Security Operations Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 5 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 177 182
Rank change year-on-year +31 +5 +42
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 30 64 79
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.96% 0.96% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.12% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 20 51 42
10th Percentile £41,125 £32,500 £35,463
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £62,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £79,375 £73,750 £95,625
South East median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,902 5,700 5,790
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.07% 85.11% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,224 3,989 3,139
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,938 £38,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,587 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.17% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,688 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the Thames Valley

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the Thames Valley

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the Thames Valley

Security Operations
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Buckinghamshire +24 18 £47,500 +18.75% 4
Berkshire +21 6 £62,500 +8.70% 19
Oxfordshire - 6 £75,000 - 10
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 8 (26.67%) IBM Domino
Cloud Services
1 21 (70.00%) Azure
2 13 (43.33%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (26.67%) Entra ID
4 6 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (10.00%) AWS
6 2 (6.67%) Cloudflare
7 1 (3.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) Firewall
2 5 (16.67%) Network Security
3 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 2 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (6.67%) DNS
4 2 (6.67%) Internet
4 2 (6.67%) SSL
4 2 (6.67%) VSAN
5 1 (3.33%) VPN
General
1 17 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 11 (36.67%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.67%) Retail
4 4 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.33%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Analyst
2 11 (36.67%) Security Analyst
3 9 (30.00%) IT Analyst
4 8 (26.67%) IT Security Analyst
5 5 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Security Engineer
5 5 (16.67%) Senior
6 4 (13.33%) Lead
6 4 (13.33%) SOC Analyst
7 3 (10.00%) Senior Security Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Architect
8 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (6.67%) Network Engineer
8 2 (6.67%) Network Security Engineer
9 1 (3.33%) Incident Coordinator
9 1 (3.33%) Information Specialist
9 1 (3.33%) IT Support
9 1 (3.33%) Security Operations Analyst
9 1 (3.33%) Senior Information Security Specialist
9 1 (3.33%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (13.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 3 (10.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) CCTV
3 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (16.67%) Windows
2 4 (13.33%) Linux
3 2 (6.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Cybersecurity
2 17 (56.67%) ITIL
3 13 (43.33%) Information Security
4 11 (36.67%) SIEM
5 7 (23.33%) Incident Management
6 4 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 4 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 4 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (13.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (10.00%) Analytics
7 3 (10.00%) Application Security
7 3 (10.00%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.00%) Incident Response
7 3 (10.00%) Network Monitoring
7 3 (10.00%) Penetration Testing
7 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
8 2 (6.67%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) C#
2 2 (6.67%) Go
3 1 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 8 (26.67%) CompTIA CySA+
2 6 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.00%) CISSP
2 6 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (16.67%) CCNP
4 4 (13.33%) Degree
4 4 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 4 (13.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (10.00%) CCNA
5 3 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (10.00%) GCIA
5 3 (10.00%) SANS
6 2 (6.67%) CCSE
6 2 (6.67%) CCSM
7 1 (3.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.33%) CCSP
7 1 (3.33%) CISM
7 1 (3.33%) DBS Check
7 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (26.67%) GRC
1 8 (26.67%) PCI DSS
2 4 (13.33%) NIST
3 3 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (26.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (6.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Graylog
2 1 (3.33%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (13.33%) Cisco
3 2 (6.67%) Apple
3 2 (6.67%) CheckPoint
3 2 (6.67%) Fortinet
3 2 (6.67%) Palo Alto
3 2 (6.67%) VMware
4 1 (3.33%) Tenable