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 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 344 336
Rank change year-on-year -27 -8 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 473 540 741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.88% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.92% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 340 350 386
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,463 £37,143
25th Percentile £42,500 £44,029 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +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 59,360 58,686 66,792
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.34% 95.63% 94.02%
Number of salaries quoted 41,074 30,149 41,547
10th Percentile £27,041 £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% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +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 4 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 4 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 -26 123 £52,500 -4.55% 33
South West +7 96 £61,250 +14.45% 15
North of England -2 90 £50,000 -20.00% 26
Midlands +7 65 £52,500 -4.55% 21
North West -19 51 £45,000 -30.77% 15
Scotland -53 51 £53,136 -3.39% 11
West Midlands +10 48 £42,000 -23.64% 14
East of England +38 39 £60,000 +9.09% 12
Yorkshire +74 31 £55,000 -5.98% 9
East Midlands -16 17 £57,500 +52.32% 7
North East +2 8 £45,000 -36.84% 2
Wales -12 7 £52,500 -4.55% 7
Northern Ireland +27 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 (4.23%) SAS
2 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.85%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.42%) Apache
3 2 (0.42%) IIS
3 2 (0.42%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 113 (23.89%) Azure
2 80 (16.91%) Microsoft 365
3 37 (7.82%) AWS
3 37 (7.82%) Azure Sentinel
4 31 (6.55%) SaaS
5 19 (4.02%) Entra ID
6 11 (2.33%) PaaS
7 10 (2.11%) Cloud Computing
7 10 (2.11%) IaaS
8 8 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (0.63%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.42%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 2 (0.42%) AWS CloudTrail
11 2 (0.42%) AWS Control Tower
11 2 (0.42%) GCP
11 2 (0.42%) SonarCloud
11 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
12 1 (0.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 1 (0.21%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 106 (22.41%) Firewall
2 67 (14.16%) Network Security
3 38 (8.03%) Intrusion Detection
4 24 (5.07%) Internet
5 23 (4.86%) TCP/IP
5 23 (4.86%) VPN
6 14 (2.96%) LAN
6 14 (2.96%) WAN
7 10 (2.11%) DNS
8 9 (1.90%) Wireshark
9 7 (1.48%) DHCP
10 5 (1.06%) HTTP
10 5 (1.06%) SMTP
11 3 (0.63%) FTP
11 3 (0.63%) Sourcefire
11 3 (0.63%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.42%) DMZ
12 2 (0.42%) SAN
12 2 (0.42%) SNMP
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 1 (0.21%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.21%) GitLab
1 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
General
1 149 (31.50%) Social Skills
2 75 (15.86%) Analytical Skills
3 59 (12.47%) Finance
4 33 (6.98%) Military
5 31 (6.55%) Retail
6 17 (3.59%) Legal
7 16 (3.38%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (2.11%) Games
9 10 (2.11%) Law
10 9 (1.90%) Public Sector
11 8 (1.69%) Banking
11 8 (1.69%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.48%) Marketing
13 6 (1.27%) Police
14 4 (0.85%) Aviation
14 4 (0.85%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.63%) Turkish Language
16 2 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (31.50%) Analyst
2 69 (14.59%) Security Analyst
3 60 (12.68%) Security Engineer
4 55 (11.63%) SOC Analyst
5 53 (11.21%) Consultant
6 51 (10.78%) Security Consultant
7 49 (10.36%) Lead
8 40 (8.46%) Senior
9 38 (8.03%) Security Manager
10 36 (7.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 33 (6.98%) Senior Analyst
12 23 (4.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 23 (4.86%) Developer
12 23 (4.86%) ServiceNow Developer
13 20 (4.23%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 20 (4.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (3.81%) Operations Engineer
14 18 (3.81%) Senior Security Analyst
15 16 (3.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
15 16 (3.38%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (5.07%) Web Services
2 20 (4.23%) AngularJS
2 20 (4.23%) CSS
2 20 (4.23%) HTML
2 20 (4.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 10 (2.11%) Fluent Bit
4 4 (0.85%) EDI
5 3 (0.63%) ADO
5 3 (0.63%) LDAP
6 2 (0.42%) Middleware
6 2 (0.42%) OAuth
6 2 (0.42%) OpenID
6 2 (0.42%) SAML
7 1 (0.21%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 177 (37.42%) Security Operations Centre
2 88 (18.60%) Management Information System
3 68 (14.38%) Cyber Threat
4 32 (6.77%) Security Posture
5 26 (5.50%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (4.86%) CMDB
7 22 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (4.44%) Cyberattack
8 21 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.96%) Client/Server
10 13 (2.75%) Data Centre
10 13 (2.75%) Operational Technology
11 11 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
12 9 (1.90%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 9 (1.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 9 (1.90%) SCADA
13 8 (1.69%) IoT
13 8 (1.69%) Onboarding
14 7 (1.48%) Data Structures
14 7 (1.48%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 93 (19.66%) Windows
2 49 (10.36%) Linux
3 31 (6.55%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.96%) Mac OS X
4 14 (2.96%) Unix
5 6 (1.27%) Android
5 6 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.85%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (67.65%) Cybersecurity
2 197 (41.65%) SIEM
3 168 (35.52%) Incident Response
4 151 (31.92%) Information Security
5 119 (25.16%) Vulnerability Management
6 105 (22.20%) Incident Management
7 84 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
8 77 (16.28%) Mentoring
9 76 (16.07%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 76 (16.07%) Threat Intelligence
10 69 (14.59%) Risk Management
11 55 (11.63%) Actionable Insight
12 53 (11.21%) Agile
13 52 (10.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 51 (10.78%) Computer Science
15 49 (10.36%) ITIL
16 47 (9.94%) Coaching
17 45 (9.51%) DevOps
18 42 (8.88%) Service Delivery
19 40 (8.46%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (6.77%) PowerShell
2 27 (5.71%) Python
3 14 (2.96%) Bash
4 5 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.42%) C
5 2 (0.42%) SQL
6 1 (0.21%) Go
6 1 (0.21%) Java
Qualifications
1 110 (23.26%) Degree
2 105 (22.20%) Security Cleared
3 94 (19.87%) CISSP
4 55 (11.63%) SC Cleared
5 41 (8.67%) CompTIA Security+
6 38 (8.03%) CISM
7 37 (7.82%) DV Cleared
8 27 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (4.44%) GIAC
10 20 (4.23%) Master's Degree
11 19 (4.02%) GCIA
12 17 (3.59%) GCIH
13 16 (3.38%) CompTIA CySA+
14 15 (3.17%) CEH
14 15 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (3.17%) GREM
15 14 (2.96%) SSCP
16 11 (2.33%) Azure Certification
17 10 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (2.11%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (22.20%) NIST
2 88 (18.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (11.42%) GDPR
4 43 (9.09%) PCI DSS
5 42 (8.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (5.07%) NIST 800
7 20 (4.23%) JSP 440
8 17 (3.59%) GRC
9 16 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 16 (3.38%) SOC 2
10 13 (2.75%) NCSC
11 11 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (1.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (1.06%) COBIT
13 5 (1.06%) ISO 9001
13 5 (1.06%) QA
14 3 (0.63%) Accessibility
14 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.63%) SLA
15 2 (0.42%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 40 (8.46%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.85%) Docker
5 4 (0.85%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.85%) 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 (3.38%) CASB
1 16 (3.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.11%) Fluentd
2 10 (2.11%) logstash
2 10 (2.11%) Nessus
3 7 (1.48%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 6 (1.27%) Kubernetes
4 6 (1.27%) Nmap
5 4 (0.85%) Ansible
5 4 (0.85%) Suricata
6 3 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.63%) CSIRT
6 3 (0.63%) FortiGate
6 3 (0.63%) QRadar
6 3 (0.63%) SCCM
6 3 (0.63%) Terraform
6 3 (0.63%) vCenter Server
7 2 (0.42%) Host Intrusion Detection System
7 2 (0.42%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.42%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 138 (29.18%) Microsoft
2 47 (9.94%) Splunk
3 28 (5.92%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.02%) Qualys
5 15 (3.17%) VMware
6 14 (2.96%) Dell
7 11 (2.33%) Cisco
8 7 (1.48%) Juniper
8 7 (1.48%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.27%) Thycotic
10 5 (1.06%) BT
10 5 (1.06%) Darktrace
10 5 (1.06%) LogRhythm
11 4 (0.85%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.85%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.85%) Symantec
11 4 (0.85%) Varonis
12 3 (0.63%) CyberArk
12 3 (0.63%) TippingPoint
12 3 (0.63%) Trend Micro