCSC
13 1 (0.66%) SOC 1
System Software
1 7 (4.64%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.65%) Docker
3 4 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (7.95%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.28%) QRadar
3 9 (5.96%) CSIRT
4 8 (5.30%) Terraform
5 7 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (3.31%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 4 (2.65%) Ansible
7 4 (2.65%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.99%) ArcSight ESM
8 3 (1.99%) Nessus
9 2 (1.32%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.66%) CASB
10 1 (0.66%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.66%) SCCM
10 1 (0.66%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 41 (27.15%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.91%) Splunk
3 12 (7.95%) ServiceNow
4 9 (5.96%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (5.30%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.97%) VMware
7 5 (3.31%) ArcSight
7 5 (3.31%) Rapid7
8 4 (2.65%) Foundry
8 4 (2.65%) Palantir
9 3 (1.99%) Cisco
9 3 (1.99%) LogLogic
9 3 (1.99%) McAfee
9 3 (1.99%) Qualys
10 2 (1.32%) Carbon Black
10 2 (1.32%) Proofpoint
10 2 (1.32%) Thales
10 2 (1.32%) Trend Micro
10 2 (1.32%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.66%) Checkmarx