Security Operations Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - 83
Rank change year-on-year - - -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 8 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottinghamshire 1.00% - 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile £31,500 - -
25th Percentile £34,125 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,500 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.81%
75th Percentile £44,000 - £58,750
90th Percentile £50,000 - -
East Midlands median annual salary £42,000 - £61,439
% change year-on-year - - +69.49%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 605 484 804
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 75.44% 92.02% 84.45%
Number of salaries quoted 373 260 633
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,375 £25,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,000 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,140 £71,250
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -10.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Nottinghamshire citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Nottinghamshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 12 March 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
Nottingham - 8 £38,500 - 5
Security Operations
East Midlands

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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:

General
1 8 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) CSOC
1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (50.00%) Cyberattack
3 2 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
2 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (75.00%) ITSM
2 6 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 4 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 4 (50.00%) Use Case
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 2 (25.00%) Validation
4 2 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (75.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (50.00%) SANS
4 2 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft