Security Operations Jobs in London

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 254 289
Rank change year-on-year +4 +35 +113
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 141 286 407
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.09% 1.21% 1.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.33% 1.27%
Number of salaries quoted 86 235 293
10th Percentile £45,125 £51,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £58,500 £55,224
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £67,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +8.21% -10.67%
75th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £101,250 £97,458
England median annual salary £63,000 £61,439 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.54% -1.70% -10.71%

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 12,446 21,516 32,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.25% 90.97% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 7,205 15,872 23,232
10th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £43,171
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in London.

Salary trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in London over the 6 months to 21 May 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 May 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 +8 35 £65,000 -10.34% 16
West London +19 1 - - 1
East London - 1 £63,000 - 6
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.84%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) C-CURE
1 1 (0.71%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (31.21%) Azure
2 25 (17.73%) GCP
3 20 (14.18%) AWS
4 15 (10.64%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (6.38%) Entra ID
6 7 (4.96%) Microsoft Purview
7 6 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (2.84%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (2.84%) PaaS
9 3 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.13%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (2.13%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.13%) SaaS
10 2 (1.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
10 2 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.42%) IaaS
11 1 (0.71%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.71%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 40 (28.37%) Firewall
2 26 (18.44%) Network Security
3 14 (9.93%) DNS
4 7 (4.96%) TCP/IP
5 6 (4.26%) HTTP
5 6 (4.26%) SMTP
5 6 (4.26%) VPN
6 3 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (2.13%) LAN
6 3 (2.13%) WAN
7 2 (1.42%) 4G
7 2 (1.42%) DKIM
7 2 (1.42%) DMARC
8 1 (0.71%) DHCP
8 1 (0.71%) Internet
8 1 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.42%) Power BI
2 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.71%) GitLab
1 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
General
1 49 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 33 (23.40%) Finance
3 25 (17.73%) Law
4 22 (15.60%) Legal
5 18 (12.77%) Retail
6 14 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (6.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (4.96%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (3.55%) Banking
11 4 (2.84%) Financial Institution
12 3 (2.13%) Public Sector
13 2 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.71%) Advertising
14 1 (0.71%) Back Office
14 1 (0.71%) Electronics
14 1 (0.71%) Games
14 1 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 49 (34.75%) Analyst
2 39 (27.66%) Security Analyst
3 26 (18.44%) Senior
4 19 (13.48%) Security Engineer
5 13 (9.22%) Security Manager
6 12 (8.51%) IT Analyst
6 12 (8.51%) IT Security Analyst
7 11 (7.80%) Cloud Engineer
8 10 (7.09%) SOC Engineer
9 9 (6.38%) Lead
10 8 (5.67%) Automation Engineer
10 8 (5.67%) SOC Analyst
11 7 (4.96%) Development Engineer
11 7 (4.96%) Head of Security
11 7 (4.96%) Information Manager
11 7 (4.96%) Information Security Engineer
11 7 (4.96%) Information Security Manager
12 6 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.26%) Senior Cloud Engineer
12 6 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (1.42%) CSS
2 2 (1.42%) HTML
2 2 (1.42%) JSON
3 1 (0.71%) Ajax
3 1 (0.71%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.71%) LDAP
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.71%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 35 (24.82%) Management Information System
2 34 (24.11%) Security Posture
3 24 (17.02%) Security Operations Centre
4 11 (7.80%) Hedge funds
5 10 (7.09%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (6.38%) Onboarding
6 9 (6.38%) Virtual Team
7 8 (5.67%) CSOC
8 6 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
8 6 (4.26%) PKI
9 5 (3.55%) Cloud Native
9 5 (3.55%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (2.84%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (2.84%) Data Centre
11 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (1.42%) Enterprise Cloud
12 2 (1.42%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
13 1 (0.71%) Insider Threat
13 1 (0.71%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.38%) Windows
2 6 (4.26%) Linux
3 2 (1.42%) VMS
3 2 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.71%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (56.03%) Cybersecurity
2 72 (51.06%) Incident Response
3 66 (46.81%) SIEM
4 64 (45.39%) Information Security
5 43 (30.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 39 (27.66%) Risk Management
7 32 (22.70%) Data Protection
8 31 (21.99%) Data Loss Prevention
9 28 (19.86%) Identity Access Management
10 25 (17.73%) Threat Intelligence
11 23 (16.31%) Cloud Security
11 23 (16.31%) DevOps
12 22 (15.60%) Incident Management
12 22 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (14.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 21 (14.89%) Penetration Testing
13 21 (14.89%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 19 (13.48%) Data Security
15 17 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (12.06%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 33 (23.40%) Python
2 31 (21.99%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.26%) Bash
4 3 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.71%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 27 (19.15%) CISSP
2 25 (17.73%) Degree
3 18 (12.77%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (11.35%) OSCP
4 16 (11.35%) Security Cleared
5 15 (10.64%) CEH
5 15 (10.64%) GCIA
5 15 (10.64%) GCIH
6 14 (9.93%) SC Cleared
7 8 (5.67%) CISM
8 7 (4.96%) CRISC
9 6 (4.26%) Azure Certification
10 5 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (3.55%) GIAC
10 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (2.84%) AWS Certification
11 4 (2.84%) CCNA
12 3 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (22.70%) NIST
2 29 (20.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (17.73%) GDPR
4 19 (13.48%) PCI DSS
5 7 (4.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (4.26%) GRC
7 4 (2.84%) COBIT
7 4 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.42%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.42%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.71%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.71%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (7.09%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.67%) Kubernetes
1 8 (5.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (5.67%) QRadar
1 8 (5.67%) Terraform
2 4 (2.84%) CASB
3 3 (2.13%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.71%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.71%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.71%) Puppet
4 1 (0.71%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (25.53%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.38%) Google
2 9 (6.38%) Splunk
3 8 (5.67%) CrowdStrike
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco
4 3 (2.13%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.13%) Tenable
5 2 (1.42%) Juniper
6 1 (0.71%) Checkmarx
6 1 (0.71%) Darktrace
6 1 (0.71%) Intel
6 1 (0.71%) McAfee
6 1 (0.71%) Okta
6 1 (0.71%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.71%) Proofpoint
6 1 (0.71%) Qualys
6 1 (0.71%) Rapid7
6 1 (0.71%) SAP
6 1 (0.71%) Varonis
6 1 (0.71%) VMware