Security Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 328 337
Rank change year-on-year -79 +9 -15
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 193 566 499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.73% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.91% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 153 376 352
10th Percentile £40,050 £36,250 £33,650
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £79,500 £96,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 38,231 62,353 50,113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.02% 80.62% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 19,421 42,007 28,509
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,810 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,250 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
% change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Midlands +55 47 £55,000 +4.76% 23
South East -30 44 £65,000 +18.18% 79
West Midlands +53 43 £55,000 +18.95% 11
North of England -37 39 £60,000 +20.00% 53
East of England +31 29 £62,000 +7.83% 33
South West +17 25 £51,058 -18.31% 26
North West -53 21 £55,000 - 28
Yorkshire +15 14 £62,500 +25.00% 22
Scotland +38 7 £57,500 +6.48% 15
East Midlands +33 4 £61,125 +16.43% 12
North East +33 4 £57,500 +27.78% 3
Wales +30 3 £55,000 +10.00% 3
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.15%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 57 (29.53%) Azure
2 27 (13.99%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (13.47%) AWS
4 20 (10.36%) Azure Sentinel
5 19 (9.84%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.15%) SaaS
7 6 (3.11%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (2.59%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.07%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.07%) IaaS
9 4 (2.07%) PaaS
9 4 (2.07%) Route 53
10 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.04%) Power Platform
11 1 (0.52%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.52%) OCI
11 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 60 (31.09%) Firewall
2 31 (16.06%) Network Security
3 29 (15.03%) VPN
4 25 (12.95%) TCP/IP
5 18 (9.33%) Intrusion Detection
6 16 (8.29%) WAN
7 15 (7.77%) HTTP
7 15 (7.77%) SMTP
8 12 (6.22%) FTP
8 12 (6.22%) Internet
8 12 (6.22%) LAN
9 10 (5.18%) DNS
10 7 (3.63%) DHCP
11 5 (2.59%) NGFW
12 4 (2.07%) HTTPS
12 4 (2.07%) SD-WAN
12 4 (2.07%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.15%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.04%) Power BI
3 1 (0.52%) DTS
3 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.52%) GitLab
General
1 56 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 36 (18.65%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (12.95%) Finance
4 16 (8.29%) Law
5 15 (7.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (7.77%) Retail
6 9 (4.66%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.11%) Aerospace
7 6 (3.11%) Police
8 5 (2.59%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.59%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.55%) Local Government
10 3 (1.55%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.55%) Military
11 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Health Technology
12 1 (0.52%) Humanities
Job Titles
1 66 (34.20%) Analyst
2 34 (17.62%) Lead
3 33 (17.10%) Security Analyst
4 28 (14.51%) SOC Analyst
5 21 (10.88%) Security Engineer
6 18 (9.33%) Security Manager
7 15 (7.77%) Senior
8 14 (7.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 14 (7.25%) Operations Manager
9 12 (6.22%) Operational Security Manager
9 12 (6.22%) Security Operations Manager
9 12 (6.22%) SOC Manager
10 10 (5.18%) Senior Analyst
11 9 (4.66%) Consultant
12 8 (4.15%) Head of Security
12 8 (4.15%) Operations Engineer
13 7 (3.63%) Head of Operations
13 7 (3.63%) Operations Analyst
13 7 (3.63%) Security Operations Analyst
13 7 (3.63%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.70%) LDAP
2 3 (1.55%) .NET
2 3 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.55%) Software Packaging
3 2 (1.04%) ADO.NET
3 2 (1.04%) Leaflet
4 1 (0.52%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (41.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 55 (28.50%) Cyber Threat
3 35 (18.13%) Security Posture
4 24 (12.44%) Management Information System
5 18 (9.33%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (6.22%) Client/Server
7 8 (4.15%) Cyberattack
7 8 (4.15%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (4.15%) Private Cloud
8 6 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.59%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (2.59%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (2.07%) Cyber Security Posture
10 4 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (2.07%) Operational Technology
11 3 (1.55%) MISP
11 3 (1.55%) NHS
11 3 (1.55%) PKI
11 3 (1.55%) Tandem
12 2 (1.04%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 35 (18.13%) Windows
2 12 (6.22%) Linux
3 6 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.04%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (54.40%) Cybersecurity
2 89 (46.11%) Incident Response
3 87 (45.08%) SIEM
4 58 (30.05%) Information Security
5 49 (25.39%) Vulnerability Management
6 46 (23.83%) Threat Intelligence
7 45 (23.32%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 38 (19.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
9 34 (17.62%) Cloud Security
9 34 (17.62%) Incident Management
10 30 (15.54%) Risk Management
10 30 (15.54%) Threat Detection
11 27 (13.99%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 22 (11.40%) Security Monitoring
13 21 (10.88%) Malware Analysis
14 20 (10.36%) ITIL
15 19 (9.84%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 18 (9.33%) CI/CD
16 18 (9.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 28 (14.51%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.92%) Python
3 19 (9.84%) Bash
4 11 (5.70%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (4.15%) C#
6 7 (3.63%) Perl
7 6 (3.11%) C++
8 2 (1.04%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (24.87%) Security Cleared
2 41 (21.24%) Degree
3 36 (18.65%) CISSP
4 31 (16.06%) CISM
4 31 (16.06%) SC Cleared
5 24 (12.44%) DV Cleared
6 20 (10.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 14 (7.25%) GCIH
8 13 (6.74%) CEH
8 13 (6.74%) GIAC
9 11 (5.70%) SANS
10 10 (5.18%) AWS Certification
11 7 (3.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (3.63%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (3.63%) CRISC
11 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (3.11%) Azure Certification
13 5 (2.59%) CompTIA CySA+
13 5 (2.59%) GCIA
14 4 (2.07%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (19.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (15.03%) NIST
3 16 (8.29%) COBIT
3 16 (8.29%) GDPR
4 13 (6.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (4.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 7 (3.63%) GRC
7 4 (2.07%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.04%) SLA
8 2 (1.04%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 25 (12.95%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.11%) Docker
3 5 (2.59%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.04%) Firmware
4 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (7.77%) QRadar
2 9 (4.66%) Kubernetes
3 8 (4.15%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.07%) Nessus
5 2 (1.04%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.04%) Terraform
6 1 (0.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.52%) Kibana
6 1 (0.52%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 99 (51.30%) Microsoft
2 31 (16.06%) Splunk
3 8 (4.15%) Google
4 5 (2.59%) Tenable
5 4 (2.07%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (2.07%) LogRhythm
5 4 (2.07%) Rapid7
6 3 (1.55%) Cisco
6 3 (1.55%) Qualys
6 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.04%) AlienVault
7 2 (1.04%) IBM
7 2 (1.04%) VMware
8 1 (0.52%) Adobe
8 1 (0.52%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (0.52%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.52%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.52%) McAfee
8 1 (0.52%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.52%) Zscaler