Security Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 335 337
Rank change year-on-year -24 +2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 481 538 731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.68% 0.90% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.94% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 342 351 386
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,463 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,118 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,588 £56,888
Median % change year-on-year -5.36% +1.23% +2.10%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,875 £96,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,250 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -7.41% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,616 57,236 66,838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.97% 95.60% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,251 29,494 41,057
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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 11 May 2024.

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 11 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
South East -31 131 £53,750 -2.27% 33
South West -3 95 £62,500 +4.27% 14
North of England +2 90 £50,000 -16.67% 23
Midlands -11 70 £52,500 -4.55% 23
West Midlands +9 52 £45,475 -17.32% 15
Scotland -45 51 £53,886 -2.03% 15
North West -28 50 £45,000 -30.77% 9
East of England +37 39 £60,000 +9.09% 11
Yorkshire +68 31 £55,000 -4.86% 12
East Midlands -20 18 £57,500 +52.32% 7
North East +2 9 £45,000 -36.84% 2
Wales -19 5 £52,500 -4.55% 5
Northern Ireland +28 3 £32,500 - 1
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 20 (4.16%) SAS
2 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) Apache
3 2 (0.42%) IIS
3 2 (0.42%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 116 (24.12%) Azure
2 80 (16.63%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (8.11%) AWS
4 37 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 32 (6.65%) SaaS
6 18 (3.74%) Entra ID
7 13 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (2.49%) PaaS
9 10 (2.08%) IaaS
10 9 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.83%) GCP
13 3 (0.62%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 2 (0.42%) AWS CloudTrail
14 2 (0.42%) AWS Control Tower
14 2 (0.42%) Azure AKS
14 2 (0.42%) SonarCloud
14 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
15 1 (0.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 106 (22.04%) Firewall
2 67 (13.93%) Network Security
3 38 (7.90%) Intrusion Detection
4 23 (4.78%) Internet
4 23 (4.78%) VPN
5 21 (4.37%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.49%) LAN
6 12 (2.49%) WAN
7 10 (2.08%) DNS
8 9 (1.87%) Wireshark
9 7 (1.46%) DHCP
10 3 (0.62%) HTTP
10 3 (0.62%) SMTP
10 3 (0.62%) tcpdump
10 3 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.42%) DKIM
11 2 (0.42%) DMZ
11 2 (0.42%) SAN
11 2 (0.42%) SNMP
11 2 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.42%) Big Data
1 2 (0.42%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.42%) Power BI
2 1 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.42%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.21%) Git
2 1 (0.21%) GitLab
2 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 151 (31.39%) Social Skills
2 74 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (12.27%) Finance
4 33 (6.86%) Military
5 31 (6.44%) Retail
6 17 (3.53%) Legal
7 16 (3.33%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.49%) Law
10 9 (1.87%) Marketing
10 9 (1.87%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.66%) Banking
11 8 (1.66%) Games
11 8 (1.66%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.04%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.04%) Police
13 4 (0.83%) Aviation
13 4 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (0.62%) Turkish Language
15 2 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (30.98%) Analyst
2 74 (15.38%) Security Analyst
3 58 (12.06%) Security Engineer
4 53 (11.02%) Consultant
5 51 (10.60%) Lead
5 51 (10.60%) Security Consultant
6 50 (10.40%) SOC Analyst
7 41 (8.52%) Senior
8 39 (8.11%) Security Manager
9 38 (7.90%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 34 (7.07%) Senior Analyst
11 24 (4.99%) Developer
12 23 (4.78%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 23 (4.78%) ServiceNow Developer
13 20 (4.16%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 20 (4.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 19 (3.95%) Senior Security Analyst
15 17 (3.53%) Operations Engineer
16 16 (3.33%) Operational Security Manager
16 16 (3.33%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (5.20%) Web Services
2 20 (4.16%) AngularJS
2 20 (4.16%) CSS
2 20 (4.16%) HTML
2 20 (4.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 10 (2.08%) Fluent Bit
4 4 (0.83%) EDI
5 3 (0.62%) ADO
6 2 (0.42%) Middleware
6 2 (0.42%) OAuth
6 2 (0.42%) OpenID
6 2 (0.42%) SAML
7 1 (0.21%) .NET
7 1 (0.21%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.21%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.21%) LDAP
7 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 179 (37.21%) Security Operations Centre
2 92 (19.13%) Management Information System
3 64 (13.31%) Cyber Threat
4 35 (7.28%) Security Posture
5 26 (5.41%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (4.78%) CMDB
7 22 (4.57%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (4.37%) Cyberattack
8 21 (4.37%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.91%) Client/Server
9 14 (2.91%) Data Centre
10 12 (2.49%) Operational Technology
11 11 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (2.08%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 9 (1.87%) SCADA
14 8 (1.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 8 (1.66%) IoT
14 8 (1.66%) Product Ownership
14 8 (1.66%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 91 (18.92%) Windows
2 47 (9.77%) Linux
3 31 (6.44%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.91%) Mac OS X
4 14 (2.91%) Unix
5 6 (1.25%) Android
5 6 (1.25%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.04%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.21%) CentOS
9 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (66.94%) Cybersecurity
2 195 (40.54%) SIEM
3 173 (35.97%) Incident Response
4 151 (31.39%) Information Security
5 122 (25.36%) Vulnerability Management
6 106 (22.04%) Incident Management
7 84 (17.46%) Problem-Solving
8 76 (15.80%) Mentoring
9 74 (15.38%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 74 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence
10 71 (14.76%) Risk Management
11 57 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 55 (11.43%) Agile
12 55 (11.43%) ITIL
13 54 (11.23%) Computer Science
14 53 (11.02%) Actionable Insight
15 48 (9.98%) Coaching
16 47 (9.77%) DevOps
17 43 (8.94%) Service Delivery
18 40 (8.32%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (7.07%) PowerShell
2 29 (6.03%) Python
3 15 (3.12%) Bash
4 5 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
5 3 (0.62%) SQL
6 2 (0.42%) C
7 1 (0.21%) C#
7 1 (0.21%) Go
7 1 (0.21%) Java
7 1 (0.21%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 112 (23.28%) Degree
2 104 (21.62%) Security Cleared
3 97 (20.17%) CISSP
4 51 (10.60%) SC Cleared
5 41 (8.52%) CISM
5 41 (8.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 37 (7.69%) DV Cleared
7 29 (6.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (4.78%) GIAC
9 20 (4.16%) Master's Degree
10 19 (3.95%) GCIA
11 17 (3.53%) CEH
11 17 (3.53%) GCIH
12 15 (3.12%) CompTIA CySA+
12 15 (3.12%) GREM
12 15 (3.12%) SSCP
13 14 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (2.29%) Azure Certification
15 9 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (1.87%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (21.41%) NIST
2 90 (18.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (11.23%) GDPR
4 46 (9.56%) PCI DSS
5 40 (8.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (4.99%) NIST 800
7 20 (4.16%) JSP 440
8 18 (3.74%) GRC
9 17 (3.53%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 15 (3.12%) SOC 2
11 13 (2.70%) NCSC
12 11 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (1.46%) QA
13 7 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (1.04%) COBIT
14 5 (1.04%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.83%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.62%) Accessibility
16 3 (0.62%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.83%) Docker
5 4 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.21%) Snort
6 1 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.21%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 16 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.91%) CASB
3 10 (2.08%) Fluentd
3 10 (2.08%) logstash
3 10 (2.08%) Nessus
4 7 (1.46%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 7 (1.46%) Kubernetes
5 6 (1.25%) Nmap
6 5 (1.04%) Ansible
6 5 (1.04%) Suricata
7 4 (0.83%) Terraform
8 3 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.62%) QRadar
8 3 (0.62%) SCCM
8 3 (0.62%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.42%) DatAdvantage
9 2 (0.42%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.42%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
10 1 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 136 (28.27%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.77%) Splunk
3 29 (6.03%) ServiceNow
4 19 (3.95%) Qualys
5 15 (3.12%) VMware
6 14 (2.91%) Dell
7 10 (2.08%) Cisco
8 7 (1.46%) BT
8 7 (1.46%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.25%) Juniper
9 6 (1.25%) Thycotic
10 5 (1.04%) Darktrace
10 5 (1.04%) LogRhythm
10 5 (1.04%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.83%) Symantec
11 4 (0.83%) Varonis
12 3 (0.62%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.62%) Forcepoint
13 2 (0.42%) Facebook
13 2 (0.42%) SolarWinds