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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 277 265
Rank change year-on-year +95 -12 +27
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 286 115 258
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.29% 0.92% 1.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 0.97% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 194 73 197
10th Percentile £52,500 £47,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £89,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £114,250 £110,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 18,284 11,795 20,682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 82.26% 94.72% 89.50%
Number of salaries quoted 12,510 7,401 14,891
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,903 £38,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.90% -4.67%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £108,075 £122,500 £117,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 16 July 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 16 July 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 +22 49 £70,000 -12.50% 13
West London -3 12 £85,000 - 9
East London +4 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 4 (1.40%) Confluence
2 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 83 (29.02%) Azure
2 55 (19.23%) AWS
3 33 (11.54%) Entra ID
3 33 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (10.14%) Azure Sentinel
5 21 (7.34%) GCP
6 13 (4.55%) SaaS
7 12 (4.20%) Azure Logic Apps
7 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (2.80%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 8 (2.80%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.10%) Google Workspace
10 5 (1.75%) Anthropic Claude
10 5 (1.75%) AWS KMS
10 5 (1.75%) GitHub
10 5 (1.75%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.40%) Nutanix
12 3 (1.05%) Amazon Kinesis
12 3 (1.05%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (1.05%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 38 (13.29%) Firewall
2 35 (12.24%) Network Security
3 16 (5.59%) VPN
4 10 (3.50%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (2.80%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (2.45%) DNS
6 7 (2.45%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.40%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (1.40%) HTTPS
7 4 (1.40%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.35%) HTTP
8 1 (0.35%) IPsec
8 1 (0.35%) NGFW
8 1 (0.35%) SMTP
8 1 (0.35%) SSL
8 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.40%) MongoDB
1 4 (1.40%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.05%) Hadoop
2 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.35%) Big Data
3 1 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.75%) JIRA
2 4 (1.40%) Bitbucket
2 4 (1.40%) Metasploit
3 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 62 (21.68%) Finance
3 35 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.04%) Law
4 23 (8.04%) Legal
5 14 (4.90%) Banking
6 9 (3.15%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.10%) Advertising
8 6 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.75%) Retail
10 4 (1.40%) Back Office
10 4 (1.40%) Digital Health
11 3 (1.05%) Digital Healthcare
11 3 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.05%) Legal Technology
11 3 (1.05%) Military
11 3 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 58 (20.28%) Analyst
2 50 (17.48%) Security Analyst
3 46 (16.08%) Lead
3 46 (16.08%) Security Engineer
4 40 (13.99%) Senior
5 30 (10.49%) Security Manager
6 26 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 18 (6.29%) Security Specialist
8 17 (5.94%) Architect
9 15 (5.24%) Consultant
9 15 (5.24%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (4.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 14 (4.90%) Operational Security Manager
10 14 (4.90%) Operations Analyst
10 14 (4.90%) Operations Engineer
10 14 (4.90%) Security Operations Manager
10 14 (4.90%) Senior Security Analyst
11 13 (4.55%) Security Architect
11 13 (4.55%) Security Operations Analyst
12 12 (4.20%) Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.40%) LDAP
1 4 (1.40%) OpenID
1 4 (1.40%) REST
1 4 (1.40%) SAML
2 3 (1.05%) Kafka
2 3 (1.05%) Smart Contracts
3 2 (0.70%) JSON
3 2 (0.70%) RESTful
4 1 (0.35%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.35%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 55 (19.23%) Security Posture
2 49 (17.13%) Security Operations Centre
3 46 (16.08%) Cyber Defence
4 29 (10.14%) Management Information System
5 22 (7.69%) Cyber Threat
6 17 (5.94%) Data Centre
7 16 (5.59%) Cloud Native
8 15 (5.24%) Onboarding
9 7 (2.45%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (2.45%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.10%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.75%) Insider Threat
11 5 (1.75%) PKI
12 4 (1.40%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 4 (1.40%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 4 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
13 3 (1.05%) Blockchain
13 3 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 47 (16.43%) Windows
2 34 (11.89%) Linux
3 8 (2.80%) Unix
4 4 (1.40%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.35%) CentOS
5 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (51.05%) Cybersecurity
2 125 (43.71%) Incident Response
3 112 (39.16%) SIEM
4 83 (29.02%) Vulnerability Management
5 78 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 64 (22.38%) Information Security
7 62 (21.68%) Threat Intelligence
8 61 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 54 (18.88%) Risk Management
10 52 (18.18%) SOAR
11 50 (17.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 47 (16.43%) Threat Detection
13 44 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
14 43 (15.03%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 40 (13.99%) AI
16 37 (12.94%) Security Monitoring
17 35 (12.24%) Penetration Testing
18 31 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
19 30 (10.49%) Mentoring
20 27 (9.44%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (19.58%) PowerShell
2 39 (13.64%) Python
3 14 (4.90%) Kusto Query Language
4 8 (2.80%) Bash
5 6 (2.10%) SQL
6 4 (1.40%) Java
6 4 (1.40%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.70%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 61 (21.33%) CISSP
2 34 (11.89%) GIAC
3 32 (11.19%) CISM
4 29 (10.14%) Security Cleared
5 27 (9.44%) Degree
6 25 (8.74%) CompTIA Security+
7 21 (7.34%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (6.64%) SC Cleared
9 16 (5.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 16 (5.59%) CCSP
9 16 (5.59%) CEH
10 12 (4.20%) CISA
10 12 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (4.20%) GCIH
11 8 (2.80%) AWS Certification
11 8 (2.80%) GCIA
12 7 (2.45%) Azure Certification
13 6 (2.10%) CompTIA CySA+
14 5 (1.75%) CCNP
14 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (28.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (27.97%) NIST
3 37 (12.94%) GDPR
4 22 (7.69%) GRC
5 16 (5.59%) SOC 2
6 15 (5.24%) PCI DSS
7 12 (4.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 7 (2.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.75%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (1.05%) NCSC
10 3 (1.05%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.70%) COBIT
11 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 2 (0.70%) PMO
12 1 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.10%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (5.59%) Single Sign-On
3 11 (3.85%) Terraform
4 10 (3.50%) QRadar
5 8 (2.80%) Kubernetes
5 8 (2.80%) SCCM
6 4 (1.40%) Ansible
6 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Satellite
7 3 (1.05%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 3 (1.05%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.35%) CASB
8 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.35%) Nessus
8 1 (0.35%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 94 (32.87%) Microsoft
2 37 (12.94%) Splunk
3 27 (9.44%) CrowdStrike
4 23 (8.04%) ServiceNow
5 21 (7.34%) Qualys
6 17 (5.94%) Tenable
7 16 (5.59%) Cisco
8 12 (4.20%) Google
8 12 (4.20%) Palo Alto
9 11 (3.85%) Sophos
10 10 (3.50%) Rapid7
11 9 (3.15%) iManage
12 7 (2.45%) CyberArk
13 6 (2.10%) Fortinet
13 6 (2.10%) OpenAI
13 6 (2.10%) Zscaler
14 5 (1.75%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.75%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.75%) VMware
15 4 (1.40%) Oracle