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 31 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 220 207 250
Rank change year-on-year -13 +43 +38
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 172 243 251
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.16% 1.58% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.66% 1.31%
Number of salaries quoted 107 156 219
10th Percentile £45,000 £52,250 £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 £91,875
90th Percentile £106,000 £120,000 £100,000
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 12,923 14,622 19,136
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.99% 94.99% 92.03%
Number of salaries quoted 8,257 7,951 15,433
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 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.74% -2.67%
75th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,206 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.14% +6.45% -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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -11 47 £77,500 +19.23% 11
West London +2 3 £56,000 -32.12% 2
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 (2.33%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) Confluence
3 1 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 45 (26.16%) Azure
2 31 (18.02%) AWS
3 21 (12.21%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (11.05%) GCP
5 16 (9.30%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (6.98%) Entra ID
7 8 (4.65%) SaaS
8 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (3.49%) Mimecast
8 6 (3.49%) Tessian
9 4 (2.33%) PaaS
10 3 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.74%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.58%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 1 (0.58%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.58%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.67%) Firewall
2 31 (18.02%) Network Security
3 16 (9.30%) VPN
4 9 (5.23%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (3.49%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.33%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.74%) SCCP
7 3 (1.74%) Wireless
8 2 (1.16%) DKIM
8 2 (1.16%) DMARC
8 2 (1.16%) DNS
8 2 (1.16%) WAN
9 1 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.58%) DMZ
9 1 (0.58%) LAN
9 1 (0.58%) Modbus
9 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.58%) SSH
9 1 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.74%) Power BI
2 2 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.16%) JIRA
2 1 (0.58%) Burp Suite
General
1 56 (32.56%) Social Skills
2 53 (30.81%) Finance
3 32 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (10.47%) Banking
6 16 (9.30%) Law
7 13 (7.56%) Retail
8 10 (5.81%) Financial Institution
8 10 (5.81%) Legal
9 8 (4.65%) Advertising
9 8 (4.65%) Back Office
10 6 (3.49%) Public Sector
11 4 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (1.74%) Aviation
12 3 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.16%) Marketing
13 2 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.58%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.58%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (31.98%) Analyst
2 45 (26.16%) Security Analyst
3 22 (12.79%) Lead
4 21 (12.21%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 21 (12.21%) Security Engineer
5 17 (9.88%) Senior
6 16 (9.30%) SOC Analyst
7 14 (8.14%) Consultant
7 14 (8.14%) Security Manager
8 13 (7.56%) Information Analyst
8 13 (7.56%) Information Security Analyst
8 13 (7.56%) Technical Consultant
9 12 (6.98%) Security Specialist
10 11 (6.40%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 10 (5.81%) Operational Security Manager
11 10 (5.81%) Security Operations Manager
12 9 (5.23%) Operations Manager
13 8 (4.65%) Operations Analyst
13 8 (4.65%) Security Operations Analyst
13 8 (4.65%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.33%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.33%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (0.58%) Django
2 1 (0.58%) EDI
2 1 (0.58%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (20.93%) Security Posture
2 32 (18.60%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (18.60%) Security Operations Centre
3 22 (12.79%) Cyber Defence
4 12 (6.98%) Cloud Native
5 11 (6.40%) Management Information System
6 10 (5.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (5.23%) Cyberattack
8 8 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
8 8 (4.65%) Virtual Team
9 6 (3.49%) Cyber Security Posture
9 6 (3.49%) Insider Threat
10 5 (2.91%) Data Structures
10 5 (2.91%) Operational Technology
11 4 (2.33%) Data Centre
11 4 (2.33%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 2 (1.16%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 39 (22.67%) Windows
2 30 (17.44%) Linux
3 8 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.91%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (65.70%) Incident Response
2 80 (46.51%) Cybersecurity
3 76 (44.19%) SIEM
4 52 (30.23%) Information Security
5 44 (25.58%) Threat Intelligence
6 35 (20.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (20.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 35 (20.35%) Root Cause Analysis
6 35 (20.35%) Vulnerability Management
7 28 (16.28%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 27 (15.70%) Risk Management
9 24 (13.95%) Cloud Security
9 24 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (13.37%) Threat Detection
11 22 (12.79%) Data Loss Prevention
12 21 (12.21%) SOAR
13 19 (11.05%) Penetration Testing
14 18 (10.47%) Security Monitoring
15 16 (9.30%) Incident Management
16 15 (8.72%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.79%) PowerShell
1 22 (12.79%) Python
2 5 (2.91%) Kusto Query Language
3 4 (2.33%) Bash
4 2 (1.16%) Perl
4 2 (1.16%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 55 (31.98%) CISSP
2 29 (16.86%) Degree
3 22 (12.79%) CompTIA Security+
3 22 (12.79%) GIAC
4 17 (9.88%) CISM
5 16 (9.30%) GCIH
6 15 (8.72%) Security Cleared
7 14 (8.14%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (5.81%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 9 (5.23%) CISA
10 7 (4.07%) GCIA
10 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (4.07%) SC Cleared
11 6 (3.49%) CCSP
11 6 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (3.49%) GCFA
12 5 (2.91%) Azure Certification
12 5 (2.91%) CRISC
13 4 (2.33%) CCNA
13 4 (2.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (30.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 51 (29.65%) NIST
3 27 (15.70%) GDPR
4 22 (12.79%) PCI DSS
5 11 (6.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 11 (6.40%) GRC
6 8 (4.65%) SLA
6 8 (4.65%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (2.33%) QA
9 3 (1.74%) Accessibility
9 3 (1.74%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 3 (1.74%) ITGC
10 2 (1.16%) COBIT
11 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.58%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.58%) NCSC
11 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.07%) Docker
3 4 (2.33%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (6.98%) Kubernetes
2 10 (5.81%) Terraform
3 8 (4.65%) Ansible
4 7 (4.07%) CSIRT
4 7 (4.07%) QRadar
5 4 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.33%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.74%) ArcSight ESM
6 3 (1.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 2 (1.16%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 1 (0.58%) Nessus
Vendors
1 53 (30.81%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.14%) ServiceNow
2 14 (8.14%) Splunk
3 9 (5.23%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (4.07%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.33%) Foundry
5 4 (2.33%) Google
5 4 (2.33%) Palantir
5 4 (2.33%) Qualys
5 4 (2.33%) VMware
6 3 (1.74%) ArcSight
6 3 (1.74%) Cisco
6 3 (1.74%) LogLogic
6 3 (1.74%) McAfee
6 3 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.16%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.58%) Acronis
8 1 (0.58%) Cadence
8 1 (0.58%) IBM
8 1 (0.58%) Rapid7