Security Operations Jobs in Oxfordshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Oxfordshire 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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 6 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 0.81% - 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% - 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 - £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £91,563 - £65,000
90th Percentile £96,250 - £70,250
South East median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 696 1,349 1,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 94.05% 80.01% 95.42%
Number of salaries quoted 324 1,077 754
10th Percentile £32,075 £28,500 £26,325
25th Percentile £40,938 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £73,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £56,673 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.35% -9.09% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Oxfordshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Oxfordshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Oxfordshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Oxford - 4 £83,750 - 1
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
1 6 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 4 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco