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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 249 249
Rank change year-on-year +91 0 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 359 135 242
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.40% 1.14% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.73% 1.21% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 230 101 138
10th Percentile £45,000 £47,750 £46,713
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.71%
75th Percentile £94,519 £95,000 £96,938
90th Percentile £112,750 £115,000 £121,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% +2.40%

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 20,733 11,157 17,099
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 80.71% 94.15% 89.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,910 7,043 10,267
10th Percentile £41,000 £38,197 £40,528
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +9.09% -6.46% -5.66%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 35 £67,750 -15.31% 54
West London +4 21 £81,000 +66.15% 17
East London 0 7 £57,500 -8.73% 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 7 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.11%) Confluence
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.84%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.84%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 92 (25.63%) Azure
2 66 (18.38%) AWS
3 62 (17.27%) Entra ID
4 45 (12.53%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (11.42%) GCP
6 28 (7.80%) Azure Sentinel
7 21 (5.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 15 (4.18%) Azure Logic Apps
9 13 (3.62%) SaaS
10 11 (3.06%) Mimecast
11 7 (1.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 6 (1.67%) Google Workspace
12 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
13 5 (1.39%) Anthropic Claude
14 4 (1.11%) AWS KMS
14 4 (1.11%) GitHub
14 4 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
14 4 (1.11%) Nutanix
15 3 (0.84%) Amazon Kinesis
15 3 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 41 (11.42%) Firewall
2 37 (10.31%) Network Security
3 19 (5.29%) VPN
4 12 (3.34%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (1.95%) DNS
6 6 (1.67%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.11%) Cisco ASA
7 4 (1.11%) Cisco Firepower
7 4 (1.11%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.11%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.11%) WAN
8 3 (0.84%) DMARC
8 3 (0.84%) LAN
8 3 (0.84%) OSPF
8 3 (0.84%) TACACS
9 2 (0.56%) DKIM
9 2 (0.56%) HTTP
9 2 (0.56%) NGFW
9 2 (0.56%) SMTP
10 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.11%) MongoDB
1 4 (1.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (0.84%) Hadoop
2 3 (0.84%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.28%) Big Data
3 1 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (1.39%) JIRA
2 3 (0.84%) Jenkins
General
1 87 (24.23%) Social Skills
2 68 (18.94%) Finance
3 41 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (8.36%) Law
4 30 (8.36%) Legal
5 25 (6.96%) Banking
6 17 (4.74%) Retail
7 15 (4.18%) Public Sector
8 13 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.67%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.67%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.67%) Military
10 5 (1.39%) Advertising
11 4 (1.11%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.84%) Digital Healthcare
12 3 (0.84%) Legal Technology
12 3 (0.84%) Local Government
13 2 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (18.94%) Lead
2 64 (17.83%) Security Engineer
3 62 (17.27%) Analyst
4 53 (14.76%) Security Analyst
4 53 (14.76%) Senior
5 32 (8.91%) Security Manager
6 25 (6.96%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 22 (6.13%) Architect
8 19 (5.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 19 (5.29%) Senior Analyst
9 17 (4.74%) Consultant
10 16 (4.46%) Senior Security Analyst
11 15 (4.18%) Operations Engineer
12 13 (3.62%) Security Architect
12 13 (3.62%) Security Specialist
13 12 (3.34%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.34%) Information Analyst
13 12 (3.34%) Information Security Analyst
14 11 (3.06%) Information Manager
14 11 (3.06%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (5.85%) Terraform
2 10 (2.79%) REST
3 4 (1.11%) LDAP
3 4 (1.11%) OpenID
3 4 (1.11%) SAML
4 3 (0.84%) Kafka
4 3 (0.84%) SailPoint
4 3 (0.84%) Smart Contracts
4 3 (0.84%) SOAP
5 2 (0.56%) CSS
5 2 (0.56%) HTML
5 2 (0.56%) JSON
5 2 (0.56%) RESTful
5 2 (0.56%) XML
6 1 (0.28%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 76 (21.17%) Security Posture
2 43 (11.98%) Security Operations Centre
3 38 (10.58%) Data Centre
4 35 (9.75%) Management Information System
5 31 (8.64%) Cyber Defence
6 25 (6.96%) Cyber Threat
7 24 (6.69%) Cloud Native
8 15 (4.18%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.51%) AI Agents
9 9 (2.51%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 9 (2.51%) Hybrid Cloud
9 9 (2.51%) PKI
10 8 (2.23%) Cyber Security Posture
11 7 (1.95%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (1.95%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.95%) Public Cloud
12 6 (1.67%) Insider Threat
12 6 (1.67%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.67%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 42 (11.70%) Windows
2 26 (7.24%) Linux
3 7 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.39%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.39%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.84%) Unix
6 2 (0.56%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (52.65%) Cybersecurity
2 139 (38.72%) Incident Response
3 114 (31.75%) SIEM
4 113 (31.48%) Vulnerability Management
5 91 (25.35%) Information Security
6 81 (22.56%) Cloud Security
7 67 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 63 (17.55%) Risk Management
9 62 (17.27%) Threat Detection
10 60 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
11 58 (16.16%) AI
12 56 (15.60%) Threat Intelligence
13 48 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 44 (12.26%) SOAR
15 43 (11.98%) Mentoring
16 42 (11.70%) Security Monitoring
17 41 (11.42%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 39 (10.86%) Penetration Testing
19 37 (10.31%) Roadmaps
19 37 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 47 (13.09%) PowerShell
2 37 (10.31%) Python
3 16 (4.46%) Kusto Query Language
4 11 (3.06%) SQL
5 9 (2.51%) Bash
6 7 (1.95%) Go
7 6 (1.67%) Java
7 6 (1.67%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.56%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.28%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 72 (20.06%) CISSP
2 42 (11.70%) CISM
3 30 (8.36%) Degree
4 28 (7.80%) Security Cleared
5 25 (6.96%) GIAC
6 19 (5.29%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (4.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 15 (4.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 14 (3.90%) CCSP
10 13 (3.62%) SC Cleared
11 11 (3.06%) AWS Certification
11 11 (3.06%) CEH
11 11 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (3.06%) GCIH
12 10 (2.79%) DV Cleared
13 8 (2.23%) CISA
14 7 (1.95%) GCIA
15 6 (1.67%) GCFA
15 6 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (1.39%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (27.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (22.84%) NIST
3 39 (10.86%) GDPR
4 29 (8.08%) GRC
5 28 (7.80%) PCI DSS
6 22 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (3.90%) SOC 2
8 10 (2.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (1.67%) NCSC
11 5 (1.39%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.84%) NIST 800
12 3 (0.84%) SLA
13 1 (0.28%) COBIT
13 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (6.13%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.39%) Docker
5 1 (0.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 31 (8.64%) Single Sign-On
2 23 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 20 (5.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.23%) QRadar
4 8 (2.23%) SCCM
5 4 (1.11%) Red Hat Satellite
6 3 (0.84%) Ansible
6 3 (0.84%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 3 (0.84%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 3 (0.84%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
7 2 (0.56%) Argo
7 2 (0.56%) Grafana
7 2 (0.56%) Istio
7 2 (0.56%) linkerd
7 2 (0.56%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.56%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.56%) Puppet
8 1 (0.28%) CASB
8 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 116 (32.31%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.91%) Splunk
3 30 (8.36%) CrowdStrike
4 25 (6.96%) ServiceNow
5 24 (6.69%) Google
6 22 (6.13%) Palo Alto
7 20 (5.57%) Qualys
8 19 (5.29%) Tenable
9 16 (4.46%) Cisco
10 13 (3.62%) Rapid7
11 8 (2.23%) CyberArk
11 8 (2.23%) iManage
12 7 (1.95%) VMware
13 6 (1.67%) OpenAI
13 6 (1.67%) Zscaler
14 5 (1.39%) Meraki
14 5 (1.39%) Red Hat
14 5 (1.39%) Sophos
15 4 (1.11%) Ivanti
15 4 (1.11%) Veracode