Security Operations Jobs in the South East

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 272 257 320
Rank change year-on-year -15 +63 -48
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 122 168 171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.73% 1.11% 0.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.17% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 87 113 102
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,463 £36,525
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -13.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £77,500 £83,625
England median annual salary £61,439 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.48% -3.70% +3.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,122 14,301 18,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 84.88% 94.48% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,946 8,298 12,047
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,265 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +9.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,750 £86,250 £82,500
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 East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the South East

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the South East

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the South East over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the South East

Security Operations
Job Locations in the South East

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 East region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Thames Valley +2 64 £52,500 -12.50% 25
Buckinghamshire +8 35 £40,000 -44.83% 4
Berkshire -9 29 £57,500 +27.78% 21
Surrey +14 25 £60,000 -4.00% 4
Hampshire -31 14 £60,000 +9.09% 1
West Sussex +37 7 £58,750 +11.90%
Kent -5 7 £45,000 -
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
Sussex -27 1 - -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.64%) SAS
1 2 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (27.05%) Azure
2 26 (21.31%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (11.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 8 (6.56%) AWS
5 4 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.64%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.64%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.82%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.82%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.82%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 34 (27.87%) Firewall
2 23 (18.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (11.48%) Network Security
4 7 (5.74%) Internet
5 3 (2.46%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.46%) VPN
6 2 (1.64%) DHCP
6 2 (1.64%) DNS
6 2 (1.64%) SAN
6 2 (1.64%) SNMP
6 2 (1.64%) VoIP
7 1 (0.82%) LAN
7 1 (0.82%) SSL
7 1 (0.82%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.64%) Power BI
General
1 34 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.31%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (18.85%) Finance
4 12 (9.84%) Retail
5 11 (9.02%) Legal
6 7 (5.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.74%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.28%) Aviation
7 4 (3.28%) Law
7 4 (3.28%) Marketing
8 2 (1.64%) Publishing
9 1 (0.82%) Banking
9 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Games
9 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 36 (29.51%) Analyst
2 28 (22.95%) SOC Analyst
3 20 (16.39%) Lead
4 16 (13.11%) Security Engineer
4 16 (13.11%) Security Manager
5 15 (12.30%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 12 (9.84%) Senior
7 9 (7.38%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Operational Security Manager
8 7 (5.74%) Operations Manager
8 7 (5.74%) Security Analyst
8 7 (5.74%) Security Assurance Manager
8 7 (5.74%) Security Operations Manager
9 6 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (4.10%) Operations Engineer
10 5 (4.10%) Support Officer
11 4 (3.28%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 4 (3.28%) IT Engineer
11 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Engineer
11 4 (3.28%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.10%) Web Services
2 2 (1.64%) AngularJS
2 2 (1.64%) CSS
2 2 (1.64%) HTML
2 2 (1.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (0.82%) ADO
3 1 (0.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 50 (40.98%) Security Operations Centre
2 49 (40.16%) Management Information System
3 24 (19.67%) Cyber Threat
4 13 (10.66%) Client/Server
5 9 (7.38%) Security Posture
6 8 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (5.74%) Algorithms
7 7 (5.74%) Data Structures
7 7 (5.74%) Product Ownership
8 5 (4.10%) Data Centre
9 4 (3.28%) Cyberattack
9 4 (3.28%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (3.28%) IoT
9 4 (3.28%) Operational Technology
9 4 (3.28%) Social Media
10 3 (2.46%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (2.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 3 (2.46%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (1.64%) CMDB
11 2 (1.64%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 30 (24.59%) Windows
2 11 (9.02%) Windows Server
3 5 (4.10%) Linux
4 3 (2.46%) Kali Linux
4 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.82%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (62.30%) Cybersecurity
2 56 (45.90%) SIEM
3 51 (41.80%) Incident Response
4 38 (31.15%) Computer Science
4 38 (31.15%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (24.59%) Information Security
6 29 (23.77%) Vulnerability Management
7 21 (17.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (14.75%) Software Engineering
9 16 (13.11%) SOAR
10 15 (12.30%) Kalman Filter
11 14 (11.48%) Incident Management
11 14 (11.48%) Penetration Testing
11 14 (11.48%) Service Delivery
12 12 (9.84%) Application Security
12 12 (9.84%) DevOps
12 12 (9.84%) Roadmaps
13 11 (9.02%) Data Visualisation
13 11 (9.02%) OWASP
13 11 (9.02%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.74%) PowerShell
2 4 (3.28%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (3.28%) Python
3 1 (0.82%) C
3 1 (0.82%) Go
3 1 (0.82%) Java
Qualifications
1 49 (40.16%) Degree
2 36 (29.51%) CISSP
3 24 (19.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 19 (15.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 16 (13.11%) Security Cleared
6 10 (8.20%) CISM
6 10 (8.20%) GIAC
6 10 (8.20%) SC Cleared
7 6 (4.92%) DBS Check
7 6 (4.92%) GPEN
8 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (3.28%) GCFE
9 4 (3.28%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.28%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (2.46%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.46%) Azure Certification
10 3 (2.46%) CEH
10 3 (2.46%) CISA
10 3 (2.46%) GCIA
10 3 (2.46%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (17.21%) NIST
2 17 (13.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (11.48%) GDPR
4 12 (9.84%) PCI DSS
5 9 (7.38%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (7.38%) GRC
6 6 (4.92%) NIST 800
7 5 (4.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (4.10%) NCSC
8 4 (3.28%) QA
9 2 (1.64%) SLA
10 1 (0.82%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 6 (4.92%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.64%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.82%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.82%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (5.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 7 (5.74%) Nessus
2 3 (2.46%) Suricata
3 2 (1.64%) SolarWinds Orion
3 2 (1.64%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.82%) Ansible
4 1 (0.82%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.82%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.82%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.82%) Puppet
4 1 (0.82%) QRadar
4 1 (0.82%) SCCM
4 1 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (33.61%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.56%) Qualys
2 8 (6.56%) ServiceNow
2 8 (6.56%) Splunk
3 6 (4.92%) VMware
4 4 (3.28%) Cisco
4 4 (3.28%) Darktrace
4 4 (3.28%) LogRhythm
5 3 (2.46%) Juniper
5 3 (2.46%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.64%) Facebook
6 2 (1.64%) Forcepoint
6 2 (1.64%) McAfee
6 2 (1.64%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.64%) Varonis
7 1 (0.82%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.82%) Citrix
7 1 (0.82%) Ivanti
7 1 (0.82%) Tripwire