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 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 209 244
Rank change year-on-year -9 +35 +37
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 170 241 256
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.15% 1.57% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.65% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 105 154 223
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,875 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £106,500 £120,000 £99,750
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 12,882 14,602 19,299
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.90% 95.02% 92.07%
Number of salaries quoted 8,228 7,911 15,562
10th Percentile £36,750 £43,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,425 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.46% +6.83% -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 1 February 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 1 February 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 +1 46 £77,500 +19.23% 15
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 4 (2.35%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.59%) Confluence
3 1 (0.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.88%) Azure
2 31 (18.24%) AWS
3 21 (12.35%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (11.18%) GCP
5 16 (9.41%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (7.06%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.71%) SaaS
8 6 (3.53%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (3.53%) Mimecast
8 6 (3.53%) Tessian
9 4 (2.35%) PaaS
10 3 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.76%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.59%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.59%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 38 (22.35%) Firewall
2 30 (17.65%) Network Security
3 16 (9.41%) VPN
4 9 (5.29%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (3.53%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.35%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.76%) SCCP
7 3 (1.76%) 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%) Cisco ISE
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 3 (1.76%) Power BI
2 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.18%) JIRA
2 1 (0.59%) Burp Suite
General
1 55 (32.35%) Social Skills
2 52 (30.59%) Finance
3 32 (18.82%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (13.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (10.00%) Banking
6 16 (9.41%) Law
7 13 (7.65%) Retail
8 10 (5.88%) Legal
9 9 (5.29%) Financial Institution
10 8 (4.71%) Advertising
10 8 (4.71%) Back Office
11 6 (3.53%) Public Sector
12 4 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.76%) Aviation
14 2 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.18%) Marketing
14 2 (1.18%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.59%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.59%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (32.35%) Analyst
2 45 (26.47%) Security Analyst
3 22 (12.94%) Lead
4 21 (12.35%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 21 (12.35%) Security Engineer
5 17 (10.00%) Senior
6 16 (9.41%) SOC Analyst
7 14 (8.24%) Consultant
8 13 (7.65%) Information Analyst
8 13 (7.65%) Information Security Analyst
8 13 (7.65%) Security Manager
8 13 (7.65%) Technical Consultant
9 11 (6.47%) Security Specialist
9 11 (6.47%) ServiceNow Consultant
10 9 (5.29%) Operational Security Manager
10 9 (5.29%) Security Operations Manager
11 8 (4.71%) Operations Analyst
11 8 (4.71%) Operations Manager
11 8 (4.71%) Security Operations Analyst
11 8 (4.71%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.35%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.35%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.59%) Django
2 1 (0.59%) EDI
2 1 (0.59%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (21.18%) Security Posture
2 32 (18.82%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (18.82%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (12.94%) Cyber Defence
4 12 (7.06%) Cloud Native
5 11 (6.47%) Management Information System
6 10 (5.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (5.29%) Cyberattack
8 8 (4.71%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (4.71%) Virtual Team
9 6 (3.53%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (3.53%) Insider Threat
10 5 (2.94%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.94%) Operational Technology
11 4 (2.35%) Data Centre
11 4 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.76%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (1.18%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 38 (22.35%) Windows
2 29 (17.06%) Linux
3 8 (4.71%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.94%) Unix
5 1 (0.59%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.59%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (65.29%) Incident Response
2 79 (46.47%) Cybersecurity
3 75 (44.12%) SIEM
4 50 (29.41%) Information Security
5 43 (25.29%) Threat Intelligence
6 35 (20.59%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 35 (20.59%) Root Cause Analysis
6 35 (20.59%) Vulnerability Management
7 34 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (16.47%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 26 (15.29%) Risk Management
10 24 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
11 23 (13.53%) Cloud Security
11 23 (13.53%) Threat Detection
12 22 (12.94%) Data Loss Prevention
13 21 (12.35%) SOAR
14 19 (11.18%) Penetration Testing
15 18 (10.59%) Security Monitoring
16 15 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
16 15 (8.82%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.94%) PowerShell
1 22 (12.94%) Python
2 5 (2.94%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (2.35%) Bash
4 2 (1.18%) Perl
4 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.59%) SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (31.76%) CISSP
2 29 (17.06%) Degree
3 22 (12.94%) GIAC
4 21 (12.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 17 (10.00%) CISM
6 16 (9.41%) GCIH
7 15 (8.82%) Security Cleared
8 14 (8.24%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (5.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (5.29%) CISA
11 7 (4.12%) GCIA
11 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (4.12%) SC Cleared
12 6 (3.53%) CCSP
12 6 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (3.53%) GCFA
13 5 (2.94%) Azure Certification
13 5 (2.94%) CRISC
14 4 (2.35%) CCNA
14 4 (2.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (31.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 50 (29.41%) NIST
3 26 (15.29%) GDPR
4 21 (12.35%) PCI DSS
5 11 (6.47%) GRC
6 10 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (4.71%) SLA
7 8 (4.71%) SOC 2
8 4 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.35%) QA
9 3 (1.76%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.76%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.76%) ITGC
10 2 (1.18%) COBIT
11 1 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.59%) NCSC
11 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (4.12%) Active Directory
1 7 (4.12%) Docker
2 4 (2.35%) VMware ESXi
2 4 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.88%) Terraform
3 8 (4.71%) Ansible
4 7 (4.12%) QRadar
5 6 (3.53%) CSIRT
6 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.35%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.76%) ArcSight ESM
8 2 (1.18%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 2 (1.18%) Computer Incident Response Team
9 1 (0.59%) Nessus
Vendors
1 53 (31.18%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.24%) ServiceNow
2 14 (8.24%) Splunk
3 9 (5.29%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (4.12%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.35%) Foundry
5 4 (2.35%) Google
5 4 (2.35%) Palantir
5 4 (2.35%) Qualys
5 4 (2.35%) VMware
6 3 (1.76%) ArcSight
6 3 (1.76%) Cisco
6 3 (1.76%) LogLogic
6 3 (1.76%) McAfee
6 3 (1.76%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.18%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.59%) Acronis
8 1 (0.59%) Cadence
8 1 (0.59%) IBM
8 1 (0.59%) Rapid7