Security Operations Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Security Operations (SecOps)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Security Operations skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 72 60
Rank change year-on-year +13 -12 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 2 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.31% 0.77% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.92% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £30,650 £64,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £30,875 £65,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £32,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +76.92% -53.57% -21.13%
75th Percentile £61,250 £39,625 £73,750
90th Percentile - £43,150 £74,500
North East median annual salary £57,500 £45,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +27.78% -35.71% -21.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 537 865 492
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 84.04% 83.01% 96.47%
Number of salaries quoted 367 556 361
10th Percentile £24,570 £25,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £38,634
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -14.29% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £78,000
North East median annual salary £43,375 £46,484 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.69% -7.03% -

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Tyne and Wear

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +8 2 £57,500 +47.44% 1
Security Operations
North East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Log Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SIEM
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (50.00%) Qualys
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler