Security Operations Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 288 309
Rank change year-on-year -10 +21 -17
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 41 96 130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.35% 0.54% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.65% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 34 69 93
10th Percentile £42,500 £32,500 £42,650
25th Percentile £51,250 £41,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -16.67% -0.94%
75th Percentile £68,438 £61,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £63,250 £97,458
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,970 £62,500
% change year-on-year +2.51% -2.45% -10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,172 14,688 16,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.98% 83.05% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 5,760 11,269 7,893
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,750 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £81,500
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 the North of England

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the North of England over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 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
Yorkshire +48 19 £60,000 +11.63% 28
North West -38 19 £60,000 +33.33% 28
North East +34 3 £57,500 +27.78% 8
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) AWS
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.88%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (2.44%) AWS KMS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.44%) IaaS
5 1 (2.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) Firewall
2 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) GitLab
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 16 (39.02%) Law
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 6 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Finance
5 2 (4.88%) Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.44%) Health Technology
6 1 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.44%) Legal
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Security Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) AWS Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Cloud Engineer
2 9 (21.95%) Consultant
3 7 (17.07%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 6 (14.63%) Information Security Consultant
4 6 (14.63%) Security Consultant
5 5 (12.20%) Security Manager
6 4 (9.76%) Analyst
7 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow Consultant
8 2 (4.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 2 (4.88%) IT Manager
8 2 (4.88%) IT Security Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Operational Security Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Operations Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Security Operations Manager
8 2 (4.88%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) .NET
1 1 (2.44%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 18 (43.90%) Security Posture
2 10 (24.39%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (21.95%) Cloud Security Posture
4 7 (17.07%) Cyberattack
5 6 (14.63%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (14.63%) Security Operations Centre
6 3 (7.32%) Management Information System
7 2 (4.88%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 1 (2.44%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (2.44%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Linux
2 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
2 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) Vulnerability Management
2 18 (43.90%) Incident Response
3 16 (39.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (39.02%) Information Security
4 14 (34.15%) Cloud Security
4 14 (34.15%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (29.27%) DevOps
5 12 (29.27%) Risk Management
6 11 (26.83%) Incident Management
6 11 (26.83%) Security Monitoring
7 10 (24.39%) Roadmaps
7 10 (24.39%) Technology Roadmap
7 10 (24.39%) Vulnerability Remediation
8 9 (21.95%) Data Engineering
9 8 (19.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 8 (19.51%) Risk Register
9 8 (19.51%) Threat Intelligence
10 7 (17.07%) Data Protection
10 7 (17.07%) Disaster Recovery
11 6 (14.63%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (2.44%) Go
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) SQL
3 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) AWS Certification
1 9 (21.95%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 6 (14.63%) CRISC
3 5 (12.20%) CISM
3 5 (12.20%) CISSP
3 5 (12.20%) Degree
4 4 (9.76%) CEH
5 3 (7.32%) CISA
6 2 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.88%) GCIH
6 2 (4.88%) GIAC
6 2 (4.88%) GISF
6 2 (4.88%) ISACA
6 2 (4.88%) SANS
6 2 (4.88%) SSCP
7 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.44%) CISMP
7 1 (2.44%) DBS Check
7 1 (2.44%) GCIA
7 1 (2.44%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (29.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (21.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 9 (21.95%) GDPR
3 8 (19.51%) NIST
4 6 (14.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (9.76%) COBIT
6 2 (4.88%) GRC
7 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 3 (7.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (31.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
3 1 (2.44%) AlienVault
3 1 (2.44%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
3 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
3 1 (2.44%) Rapid7
3 1 (2.44%) Splunk
3 1 (2.44%) VMware