Security Operations Jobs

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 334 328
Rank change year-on-year -84 -6 +30
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 336 851 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.56% 0.82% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 1.00% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 244 592 625
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,416 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £58,193
% change year-on-year +1.85% -7.21% -6.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 53,852 85,336 81,411
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 89.84% 82.54% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28,327 58,293 52,296
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,925 £33,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,249
Median % change year-on-year - -8.71% +0.42%
75th Percentile £74,258 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the UK

Security Operations
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the UK

Security Operations
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the UK

Security Operations
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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
England -92 318 £62,500 +4.17% 311
UK excluding London -73 197 £55,000 +1.85% 213
Work from Home -68 122 £60,000 - 226
London -27 115 £71,000 -5.33% 129
Midlands +62 51 £55,000 +4.76% 19
West Midlands +49 47 £55,000 +18.95% 13
South East -25 45 £65,000 +18.18% 75
North of England -46 39 £60,000 +20.00% 50
East of England +28 30 £62,000 +7.52% 30
South West +16 23 £51,058 -18.31% 21
North West -37 21 £55,000 - 29
Yorkshire +17 14 £62,500 +25.00% 15
Scotland +52 7 £57,500 +5.50% 15
North East +32 4 £57,500 +27.78% 6
East Midlands +28 4 £61,125 +16.43% 6
Wales +25 3 £55,000 +10.00% 3

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 13 (3.87%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.30%) C-CURE
Cloud Services
1 104 (30.95%) Azure
2 50 (14.88%) AWS
3 49 (14.58%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (9.82%) Azure Sentinel
5 26 (7.74%) Entra ID
6 12 (3.57%) Microsoft Purview
7 11 (3.27%) SaaS
8 9 (2.68%) GCP
8 9 (2.68%) PaaS
9 8 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
11 6 (1.79%) IaaS
11 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Copilot
11 6 (1.79%) Power Platform
12 4 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (1.19%) Route 53
13 3 (0.89%) Copilot Studio
13 3 (0.89%) Google App Engine
13 3 (0.89%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 99 (29.46%) Firewall
2 44 (13.10%) Network Security
3 33 (9.82%) Intrusion Detection
3 33 (9.82%) TCP/IP
4 32 (9.52%) VPN
5 23 (6.85%) DNS
6 21 (6.25%) HTTP
6 21 (6.25%) SMTP
7 17 (5.06%) WAN
8 13 (3.87%) LAN
9 12 (3.57%) FTP
10 11 (3.27%) Internet
11 9 (2.68%) DHCP
12 5 (1.49%) NGFW
13 4 (1.19%) HTTPS
13 4 (1.19%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.19%) VLAN
14 2 (0.60%) DKIM
14 2 (0.60%) DMARC
15 1 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.38%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.49%) Power BI
3 2 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.60%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.30%) DTS
4 1 (0.30%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (0.30%) GitLab
1 1 (0.30%) Jaeger
1 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 112 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 70 (20.83%) Analytical Skills
3 51 (15.18%) Finance
4 34 (10.12%) Law
5 25 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (4.46%) Retail
6 15 (4.46%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.87%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.87%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.98%) Pharmaceutical
9 8 (2.38%) Banking
10 7 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (1.79%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.79%) Police
12 5 (1.49%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.89%) Advertising
13 3 (0.89%) Legal
13 3 (0.89%) Local Government
13 3 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 116 (34.52%) Analyst
2 73 (21.73%) Security Analyst
3 45 (13.39%) Security Engineer
4 43 (12.80%) Lead
5 38 (11.31%) Senior
6 34 (10.12%) SOC Analyst
7 30 (8.93%) Security Manager
8 26 (7.74%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 23 (6.85%) Operations Manager
10 20 (5.95%) Operational Security Manager
10 20 (5.95%) Security Operations Manager
11 19 (5.65%) IT Analyst
12 16 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
13 14 (4.17%) IT Security Analyst
13 14 (4.17%) Operations Analyst
13 14 (4.17%) Security Operations Analyst
13 14 (4.17%) SOC Manager
14 13 (3.87%) Consultant
15 11 (3.27%) Head of Security
15 11 (3.27%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.27%) LDAP
2 6 (1.79%) .NET
3 4 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (0.89%) HTML
4 3 (0.89%) React
4 3 (0.89%) Software Packaging
5 2 (0.60%) ADO.NET
5 2 (0.60%) EDI
6 1 (0.30%) 802.1X
6 1 (0.30%) AWS CDK
6 1 (0.30%) CSS
6 1 (0.30%) Leaflet
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.30%) Middleware
6 1 (0.30%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.30%) REST
6 1 (0.30%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.30%) Spring
6 1 (0.30%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 109 (32.44%) Security Operations Centre
2 69 (20.54%) Cyber Threat
3 54 (16.07%) Security Posture
4 39 (11.61%) Management Information System
5 26 (7.74%) Cyber Defence
6 12 (3.57%) Client/Server
7 11 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (2.98%) Cloud Security Posture
9 9 (2.68%) Cyberattack
9 9 (2.68%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (2.38%) Private Cloud
11 7 (2.08%) Hedge funds
12 6 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
12 6 (1.79%) Data Centre
13 5 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (1.49%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.49%) PKI
14 4 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
14 4 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
15 3 (0.89%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 52 (15.48%) Windows
2 18 (5.36%) Linux
3 8 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.30%) Unix
5 1 (0.30%) VMS
5 1 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 150 (44.64%) Incident Response
3 135 (40.18%) SIEM
4 122 (36.31%) Information Security
5 78 (23.21%) Vulnerability Management
6 76 (22.62%) Problem-Solving
7 64 (19.05%) Threat Intelligence
8 60 (17.86%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 59 (17.56%) Cloud Security
10 58 (17.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 50 (14.88%) Risk Management
12 44 (13.10%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 44 (13.10%) Threat Detection
13 43 (12.80%) Vulnerability Assessment
14 40 (11.90%) Incident Management
15 32 (9.52%) ITIL
16 31 (9.23%) Security Monitoring
17 29 (8.63%) Data Protection
18 28 (8.33%) Agile
18 28 (8.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 49 (14.58%) Python
2 46 (13.69%) PowerShell
3 24 (7.14%) Bash
4 12 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
5 11 (3.27%) C#
6 8 (2.38%) Perl
7 6 (1.79%) C++
8 4 (1.19%) Java
8 4 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.19%) SQL
9 2 (0.60%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 73 (21.73%) Degree
2 69 (20.54%) CISSP
3 59 (17.56%) Security Cleared
4 51 (15.18%) CISM
5 39 (11.61%) CompTIA Security+
5 39 (11.61%) SC Cleared
6 24 (7.14%) CEH
6 24 (7.14%) DV Cleared
7 22 (6.55%) GCIH
8 20 (5.95%) GIAC
9 15 (4.46%) SANS
10 14 (4.17%) GCIA
11 13 (3.87%) AWS Certification
11 13 (3.87%) CRISC
12 12 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 11 (3.27%) CISA
13 11 (3.27%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (2.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 9 (2.68%) Azure Certification
15 9 (2.68%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (19.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (16.96%) NIST
3 30 (8.93%) GDPR
4 27 (8.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 20 (5.95%) COBIT
6 18 (5.36%) GRC
7 13 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 10 (2.98%) PCI DSS
9 9 (2.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.89%) SLA
10 3 (0.89%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.60%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.30%) NCSC
12 1 (0.30%) QA
12 1 (0.30%) SOC 1
System Software
1 32 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.08%) Docker
3 5 (1.49%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.60%) Firmware
6 1 (0.30%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.30%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (4.76%) Kubernetes
2 16 (4.76%) QRadar
3 4 (1.19%) Nessus
4 3 (0.89%) CSIRT
4 3 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.89%) Terraform
5 2 (0.60%) Host Intrusion Detection System
5 2 (0.60%) Kibana
5 2 (0.60%) SCCM
6 1 (0.30%) CASB
6 1 (0.30%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.30%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.30%) Demisto
6 1 (0.30%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.30%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.30%) Puppet
6 1 (0.30%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.30%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 139 (41.37%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.50%) Splunk
3 15 (4.46%) ServiceNow
3 15 (4.46%) Tenable
4 13 (3.87%) Google
5 12 (3.57%) VMware
6 11 (3.27%) CrowdStrike
7 6 (1.79%) Cisco
7 6 (1.79%) Rapid7
8 4 (1.19%) LogRhythm
8 4 (1.19%) Proofpoint
8 4 (1.19%) Qualys
9 3 (0.89%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.89%) Zscaler
10 2 (0.60%) AlienVault
10 2 (0.60%) Darktrace
10 2 (0.60%) IBM
10 2 (0.60%) McAfee
10 2 (0.60%) TippingPoint
10 2 (0.60%) Trend Micro