Security Operations Jobs in the South West

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 203 251
Rank change year-on-year +6 +48 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 95 68 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 1.02% 1.00% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.06% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 59 49 48
10th Percentile £45,000 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,686 £41,250 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,384 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.92% +11.97% +28.13%
75th Percentile £107,500 £77,250 £65,625
90th Percentile - £97,290 £82,500
England median annual salary £61,970 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.66% -3.70% +5.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,748 6,435 7,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 83.55% 94.47% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 5,564 3,571 4,992
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,225 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% +7.72%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the South West.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the South West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the South West region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
Bristol +41 58 £97,500 +69.91% 7
Wiltshire -8 12 £62,500 +20.75% 1
Dorset -9 11 £45,000 - 1
Gloucestershire -19 9 £41,500 -54.97%
Somerset +4 5 £50,500 -22.31% 2
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (2.11%) Apache
1 2 (2.11%) MS Project Server
1 2 (2.11%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.58%) Azure
2 7 (7.37%) AWS
3 3 (3.16%) SaaS
4 2 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.05%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.05%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (1.05%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (1.05%) GCP
5 1 (1.05%) IaaS
5 1 (1.05%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (25.26%) Network Security
2 15 (15.79%) Firewall
3 6 (6.32%) Internet
3 6 (6.32%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (4.21%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.05%) DHCP
5 1 (1.05%) DNS
5 1 (1.05%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) Big Data
2 1 (1.05%) MongoDB
General
1 46 (48.42%) Social Skills
2 26 (27.37%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (20.00%) Military
4 10 (10.53%) Retail
5 7 (7.37%) Games
6 4 (4.21%) Finance
7 3 (3.16%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.05%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (44.21%) Consultant
2 41 (43.16%) Security Consultant
3 25 (26.32%) Analyst
4 23 (24.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 17 (17.89%) Security Analyst
6 16 (16.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 16 (16.84%) Senior
6 16 (16.84%) Senior Analyst
7 12 (12.63%) Senior Security Analyst
8 11 (11.58%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 10 (10.53%) IT Analyst
9 10 (10.53%) IT Security Analyst
10 8 (8.42%) Senior IT Security Analyst
11 6 (6.32%) Security Manager
12 4 (4.21%) SOC Manager
13 3 (3.16%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 3 (3.16%) IT Support
13 3 (3.16%) IT Technician
13 3 (3.16%) Lead
13 3 (3.16%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) AngularJS
1 2 (2.11%) CSS
1 2 (2.11%) HTML
1 2 (2.11%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (2.11%) Web Services
2 1 (1.05%) OAuth
2 1 (1.05%) OpenID
2 1 (1.05%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (45.26%) Security Operations Centre
2 18 (18.95%) Cyber Defence
3 11 (11.58%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (9.47%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (5.26%) Cyberattack
6 4 (4.21%) Security Posture
7 3 (3.16%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (3.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (3.16%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.11%) CMDB
8 2 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (2.11%) PKI
9 1 (1.05%) CESG
9 1 (1.05%) Life Science
9 1 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.47%) Windows
1 9 (9.47%) Windows Server
2 4 (4.21%) Linux
3 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (85.26%) Cybersecurity
2 46 (48.42%) SIEM
3 42 (44.21%) Mentoring
4 33 (34.74%) Incident Response
5 32 (33.68%) Information Security
6 27 (28.42%) Vulnerability Management
7 26 (27.37%) Incident Management
8 24 (25.26%) Protective Monitoring
9 23 (24.21%) Agile
10 22 (23.16%) Risk Management
11 20 (21.05%) Business Development
11 20 (21.05%) Coaching
11 20 (21.05%) Security Architecture
12 18 (18.95%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 18 (18.95%) Programme Management
12 18 (18.95%) Resource Management
12 18 (18.95%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 18 (18.95%) Threat Intelligence
13 15 (15.79%) Cloud Security
14 11 (11.58%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.05%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (38.95%) Security Cleared
2 30 (31.58%) DV Cleared
3 14 (14.74%) CISSP
4 13 (13.68%) SC Cleared
5 12 (12.63%) CompTIA CySA+
6 10 (10.53%) Degree
7 9 (9.47%) Master's Degree
8 8 (8.42%) GIAC
9 7 (7.37%) CompTIA Security+
10 5 (5.26%) CEH
11 4 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (3.16%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (3.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 3 (3.16%) CCSP
13 2 (2.11%) CISA
13 2 (2.11%) GSEC
13 2 (2.11%) Network+ Certification
14 1 (1.05%) CCNA
14 1 (1.05%) CISM
14 1 (1.05%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (38.95%) NIST
2 20 (21.05%) JSP 440
3 18 (18.95%) NIST 800
4 13 (13.68%) PCI DSS
5 12 (12.63%) GDPR
5 12 (12.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (4.21%) ISO 9001
6 4 (4.21%) SOC 2
7 3 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (2.11%) HIPAA
9 1 (1.05%) GRC
9 1 (1.05%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (7.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.11%) Docker
3 1 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (11.58%) CASB
2 2 (2.11%) Ansible
2 2 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.05%) Nessus
3 1 (1.05%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (1.05%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 15 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
2 2 (2.11%) Splunk
2 2 (2.11%) Tanium
3 1 (1.05%) Cisco
3 1 (1.05%) SolarWinds
3 1 (1.05%) VMware