Security Operations Jobs in West Yorkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire 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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 130 214
Rank change year-on-year +32 +84 -39
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 7 27 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.56% 0.90% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 1.05% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 7 23 28
10th Percentile £52,300 £41,000 £47,125
25th Percentile £53,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £90,625 £58,750 £80,781
90th Percentile £91,250 £70,442 £85,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,155
% change year-on-year - -5.43% +2.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,192 2,577 5,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 94.83% 85.90% 98.07%
Number of salaries quoted 713 1,871 2,297
10th Percentile £25,350 £28,000 £33,915
25th Percentile £38,500 £39,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,625 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,964 £86,393
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +9.62%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in West Yorkshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in West Yorkshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in West Yorkshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 11 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
Leeds +44 7 £60,000 +20.00% 14
Security Operations
Yorkshire

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 5 (71.43%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Information Security Consultant
1 5 (71.43%) Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (71.43%) Cyberattack
2 5 (71.43%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
4 1 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (85.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 6 (85.71%) Incident Management
2 6 (85.71%) Threat Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) Business Continuity
3 5 (71.43%) Data Protection
3 5 (71.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (71.43%) Information Security
3 5 (71.43%) Risk Register
3 5 (71.43%) Security Auditing
3 5 (71.43%) Security Testing
3 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Management
3 5 (71.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (14.29%) Cyber Intelligence
5 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (14.29%) SIEM
5 1 (14.29%) Threat Detection
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (71.43%) GDPR
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (71.43%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
2 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto