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 21 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 242 215 293
Rank change year-on-year -27 +78 +14
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 148 252 180
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.14% 1.45% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.60% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 107 161 154
10th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £38,250
25th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £76,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +13.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £121,250 £111,750
England median annual salary £66,500 £64,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year +3.91% +1.59% -6.67%

All Process and 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 11,962 15,751 17,601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 91.86% 90.72% 93.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7,502 9,239 14,306
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

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 21 November 2025.

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 21 November 2025. 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 +7 33 £80,000 - 51
West London -1 3 £56,000 -47.29%
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 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.65%) Azure
2 30 (20.27%) AWS
3 13 (8.78%) GCP
4 12 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (6.76%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (6.08%) Entra ID
7 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (3.38%) Mimecast
7 5 (3.38%) SaaS
7 5 (3.38%) Tessian
8 4 (2.70%) PaaS
9 3 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.03%) Google App Engine
10 2 (1.35%) Amazon ECR
10 2 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (0.68%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 1 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
11 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.68%) dbt
11 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 38 (25.68%) Firewall
2 16 (10.81%) Network Security
3 14 (9.46%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (7.43%) VPN
5 4 (2.70%) DNS
5 4 (2.70%) Wireshark
6 3 (2.03%) WAN
6 3 (2.03%) Wireless
7 2 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.68%) DHCP
8 1 (0.68%) DMARC
8 1 (0.68%) DMZ
8 1 (0.68%) LAN
8 1 (0.68%) Modbus
8 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.68%) SSH
8 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.68%) JIRA
General
1 62 (41.89%) Social Skills
2 41 (27.70%) Finance
3 34 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (8.78%) Law
6 9 (6.08%) Advertising
6 9 (6.08%) Banking
6 9 (6.08%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (5.41%) Financial Institution
7 8 (5.41%) Legal
8 6 (4.05%) Public Sector
9 5 (3.38%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.03%) Back Office
11 3 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.03%) Retail
12 1 (0.68%) Games
12 1 (0.68%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 38 (25.68%) Analyst
2 31 (20.95%) Security Analyst
3 22 (14.86%) Lead
3 22 (14.86%) Security Engineer
4 14 (9.46%) Senior
5 13 (8.78%) SOC Analyst
6 11 (7.43%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 11 (7.43%) Security Manager
7 10 (6.76%) Operations Manager
8 9 (6.08%) Operational Security Manager
8 9 (6.08%) Security Operations Manager
9 8 (5.41%) Consultant
9 8 (5.41%) Cybersecurity Engineer
9 8 (5.41%) Information Analyst
9 8 (5.41%) Information Security Analyst
9 8 (5.41%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (4.05%) Information Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Information Security Manager
10 6 (4.05%) Security Specialist
10 6 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.70%) Elastic Stack
1 4 (2.70%) OpenTelemetry
2 3 (2.03%) .NET
2 3 (2.03%) React
3 2 (1.35%) AWS CDK
3 2 (1.35%) EDI
4 1 (0.68%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.68%) Django
4 1 (0.68%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 37 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 32 (21.62%) Security Operations Centre
3 27 (18.24%) Security Posture
4 11 (7.43%) Cyber Defence
5 9 (6.08%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 9 (6.08%) Cyberattack
6 8 (5.41%) Insider Threat
6 8 (5.41%) Virtual Team
7 7 (4.73%) Management Information System
8 6 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (3.38%) Operational Technology
10 4 (2.70%) Cloud Native
10 4 (2.70%) CMDB
10 4 (2.70%) Data Centre
10 4 (2.70%) Data Structures
10 4 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (2.03%) Cyber Security Posture
11 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (2.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 31 (20.95%) Windows
2 22 (14.86%) Linux
3 4 (2.70%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.68%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (62.84%) Incident Response
2 76 (51.35%) Cybersecurity
3 59 (39.86%) Information Security
3 59 (39.86%) SIEM
4 38 (25.68%) Threat Intelligence
5 34 (22.97%) Vulnerability Management
6 33 (22.30%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (20.27%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 28 (18.92%) Cloud Security
8 28 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (18.24%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 24 (16.22%) Root Cause Analysis
11 22 (14.86%) Data Loss Prevention
12 21 (14.19%) Risk Management
13 19 (12.84%) Computer Science
14 18 (12.16%) Threat Detection
15 17 (11.49%) Penetration Testing
15 17 (11.49%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 16 (10.81%) Identity Access Management
17 15 (10.14%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.49%) Python
2 9 (6.08%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.38%) Bash
4 3 (2.03%) C#
4 3 (2.03%) Java
5 2 (1.35%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.35%) SQL
6 1 (0.68%) Perl
6 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 42 (28.38%) CISSP
2 34 (22.97%) Degree
3 16 (10.81%) CISM
3 16 (10.81%) CompTIA Security+
4 13 (8.78%) GIAC
5 12 (8.11%) Security Cleared
6 10 (6.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (6.76%) GCIH
7 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (4.73%) CISA
9 6 (4.05%) GCFA
9 6 (4.05%) GCIA
9 6 (4.05%) SC Cleared
10 5 (3.38%) Master's Degree
11 4 (2.70%) CCNA
11 4 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (2.70%) DV Cleared
11 4 (2.70%) Network+ Certification
11 4 (2.70%) Novell Certification
12 3 (2.03%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (34.46%) NIST
2 42 (28.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (16.22%) GDPR
4 15 (10.14%) PCI DSS
5 14 (9.46%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (5.41%) SLA
7 7 (4.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 6 (4.05%) GRC
9 5 (3.38%) Accessibility
9 5 (3.38%) SOC 2
10 4 (2.70%) Data Quality
10 4 (2.70%) QA
11 3 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 3 (2.03%) ITGC
12 2 (1.35%) COBIT
13 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.68%) NCSC
13 1 (0.68%) SOC 1
System Software
1 7 (4.73%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.70%) Docker
3 4 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 12 (8.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (7.43%) QRadar
3 9 (6.08%) CSIRT
4 7 (4.73%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.73%) Terraform
5 5 (3.38%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 4 (2.70%) Ansible
6 4 (2.70%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.03%) ArcSight ESM
7 3 (2.03%) Nessus
8 2 (1.35%) Computer Incident Response Team
8 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.68%) CASB
9 1 (0.68%) RSA Archer
9 1 (0.68%) SCCM
9 1 (0.68%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 42 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.16%) Splunk
3 11 (7.43%) ServiceNow
4 10 (6.76%) CrowdStrike
5 8 (5.41%) Palo Alto
6 6 (4.05%) VMware
7 5 (3.38%) ArcSight
7 5 (3.38%) Rapid7
8 4 (2.70%) Foundry
8 4 (2.70%) Palantir
9 3 (2.03%) Cisco
9 3 (2.03%) LogLogic
9 3 (2.03%) McAfee
9 3 (2.03%) Qualys
10 2 (1.35%) Carbon Black
10 2 (1.35%) Proofpoint
10 2 (1.35%) Thales
10 2 (1.35%) Trend Micro
10 2 (1.35%) Zscaler
11 1 (0.68%) Censornet