Security Operations Job Trends in West London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West London requiring Security Operations skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 85 44
Rank change year-on-year +43 -41 +90
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 2 2 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 0.65% 0.24% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.25% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 19
10th Percentile £41,125 - £32,300
25th Percentile £43,188 £125,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £130,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -62.50% +246.67% -31.82%
75th Percentile £54,688 £135,000 £38,750
90th Percentile £56,975 - £62,500
London median annual salary £76,250 £77,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -1.61% +14.81% -10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West 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 West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 286 806 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 92.86% 96.64% 93.14%
Number of salaries quoted 175 220 415
10th Percentile £30,625 £37,425 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £50,385
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -0.76% -16.03%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £83,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in West London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in West London over the 6 months to 8 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in West London

Security Operations
Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Hillingdon - 2 £48,750 - 3
Security Operations
London

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Network Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001