Security Operations Jobs in Portsmouth

Security Operations (SecOps)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Portsmouth 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 48 54 53
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 6 1 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 1.50% 0.19% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 0.25% 3.16%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 10
10th Percentile - - £43,850
25th Percentile £49,000 - £44,118
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £24,500 £51,590
Median % change year-on-year +146.94% -52.51% -
75th Percentile £73,000 - £58,338
90th Percentile £73,500 - £61,206
Hampshire median annual salary £53,335 £60,000 £50,840
% change year-on-year -11.11% +18.02% -3.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 377 398 380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 94.49% 76.54% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 176 338 253
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £28,600
25th Percentile £47,683 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,625 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.63% -3.00% -6.10%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £54,250 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.50% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Portsmouth

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Portsmouth

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Portsmouth

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) SOC Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
1 6 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (50.00%) SOAR
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Bash
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) GCIH
2 3 (50.00%) CEH
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 3 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft