Security Operations Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 201 209
Rank change year-on-year +46 +8 -15
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 38 56 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.92% 0.72% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.88% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 30 45 38
10th Percentile £43,272 £30,000 £42,050
25th Percentile £44,000 £30,150 £49,913
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,475 £56,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.95% -19.16% -18.18%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £97,500 £73,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £61,439 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.73% -1.70% -10.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,747 6,332 5,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.17% 81.48% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,523 4,654 3,182
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,605
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the West Midlands

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the West Midlands

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the West Midlands

Security Operations
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Birmingham +16 10 £46,000 +5.17% 5
Solihull - 10 £55,000 -
Warwickshire +3 6 £65,000 -27.78% 4
Staffordshire +17 4 £53,688 +43.17% 6
Worcestershire - 2 £44,810 -
Herefordshire - 1 £67,500 -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 20 (52.63%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) Azure Sentinel
3 9 (23.68%) AWS
4 6 (15.79%) Entra ID
5 4 (10.53%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Purview
5 4 (10.53%) Route 53
6 1 (2.63%) IaaS
6 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.63%) PaaS
6 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (60.53%) Firewall
2 14 (36.84%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (10.53%) HTTPS
3 4 (10.53%) Internet
3 4 (10.53%) SD-WAN
3 4 (10.53%) VLAN
3 4 (10.53%) VPN
3 4 (10.53%) WAN
4 2 (5.26%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Elasticsearch
General
1 11 (28.95%) Finance
2 7 (18.42%) Retail
3 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
4 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.16%) Police
5 4 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (7.89%) Law
7 1 (2.63%) Automotive
7 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (26.32%) Lead
2 5 (13.16%) Analyst
2 5 (13.16%) Security Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Cloud Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (10.53%) Head of Operations
3 4 (10.53%) Head of Security
3 4 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (7.89%) SOC Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Cyber Threat Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) IT Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) IT Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Security Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.95%) Management Information System
2 10 (26.32%) Private Cloud
3 7 (18.42%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (15.79%) PKI
4 6 (15.79%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (10.53%) Security Posture
6 3 (7.89%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (5.26%) Operational Technology
7 2 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (5.26%) Tandem
8 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
8 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
8 1 (2.63%) Digital Media
8 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 15 (39.47%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (52.63%) SIEM
2 16 (42.11%) Information Security
3 13 (34.21%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (31.58%) IT Governance
4 12 (31.58%) Kalman Filter
4 12 (31.58%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (31.58%) Security Monitoring
4 12 (31.58%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 11 (28.95%) ITIL
6 10 (26.32%) Change Control
6 10 (26.32%) CI/CD
6 10 (26.32%) Commercial Awareness
6 10 (26.32%) Incident Response
7 8 (21.05%) Identity Management
7 8 (21.05%) Incident Management
8 7 (18.42%) Agile
8 7 (18.42%) Risk Management
9 6 (15.79%) Threat Management
10 5 (13.16%) Privileged Identity Management
10 5 (13.16%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (36.84%) PowerShell
2 11 (28.95%) Bash
2 11 (28.95%) Python
3 10 (26.32%) C#
4 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.63%) Perl
Qualifications
1 6 (15.79%) AWS Certification
1 6 (15.79%) CISSP
1 6 (15.79%) CompTIA Security+
1 6 (15.79%) Degree
1 6 (15.79%) SANS
2 5 (13.16%) Azure Certification
2 5 (13.16%) CISM
2 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.89%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.26%) APMG
4 2 (5.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Scheme
4 2 (5.26%) GIAC
4 2 (5.26%) IISP
4 2 (5.26%) ISACA
4 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (26.32%) COBIT
3 4 (10.53%) NIST
4 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.63%) GDPR
5 1 (2.63%) GRC
5 1 (2.63%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.63%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (7.89%) QRadar
3 2 (5.26%) Nessus
4 1 (2.63%) Kibana
Vendors
1 26 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) Splunk
3 3 (7.89%) Google
4 1 (2.63%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (2.63%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.63%) ServiceNow