Security Operations Jobs in Staffordshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 20 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 78 64
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 4 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 0.62% 0.97% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 1.19% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £36,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £37,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +43.17% -34.78% -
75th Percentile - £38,750 £58,750
90th Percentile - £40,700 -
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £44,488 £56,250
% change year-on-year +23.63% -20.91% -16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 448 842 498
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 69.78% 81.75% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 226 590 362
10th Percentile £28,822 £23,500 £23,275
25th Percentile £30,580 £28,119 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - -11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,688 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Staffordshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Staffordshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 20 May 2025. 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
Stafford - 4 £53,688 -
Security Operations
West Midlands

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
General
1 3 (75.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) PKI
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) Digital Forensics
3 2 (50.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security Management
3 2 (50.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Antivirus Management
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
3 2 (50.00%) APMG
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (50.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (50.00%) Cyber Scheme
3 2 (50.00%) GIAC
3 2 (50.00%) ISACA
3 2 (50.00%) SANS
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (25.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft