Security Operations Jobs in Southampton

Security Operations (SecOps)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 75 73
Rank change year-on-year +36 -2 +40
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 2 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.59% 0.23% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.28% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £44,750 - £44,000
25th Percentile £48,125 £42,547 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £44,345 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.03% -15.53% +38.16%
75th Percentile £60,625 £46,142 £58,750
90th Percentile £63,250 - £61,000
Hampshire median annual salary £49,000 £60,000 £50,840
% change year-on-year -18.33% +18.02% +11.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 307 712 731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 90.56% 81.93% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 234 612 538
10th Percentile £30,150 £28,750 £27,675
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £46,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -7.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,150
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.98% +0.47%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Southampton

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Southampton

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Southampton over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Southampton

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Security
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Encryption
2 1 (50.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 1 (50.00%) CEH
1 1 (50.00%) CISMP
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft