Security Operations Job Trends in Warrington

Security Operations (SecOps)
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Warrington requiring Security Operations skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 36 24
Rank change year-on-year +7 -12 +26
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 0.77% 1.59% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.92% 1.69% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - £62,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.88%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £63,000
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £42,500 - £67,500
% change year-on-year - - -10.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 218 177 116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Warrington 83.85% 93.65% 88.55%
Number of salaries quoted 91 89 93
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -9.52% +24.26%
75th Percentile £53,000 £56,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,635
Cheshire median annual salary £48,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.05% -5.00% +11.11%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Security Operations job vacancy trend in Warrington

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Information Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) Security Officer
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Hunter
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Patch Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft