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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 342 352
Rank change year-on-year -67 +10 -31
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 173 536 516
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.72% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.88% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 135 352 340
10th Percentile £41,350 £32,625 £35,225
25th Percentile £47,115 £42,500 £43,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -6.09% -4.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,813 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £89,875 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -7.41%

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 36,163 61,036 55,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.74% 82.48% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,188 42,006 28,807
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,336 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +18 40 £55,000 +4.76% 27
South East +5 40 £62,500 +19.05% 108
West Midlands +37 38 £55,000 +20.95% 18
North of England -44 32 £60,000 +20.00% 62
South West +47 23 £51,729 -17.23% 29
East of England +29 23 £54,750 -5.05% 41
North West -40 17 £60,000 +20.00% 32
Scotland +76 14 £60,000 +14.29% 23
Yorkshire +28 13 £60,000 +14.29% 25
Wales +42 2 £52,697 +2.82% 3
North East +33 2 £70,000 +55.56% 5
East Midlands +12 2 £57,000 -0.87% 7
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 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 50 (28.90%) Azure
2 28 (16.18%) AWS
3 25 (14.45%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (10.40%) Azure Sentinel
5 17 (9.83%) Entra ID
6 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Purview
7 7 (4.05%) SaaS
8 5 (2.89%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (2.31%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (2.31%) IaaS
9 4 (2.31%) PaaS
9 4 (2.31%) Route 53
10 2 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.58%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.58%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.58%) GCP
11 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.58%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 64 (36.99%) Firewall
2 29 (16.76%) VPN
3 28 (16.18%) Network Security
4 25 (14.45%) TCP/IP
5 19 (10.98%) Intrusion Detection
6 16 (9.25%) WAN
7 15 (8.67%) HTTP
7 15 (8.67%) SMTP
8 14 (8.09%) Internet
9 12 (6.94%) FTP
9 12 (6.94%) LAN
10 10 (5.78%) DNS
11 7 (4.05%) DHCP
12 5 (2.89%) NGFW
13 4 (2.31%) HTTPS
13 4 (2.31%) SD-WAN
13 4 (2.31%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.62%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.58%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) GitLab
General
1 44 (25.43%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (13.87%) Finance
4 17 (9.83%) Law
5 15 (8.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (8.67%) Retail
6 8 (4.62%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.47%) Aerospace
8 5 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.89%) Police
8 5 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Military
10 2 (1.16%) Banking
10 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.16%) Marketing
10 2 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Automotive
11 1 (0.58%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 58 (33.53%) Analyst
2 30 (17.34%) Security Analyst
3 27 (15.61%) Lead
4 25 (14.45%) SOC Analyst
5 22 (12.72%) Security Engineer
6 13 (7.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 13 (7.51%) Senior
7 12 (6.94%) Security Manager
8 11 (6.36%) Consultant
9 9 (5.20%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (5.20%) SOC Manager
10 7 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.05%) IT Analyst
10 7 (4.05%) Operations Manager
10 7 (4.05%) Senior Security Analyst
11 6 (3.47%) Head of Operations
11 6 (3.47%) Information Security Consultant
11 6 (3.47%) Operations Analyst
11 6 (3.47%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (3.47%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (6.36%) LDAP
2 2 (1.16%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.58%) .NET
3 1 (0.58%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.58%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (40.46%) Security Operations Centre
2 43 (24.86%) Cyber Threat
3 34 (19.65%) Security Posture
4 27 (15.61%) Management Information System
5 14 (8.09%) Cyber Defence
6 13 (7.51%) Client/Server
7 10 (5.78%) Private Cloud
8 9 (5.20%) Cyberattack
9 8 (4.62%) Data Protection Act
10 7 (4.05%) Operational Technology
11 6 (3.47%) PKI
11 6 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (2.31%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
12 4 (2.31%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (1.73%) Cyber Security Posture
13 3 (1.73%) MISP
13 3 (1.73%) SCADA
14 2 (1.16%) PMI
14 2 (1.16%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 34 (19.65%) Windows
2 9 (5.20%) Linux
3 6 (3.47%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.16%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.58%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (56.65%) Cybersecurity
2 82 (47.40%) SIEM
3 79 (45.66%) Incident Response
4 60 (34.68%) Information Security
5 43 (24.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 39 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 37 (21.39%) Threat Intelligence
8 35 (20.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 35 (20.23%) Risk Management
9 32 (18.50%) Incident Management
9 32 (18.50%) Problem-Solving
10 28 (16.18%) Cloud Security
10 28 (16.18%) Threat Detection
11 26 (15.03%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 23 (13.29%) Security Monitoring
13 21 (12.14%) Malware Analysis
14 19 (10.98%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 17 (9.83%) Kalman Filter
16 16 (9.25%) Coaching
16 16 (9.25%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.76%) PowerShell
2 25 (14.45%) Python
3 21 (12.14%) Bash
4 10 (5.78%) C#
4 10 (5.78%) Kusto Query Language
5 8 (4.62%) Perl
6 6 (3.47%) C++
7 2 (1.16%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (1.16%) SQL
8 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 41 (23.70%) Security Cleared
2 34 (19.65%) Degree
3 28 (16.18%) CISSP
4 26 (15.03%) SC Cleared
5 25 (14.45%) CISM
6 20 (11.56%) DV Cleared
7 17 (9.83%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (8.09%) GCIH
8 14 (8.09%) GIAC
9 12 (6.94%) CEH
10 11 (6.36%) CRISC
10 11 (6.36%) SANS
11 10 (5.78%) AWS Certification
12 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (3.47%) Azure Certification
14 5 (2.89%) GCIA
15 4 (2.31%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 4 (2.31%) CISA
15 4 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (2.31%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (21.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (19.08%) NIST
3 20 (11.56%) COBIT
4 13 (7.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (6.94%) GDPR
6 8 (4.62%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 6 (3.47%) GRC
8 2 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.16%) NCSC
8 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.16%) SLA
8 2 (1.16%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (12.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.89%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.73%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) Firmware
4 1 (0.58%) Snort
4 1 (0.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.58%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (9.83%) QRadar
2 8 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.47%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.73%) Nessus
5 2 (1.16%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (1.16%) Terraform
6 1 (0.58%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.58%) Graylog
6 1 (0.58%) Kibana
6 1 (0.58%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 91 (52.60%) Microsoft
2 31 (17.92%) Splunk
3 9 (5.20%) Google
4 4 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.73%) LogRhythm
5 3 (1.73%) Tenable
6 2 (1.16%) AlienVault
6 2 (1.16%) Cisco
6 2 (1.16%) IBM
7 1 (0.58%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.58%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.58%) McAfee
7 1 (0.58%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.58%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.58%) VMware