Security Operations Jobs in Sussex

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Sussex 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 28 2
Rank change year-on-year +21 -26 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 3 1 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sussex 8.11% 0.43% 33.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.00% 0.68% 55.56%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £72,500
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sussex

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 Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30 147 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sussex 81.08% 62.82% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 20 136 7
10th Percentile £26,725 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,375 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,750 £55,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.82% -21.43% +26.13%
75th Percentile £74,063 £63,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £75,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Sussex

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Sussex

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Sussex

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sussex 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 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Security Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Analyst
3 1 (33.33%) Testing Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) SOAR
2 1 (33.33%) Test Assurance
2 1 (33.33%) Use Case
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CASP
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (33.33%) NCSC
1 1 (33.33%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Darktrace
1 2 (66.67%) McAfee
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) IBM