Security Operations Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Security Operations (SecOps)
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 4
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Tower Hamlets 5.00% - 8.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.00% - 9.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £55,800 - -
25th Percentile £61,500 - £56,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 - £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.00%
75th Percentile £80,500 - £59,500
90th Percentile £86,200 - -
East London median annual salary £57,500 £63,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -8.73% +8.62% +10.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 40 18 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 100.00% 81.82% 91.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 10
10th Percentile £66,400 £83,000 £53,450
25th Percentile £90,000 £102,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £115,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year - +61.40% +39.02%
75th Percentile £117,500 - £85,938
90th Percentile £120,000 - £100,500
East London median annual salary £55,000 £77,500 £53,046
% change year-on-year -29.03% +46.10% +17.88%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Tower Hamlets

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Tower Hamlets

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Tower Hamlets over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Tower Hamlets

Security Operations
Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
Canary Wharf - 2 £71,000 - 1
Security Operations
East London

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Blog
2 1 (50.00%) CSOC
2 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft