Security Operations Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 736 757 856
Rank change year-on-year +21 +99 -169
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Specialist 15 11 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.018% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.020% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 1
10th Percentile £48,430 £43,550 -
25th Percentile £49,488 £44,088 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £46,680 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.47% +13.16% -31.25%
75th Percentile £53,963 £55,000 £43,125
90th Percentile £54,090 £56,500 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -34.38% +33.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,742 54,869 68,064
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.26% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 47,250 31,160 43,040
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Security Operations Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Operations Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
North West - 12 - -
North of England - 12 - -
South East +7 2 £52,500 +12.47%
South West - 1 £50,950 -
Security Operations Specialist
UK

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Security Operations Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Security Operations Specialist in the job title.

1 14 (93.33%) Incident Response
1 14 (93.33%) Operational Technology
2 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (80.00%) Risk Management
3 12 (80.00%) Change Management
4 9 (60.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 9 (60.00%) Manufacturing
4 9 (60.00%) Degree
4 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (20.00%) SIEM
5 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) Threat Detection
6 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (13.33%) Varonis
6 2 (13.33%) LogRhythm
6 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
6 2 (13.33%) Qualys
6 2 (13.33%) Data Security
6 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
6 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
6 2 (13.33%) Internet
6 2 (13.33%) Forcepoint
7 1 (6.67%) Agile
7 1 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (6.67%) Mainframe
7 1 (6.67%) Windows

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Internet
General
1 9 (60.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 14 (93.33%) Operational Technology
2 9 (60.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.67%) Mainframe
4 1 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
1 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Incident Response
2 13 (86.67%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (80.00%) Change Management
3 12 (80.00%) Risk Management
4 3 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 3 (20.00%) SIEM
4 3 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (13.33%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (13.33%) Data Security
5 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
5 2 (13.33%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (13.33%) Threat Detection
5 2 (13.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Coaching
6 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 1 (6.67%) Mentoring
6 1 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.67%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 9 (60.00%) Degree
1 9 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Forcepoint
1 2 (13.33%) LogRhythm
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Qualys
1 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
1 2 (13.33%) Varonis