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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 181 263 252
Rank change year-on-year +82 -11 +37
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 247 126 277
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.17% 1.05% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.44% 1.09% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 159 76 226
10th Percentile £46,400 £50,699 £51,250
25th Percentile £63,125 £62,688 £60,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +6.90% +8.21%
75th Percentile £86,875 £111,250 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £120,000 £102,350
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 17,174 11,556 21,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 81.55% 95.96% 89.85%
Number of salaries quoted 11,593 6,896 15,896
10th Percentile £40,000 £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 £122,500 £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 5 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 5 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 +26 55 £70,000 -1.75% 26
East London 0 7 £57,500 -8.73% 5
West London -15 2 £85,000 - 7
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 1 (0.40%) Confluence
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 71 (28.74%) Azure
2 45 (18.22%) AWS
3 28 (11.34%) Azure Sentinel
4 27 (10.93%) Microsoft 365
5 26 (10.53%) GCP
6 16 (6.48%) Entra ID
7 15 (6.07%) SaaS
8 7 (2.83%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (2.83%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.43%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (2.02%) Anthropic Claude
10 5 (2.02%) Google Workspace
11 4 (1.62%) GitHub
11 4 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (1.62%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (1.21%) Zapier
13 2 (0.81%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 2 (0.81%) AWS KMS
13 2 (0.81%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.79%) Firewall
2 33 (13.36%) Network Security
3 12 (4.86%) VPN
4 10 (4.05%) TCP/IP
5 9 (3.64%) Cisco ISE
6 7 (2.83%) DNS
7 5 (2.02%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.62%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (1.62%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.21%) SCCP
10 1 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.40%) HTTP
10 1 (0.40%) IPsec
10 1 (0.40%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.40%) NGFW
10 1 (0.40%) SMTP
10 1 (0.40%) SSL
10 1 (0.40%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.21%) Power BI
2 2 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.40%) Big Data
3 1 (0.40%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.40%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.40%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (1.62%) Bitbucket
1 4 (1.62%) Metasploit
2 2 (0.81%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.81%) JIRA
General
1 62 (25.10%) Social Skills
2 51 (20.65%) Finance
3 34 (13.77%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (7.69%) Legal
5 17 (6.88%) Law
6 14 (5.67%) Banking
7 12 (4.86%) Retail
8 9 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.24%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.83%) Advertising
11 6 (2.43%) Back Office
12 4 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.21%) Aviation
13 3 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Marketing
14 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (25.91%) Analyst
2 53 (21.46%) Security Analyst
3 34 (13.77%) Security Engineer
4 30 (12.15%) Senior
5 28 (11.34%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 28 (11.34%) Lead
6 26 (10.53%) Security Manager
7 17 (6.88%) Operational Security Manager
7 17 (6.88%) Security Operations Manager
8 16 (6.48%) Security Specialist
9 15 (6.07%) Operations Analyst
9 15 (6.07%) Operations Manager
10 14 (5.67%) Operations Engineer
10 14 (5.67%) Security Operations Analyst
11 13 (5.26%) Architect
12 12 (4.86%) Information Analyst
12 12 (4.86%) Information Security Analyst
12 12 (4.86%) Senior Analyst
13 11 (4.45%) Consultant
13 11 (4.45%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.62%) REST
2 2 (0.81%) JSON
2 2 (0.81%) LDAP
2 2 (0.81%) RESTful
3 1 (0.40%) EDI
3 1 (0.40%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.40%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.84%) Cyber Defence
2 44 (17.81%) Security Operations Centre
3 40 (16.19%) Security Posture
4 26 (10.53%) Management Information System
5 23 (9.31%) Cyber Threat
6 17 (6.88%) Cloud Native
7 13 (5.26%) Onboarding
8 12 (4.86%) Data Centre
9 8 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 7 (2.83%) Virtual Team
11 5 (2.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 5 (2.02%) Insider Threat
12 4 (1.62%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.62%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (1.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 3 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.81%) Cybercrime
14 2 (0.81%) Data Structures
14 2 (0.81%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 48 (19.43%) Windows
2 38 (15.38%) Linux
3 10 (4.05%) Unix
4 4 (1.62%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.21%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.40%) CentOS
6 1 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (49.80%) Cybersecurity
2 112 (45.34%) Incident Response
3 96 (38.87%) SIEM
4 56 (22.67%) Cloud Security
5 55 (22.27%) Threat Intelligence
5 55 (22.27%) Vulnerability Management
6 50 (20.24%) SOAR
7 48 (19.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 48 (19.43%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 48 (19.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 45 (18.22%) Information Security
9 40 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (14.17%) Security Monitoring
11 34 (13.77%) Risk Management
11 34 (13.77%) Threat Detection
12 28 (11.34%) Root Cause Analysis
13 26 (10.53%) Use Case
14 25 (10.12%) Penetration Testing
15 24 (9.72%) AI
16 23 (9.31%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 54 (21.86%) PowerShell
2 45 (18.22%) Python
3 11 (4.45%) Kusto Query Language
4 10 (4.05%) Bash
5 3 (1.21%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.21%) SQL
6 2 (0.81%) Perl
6 2 (0.81%) Search Processing Language
6 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.40%) Java
Qualifications
1 53 (21.46%) CISSP
2 33 (13.36%) GIAC
3 27 (10.93%) CompTIA Security+
4 25 (10.12%) Degree
4 25 (10.12%) Security Cleared
5 22 (8.91%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (7.69%) CISM
7 17 (6.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 16 (6.48%) CEH
8 16 (6.48%) SC Cleared
9 14 (5.67%) CCSP
10 12 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
11 11 (4.45%) GCIH
12 9 (3.64%) CISA
13 8 (3.24%) Azure Certification
14 6 (2.43%) CompTIA CySA+
14 6 (2.43%) CRISC
14 6 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (2.02%) CCNP
16 4 (1.62%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (26.72%) NIST
2 61 (24.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (9.72%) GDPR
4 18 (7.29%) GRC
4 18 (7.29%) PCI DSS
5 11 (4.45%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (3.24%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.02%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.62%) Accessibility
8 4 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.21%) NCSC
10 2 (0.81%) COBIT
10 2 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 2 (0.81%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.81%) PMO
11 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (4.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.21%) Docker
2 3 (1.21%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (6.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (3.64%) Single Sign-On
2 9 (3.64%) Terraform
3 8 (3.24%) Ansible
3 8 (3.24%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.24%) QRadar
4 4 (1.62%) SCCM
5 3 (1.21%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (1.21%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 2 (0.81%) CSIRT
7 1 (0.40%) CASB
7 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.40%) Nessus
7 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 76 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.74%) Splunk
3 20 (8.10%) CrowdStrike
4 19 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 15 (6.07%) Cisco
6 12 (4.86%) Google
7 11 (4.45%) Qualys
8 9 (3.64%) Sophos
9 6 (2.43%) Fortinet
9 6 (2.43%) OpenAI
9 6 (2.43%) Rapid7
9 6 (2.43%) Tenable
9 6 (2.43%) Zscaler
10 5 (2.02%) CheckPoint
10 5 (2.02%) Palo Alto
11 4 (1.62%) Okta
12 3 (1.21%) Carbon Black
12 3 (1.21%) CyberArk
12 3 (1.21%) iManage
12 3 (1.21%) LogRhythm