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

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 342 348
Rank change year-on-year -63 +6 -22
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 165 526 512
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.72% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.87% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 129 344 337
10th Percentile £42,300 £32,500 £35,150
25th Percentile £48,165 £42,500 £43,250
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 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -9.09%

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 35,974 60,639 55,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.75% 82.65% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17,037 41,817 28,998
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,300 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -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 27 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 27 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 +25 38 £55,000 +4.76% 291
West Midlands +50 37 £55,000 +20.95% 159
South East -11 36 £65,000 +23.81% 470
North of England -38 33 £60,000 +20.00% 342
South West +37 21 £51,729 -17.23% 182
East of England +23 21 £62,000 +7.52% 254
North West -48 18 £60,000 +20.00% 153
Scotland +67 14 £60,000 +12.92% 94
Yorkshire +36 13 £60,000 +11.63% 146
Wales +43 3 £55,000 +4.76% 40
North East +36 2 £70,000 +55.56% 43
East Midlands +17 1 £72,500 +26.09% 114
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 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.61%) Confluence
2 1 (0.61%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (29.09%) Azure
2 29 (17.58%) AWS
3 24 (14.55%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (10.30%) Azure Sentinel
4 17 (10.30%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (4.24%) SaaS
7 4 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
7 4 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.42%) IaaS
7 4 (2.42%) PaaS
7 4 (2.42%) Route 53
8 2 (1.21%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.61%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.61%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.61%) GCP
9 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 59 (35.76%) Firewall
2 26 (15.76%) Network Security
2 26 (15.76%) VPN
3 22 (13.33%) TCP/IP
4 17 (10.30%) Intrusion Detection
5 15 (9.09%) WAN
6 14 (8.48%) HTTP
6 14 (8.48%) SMTP
7 13 (7.88%) Internet
8 11 (6.67%) FTP
8 11 (6.67%) LAN
9 9 (5.45%) DNS
10 6 (3.64%) DHCP
11 4 (2.42%) HTTPS
11 4 (2.42%) NGFW
11 4 (2.42%) SD-WAN
11 4 (2.42%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) GitLab
1 1 (0.61%) JIRA
General
1 43 (26.06%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (14.55%) Finance
4 16 (9.70%) Law
5 15 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (9.09%) Retail
6 8 (4.85%) Telecoms
7 5 (3.03%) Aerospace
7 5 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.03%) Police
7 5 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.82%) Military
9 2 (1.21%) Banking
9 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.21%) Marketing
9 2 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.61%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 48 (29.09%) Analyst
2 27 (16.36%) Lead
3 25 (15.15%) Security Analyst
4 22 (13.33%) Security Engineer
4 22 (13.33%) SOC Analyst
5 13 (7.88%) Security Manager
6 11 (6.67%) Consultant
6 11 (6.67%) Senior
7 10 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 9 (5.45%) SOC Manager
9 7 (4.24%) Cloud Engineer
9 7 (4.24%) IT Analyst
9 7 (4.24%) Operations Manager
9 7 (4.24%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (3.64%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 6 (3.64%) Head of Operations
10 6 (3.64%) Head of Security
10 6 (3.64%) Information Security Consultant
10 6 (3.64%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (3.64%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.06%) LDAP
2 2 (1.21%) Leaflet
3 1 (0.61%) .NET
3 1 (0.61%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.61%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.61%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (38.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 42 (25.45%) Cyber Threat
3 34 (20.61%) Security Posture
4 26 (15.76%) Management Information System
5 14 (8.48%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (7.27%) Client/Server
7 10 (6.06%) Private Cloud
8 8 (4.85%) Cyberattack
8 8 (4.85%) Data Protection Act
9 7 (4.24%) Operational Technology
10 6 (3.64%) PKI
11 4 (2.42%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (2.42%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (2.42%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (1.82%) Cyber Security Posture
12 3 (1.82%) SCADA
13 2 (1.21%) CSOC
13 2 (1.21%) MISP
13 2 (1.21%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 33 (20.00%) Windows
2 9 (5.45%) Linux
3 6 (3.64%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.21%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (55.76%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (46.06%) SIEM
3 75 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 59 (35.76%) Information Security
5 41 (24.85%) Vulnerability Management
6 37 (22.42%) Continuous Improvement
7 34 (20.61%) Risk Management
8 33 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 32 (19.39%) Incident Management
10 31 (18.79%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 30 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (15.76%) Cloud Security
13 25 (15.15%) Threat Detection
14 24 (14.55%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 23 (13.94%) Security Monitoring
16 19 (11.52%) Malware Analysis
16 19 (11.52%) Vulnerability Assessment
17 17 (10.30%) Kalman Filter
18 16 (9.70%) Decision-Making
18 16 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 30 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 26 (15.76%) Python
3 21 (12.73%) Bash
4 10 (6.06%) C#
5 9 (5.45%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (4.85%) Perl
7 6 (3.64%) C++
8 2 (1.21%) Search Processing Language
8 2 (1.21%) SQL
9 1 (0.61%) Go
9 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.61%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.61%) VBA
Qualifications
1 39 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 31 (18.79%) Degree
3 27 (16.36%) CISSP
4 26 (15.76%) SC Cleared
5 23 (13.94%) CISM
6 17 (10.30%) DV Cleared
7 16 (9.70%) CompTIA Security+
8 14 (8.48%) GCIH
8 14 (8.48%) GIAC
9 11 (6.67%) CEH
9 11 (6.67%) SANS
10 10 (6.06%) AWS Certification
10 10 (6.06%) CRISC
11 7 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (3.03%) Azure Certification
12 5 (3.03%) GCIA
13 4 (2.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 4 (2.42%) ISACA
14 3 (1.82%) A+ Certification
14 3 (1.82%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (23.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (20.00%) NIST
3 20 (12.12%) COBIT
4 14 (8.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 12 (7.27%) GDPR
6 8 (4.85%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 5 (3.03%) GRC
8 3 (1.82%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (1.21%) NCSC
9 2 (1.21%) SLA
9 2 (1.21%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 20 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.82%) Docker
4 1 (0.61%) Firmware
4 1 (0.61%) Snort
4 1 (0.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (9.70%) QRadar
2 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (3.64%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.82%) Nessus
4 3 (1.82%) Terraform
5 2 (1.21%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.61%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.61%) Graylog
6 1 (0.61%) Kibana
6 1 (0.61%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 84 (50.91%) Microsoft
2 28 (16.97%) Splunk
3 9 (5.45%) Google
4 4 (2.42%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.82%) LogRhythm
5 3 (1.82%) Tenable
6 2 (1.21%) AlienVault
6 2 (1.21%) Cisco
6 2 (1.21%) IBM
7 1 (0.61%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.61%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.61%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.61%) McAfee
7 1 (0.61%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.61%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.61%) VMware