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 12 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 271 258
Rank change year-on-year +81 -13 +32
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 252 124 282
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.18% 1.02% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.45% 1.06% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 167 74 228
10th Percentile £49,000 £47,750 £51,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £62,813 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £78,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +8.62% +8.21%
75th Percentile £87,500 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £104,290
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 17,336 11,706 21,878
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.41% 95.83% 89.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11,848 6,956 16,038
10th Percentile £40,750 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £123,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +21 56 £70,000 -9.68% 13
East London -1 7 £57,500 -8.73% 5
West London -10 3 £87,500 - 9
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 (0.79%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 74 (29.37%) Azure
2 48 (19.05%) AWS
3 28 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 27 (10.71%) Azure Sentinel
5 24 (9.52%) GCP
6 19 (7.54%) Entra ID
7 14 (5.56%) SaaS
8 8 (3.17%) Mimecast
9 7 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
9 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.38%) Google Workspace
11 5 (1.98%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.59%) GitHub
12 4 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (1.59%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.19%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 3 (1.19%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (1.19%) AWS KMS
13 3 (1.19%) Zapier
14 2 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.48%) Firewall
2 31 (12.30%) Network Security
3 13 (5.16%) VPN
4 10 (3.97%) Cisco ISE
5 8 (3.17%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.78%) DNS
7 5 (1.98%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.59%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.19%) SCCP
10 2 (0.79%) Kerberos
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.40%) HTTP
11 1 (0.40%) IPsec
11 1 (0.40%) NGFW
11 1 (0.40%) SMTP
11 1 (0.40%) SSL
11 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.19%) Power BI
2 2 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (0.79%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.40%) Big Data
3 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.59%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.59%) Metasploit
2 3 (1.19%) JIRA
3 2 (0.79%) Jenkins
General
1 61 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 48 (19.05%) Finance
3 35 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (8.33%) Legal
5 19 (7.54%) Law
6 12 (4.76%) Banking
7 9 (3.57%) Retail
8 8 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (2.78%) Advertising
9 7 (2.78%) Financial Institution
10 5 (1.98%) Back Office
11 4 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.19%) Aviation
12 3 (1.19%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.79%) Digital Health
13 2 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.79%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (25.79%) Analyst
2 56 (22.22%) Security Analyst
3 36 (14.29%) Security Engineer
4 33 (13.10%) Senior
5 32 (12.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 31 (12.30%) Lead
7 26 (10.32%) Security Manager
8 17 (6.75%) Security Specialist
9 16 (6.35%) Operational Security Manager
9 16 (6.35%) Security Operations Manager
9 16 (6.35%) Senior Analyst
10 15 (5.95%) Operations Analyst
10 15 (5.95%) Senior Security Analyst
11 14 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
11 14 (5.56%) Operations Manager
11 14 (5.56%) Security Operations Analyst
12 13 (5.16%) Architect
13 11 (4.37%) Information Analyst
13 11 (4.37%) Information Security Analyst
14 10 (3.97%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.59%) REST
2 3 (1.19%) LDAP
3 2 (0.79%) JSON
3 2 (0.79%) RESTful
4 1 (0.40%) EDI
4 1 (0.40%) OpenID
4 1 (0.40%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.40%) SAML
4 1 (0.40%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (19.84%) Cyber Defence
2 46 (18.25%) Security Operations Centre
3 44 (17.46%) Security Posture
4 27 (10.71%) Management Information System
5 23 (9.13%) Cyber Threat
6 16 (6.35%) Cloud Native
7 12 (4.76%) Data Centre
7 12 (4.76%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.78%) Virtual Team
9 6 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.98%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (1.98%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.59%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 4 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (1.19%) Cloud Security Posture
12 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
13 2 (0.79%) Cybercrime
13 2 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 47 (18.65%) Windows
2 37 (14.68%) Linux
3 10 (3.97%) Unix
4 4 (1.59%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.59%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) CentOS
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (51.59%) Cybersecurity
2 115 (45.63%) Incident Response
3 99 (39.29%) SIEM
4 61 (24.21%) Cloud Security
5 60 (23.81%) Vulnerability Management
6 57 (22.62%) Threat Intelligence
7 51 (20.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 51 (20.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 50 (19.84%) Information Security
9 49 (19.44%) SOAR
10 46 (18.25%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 43 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (14.29%) Risk Management
13 35 (13.89%) Security Monitoring
14 34 (13.49%) Threat Detection
15 30 (11.90%) Root Cause Analysis
16 28 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
17 26 (10.32%) AI
17 26 (10.32%) Use Case
18 23 (9.13%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.03%) PowerShell
2 44 (17.46%) Python
3 11 (4.37%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (3.97%) Bash
5 3 (1.19%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.19%) SQL
6 2 (0.79%) Java
6 2 (0.79%) Perl
6 2 (0.79%) Search Processing Language
6 2 (0.79%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (20.63%) CISSP
2 34 (13.49%) GIAC
3 26 (10.32%) CompTIA Security+
3 26 (10.32%) Security Cleared
4 25 (9.92%) Degree
5 21 (8.33%) CISM
6 20 (7.94%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (6.75%) SC Cleared
8 16 (6.35%) CEH
9 15 (5.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 13 (5.16%) CCSP
11 12 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (4.37%) GCIH
13 9 (3.57%) CISA
14 8 (3.17%) Azure Certification
15 6 (2.38%) CompTIA CySA+
15 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (1.98%) CCNP
16 5 (1.98%) CRISC
16 5 (1.98%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (27.38%) NIST
2 64 (25.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 29 (11.51%) GDPR
4 18 (7.14%) PCI DSS
5 16 (6.35%) GRC
6 10 (3.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (3.17%) SOC 2
8 6 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (1.98%) Accessibility
10 4 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (1.19%) NCSC
11 3 (1.19%) NIST 800
12 2 (0.79%) COBIT
12 2 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 2 (0.79%) PMO
13 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.19%) Docker
3 3 (1.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
2 10 (3.97%) Terraform
3 9 (3.57%) Kubernetes
4 8 (3.17%) Ansible
4 8 (3.17%) QRadar
5 4 (1.59%) SCCM
6 3 (1.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (1.19%) Computer Incident Response Team
7 2 (0.79%) CSIRT
7 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Satellite
8 1 (0.40%) CASB
8 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.40%) Nessus
8 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 80 (31.75%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.30%) Splunk
3 20 (7.94%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.54%) ServiceNow
5 16 (6.35%) Cisco
6 13 (5.16%) Google
6 13 (5.16%) Qualys
7 9 (3.57%) Sophos
8 8 (3.17%) Tenable
9 7 (2.78%) Rapid7
10 6 (2.38%) Fortinet
10 6 (2.38%) iManage
10 6 (2.38%) OpenAI
10 6 (2.38%) Palo Alto
10 6 (2.38%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.98%) CheckPoint
12 4 (1.59%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.59%) Okta
13 3 (1.19%) Carbon Black
13 3 (1.19%) LogRhythm