Security Operations Job Trends in Reading

Security Operations (SecOps)
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 70 92
Rank change year-on-year +27 +22 -15
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 6 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 1.04% 0.96% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.09% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 9
10th Percentile - £47,500 £53,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -14.29% +12.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,125 £82,500
90th Percentile - £63,750 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 454 641 993
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 78.82% 88.29% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 291 274 647
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,813 £50,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.35% +14.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £68,875 £82,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £112,125 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Reading

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) Network Security
1 6 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Senior
1 6 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CCNA
1 6 (100.00%) CCNP
1 6 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (100.00%) GCIA
1 6 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001