Security Operations Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Security Operations (SecOps)
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.25% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £47,500 £53,688 £37,500
% change year-on-year -11.53% +43.17% -34.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 252 104 311
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 62.84% 90.43% 82.93%
Number of salaries quoted 181 47 268
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £22,645
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £28,501
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £43,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £61,250 £65,000
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +24.22% -5.29% -2.30%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared