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 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 231 224 241
Rank change year-on-year -7 +17 +49
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 168 183 273
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.98% 1.38% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.43% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 104 128 239
10th Percentile £48,250 £53,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £63,438 £62,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £94,375
90th Percentile £99,250 £120,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% +4.00% -6.72%

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 14,558 12,785 20,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 85.23% 96.22% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,461 7,542 15,893
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £54,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 18 March 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 18 March 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 +8 52 £70,000 +7.69% 19
West London -16 1 £90,000 +9.09%
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 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.19%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (1.19%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 47 (27.98%) Azure
2 31 (18.45%) AWS
3 20 (11.90%) GCP
4 18 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 14 (8.33%) SaaS
7 11 (6.55%) Entra ID
8 9 (5.36%) Mimecast
9 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (2.98%) Tessian
11 4 (2.38%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (1.19%) PaaS
14 1 (0.60%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 1 (0.60%) GitHub
14 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
14 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
14 1 (0.60%) Serverless
14 1 (0.60%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 43 (25.60%) Firewall
2 38 (22.62%) Network Security
3 15 (8.93%) VPN
4 11 (6.55%) Intrusion Detection
5 10 (5.95%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.98%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (2.38%) Cisco Nexus
7 4 (2.38%) DNS
7 4 (2.38%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.79%) SCCP
9 2 (1.19%) DKIM
9 2 (1.19%) DMARC
9 2 (1.19%) WAN
10 1 (0.60%) DMZ
10 1 (0.60%) LAN
10 1 (0.60%) Modbus
10 1 (0.60%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.60%) SSH
10 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
1 3 (1.79%) Power BI
2 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (2.38%) Bitbucket
1 4 (2.38%) Metasploit
2 2 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 49 (29.17%) Finance
2 44 (26.19%) Social Skills
3 28 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (10.71%) Law
6 17 (10.12%) Banking
7 15 (8.93%) Retail
8 11 (6.55%) Financial Institution
9 10 (5.95%) Back Office
10 7 (4.17%) Advertising
10 7 (4.17%) Legal
11 5 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (2.38%) Public Sector
13 3 (1.79%) Aviation
13 3 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.60%) Marketing
14 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (33.33%) Analyst
2 44 (26.19%) Security Analyst
3 22 (13.10%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 21 (12.50%) Lead
4 21 (12.50%) Security Manager
5 17 (10.12%) Operational Security Manager
5 17 (10.12%) Security Engineer
5 17 (10.12%) Security Operations Manager
6 15 (8.93%) Operations Manager
6 15 (8.93%) Senior
7 14 (8.33%) Security Specialist
8 13 (7.74%) Consultant
8 13 (7.74%) SOC Analyst
9 12 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
10 11 (6.55%) Information Analyst
10 11 (6.55%) Information Security Analyst
11 10 (5.95%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 9 (5.36%) Operations Analyst
12 9 (5.36%) Security Operations Analyst
13 7 (4.17%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.19%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.60%) EDI
2 1 (0.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (22.02%) Security Operations Centre
2 34 (20.24%) Cyber Defence
3 32 (19.05%) Security Posture
4 19 (11.31%) Cyber Threat
5 13 (7.74%) Cloud Native
6 12 (7.14%) Management Information System
7 9 (5.36%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 8 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (3.57%) Cyber Security Posture
10 5 (2.98%) Operational Technology
11 4 (2.38%) Data Centre
11 4 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.79%) Insider Threat
12 3 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (1.19%) Data Structures
13 2 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
13 2 (1.19%) PKI
14 1 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 1 (0.60%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 38 (22.62%) Windows
2 34 (20.24%) Linux
3 10 (5.95%) Unix
4 6 (3.57%) Windows Server
5 4 (2.38%) Kali Linux
6 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (59.52%) Incident Response
2 81 (48.21%) Cybersecurity
3 74 (44.05%) SIEM
4 40 (23.81%) Threat Intelligence
5 39 (23.21%) Information Security
6 36 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (20.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 34 (20.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 32 (19.05%) Root Cause Analysis
10 31 (18.45%) SOAR
11 30 (17.86%) Cloud Security
11 30 (17.86%) Risk Management
11 30 (17.86%) Vulnerability Management
12 27 (16.07%) Threat Detection
13 26 (15.48%) Security Monitoring
14 20 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
15 19 (11.31%) Penetration Testing
16 17 (10.12%) Data Loss Prevention
16 17 (10.12%) Use Case
17 15 (8.93%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.43%) PowerShell
2 33 (19.64%) Python
3 9 (5.36%) Bash
4 3 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (1.79%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 51 (30.36%) CISSP
2 30 (17.86%) Degree
3 25 (14.88%) GIAC
4 23 (13.69%) CompTIA Security+
5 19 (11.31%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (10.71%) Security Cleared
7 15 (8.93%) CISM
8 13 (7.74%) GCIH
9 11 (6.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 11 (6.55%) SC Cleared
10 10 (5.95%) CISA
11 9 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (4.76%) CCNA
13 7 (4.17%) CCSP
13 7 (4.17%) CRISC
14 6 (3.57%) Azure Certification
14 6 (3.57%) CompTIA CySA+
15 5 (2.98%) CCNP
16 4 (2.38%) CEH
16 4 (2.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (29.76%) NIST
2 48 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (11.90%) GDPR
3 20 (11.90%) PCI DSS
4 13 (7.74%) GRC
5 10 (5.95%) SOC 2
6 9 (5.36%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.79%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 3 (1.79%) ITGC
8 3 (1.79%) SLA
9 2 (1.19%) COBIT
10 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.60%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.60%) PMO
10 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (2.98%) Active Directory
1 5 (2.98%) Docker
2 2 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (7.14%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.95%) Ansible
3 9 (5.36%) Terraform
4 6 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (2.98%) QRadar
6 3 (1.79%) ArcSight ESM
7 2 (1.19%) CSIRT
7 2 (1.19%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.60%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.60%) Nessus
Vendors
1 55 (32.74%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.71%) Splunk
3 13 (7.74%) CrowdStrike
3 13 (7.74%) ServiceNow
4 8 (4.76%) Cisco
5 7 (4.17%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.57%) CheckPoint
7 5 (2.98%) Zscaler
8 4 (2.38%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.38%) Google
8 4 (2.38%) Okta
8 4 (2.38%) Qualys
8 4 (2.38%) Sophos
9 3 (1.79%) ArcSight
9 3 (1.79%) LogLogic
9 3 (1.79%) McAfee
9 3 (1.79%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.19%) Foundry
10 2 (1.19%) Palantir
10 2 (1.19%) VMware