Security Operations Jobs in West Yorkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 202 171
Rank change year-on-year +73 -31 -20
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 28 41 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.93% 0.78% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 0.80% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 24 34 18
10th Percentile £41,500 £46,250 £48,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,750 £60,000 £58,785
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.07% +2.23%
75th Percentile £59,688 £84,531 £84,074
90th Percentile £72,007 £85,000 £100,375
Yorkshire median annual salary £55,750 £60,000 £56,776
% change year-on-year -7.08% +5.68% +0.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,620 5,157 4,445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.81% 97.89% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,882 2,352 3,137
10th Percentile £28,000 £33,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,890 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £69,750 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,250 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.84% +7.37%

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024. 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 +42 20 £51,250 -5.53% 5
Bradford +24 6 £56,500 -33.53%
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.14%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (60.71%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (46.43%) Azure
3 11 (39.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (21.43%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (7.14%) AWS
6 1 (3.57%) IaaS
6 1 (3.57%) PaaS
6 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (32.14%) Firewall
2 8 (28.57%) Network Security
2 8 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 8 (28.57%) Wireshark
3 6 (21.43%) LAN
3 6 (21.43%) WAN
4 2 (7.14%) DMZ
4 2 (7.14%) DNS
4 2 (7.14%) HTTP
4 2 (7.14%) Internet
4 2 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (7.14%) SMTP
4 2 (7.14%) tcpdump
4 2 (7.14%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (35.71%) Consultant
1 10 (35.71%) Information Security Consultant
1 10 (35.71%) Security Consultant
2 6 (21.43%) Analyst
2 6 (21.43%) Information Security Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Lead
2 6 (21.43%) Security Engineer
2 6 (21.43%) Team Leader
3 4 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Security Analyst
4 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (7.14%) Developer
4 2 (7.14%) Security Manager
4 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow Developer
4 2 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
5 1 (3.57%) Head of Security
5 1 (3.57%) IT Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) IT Security Consultant
5 1 (3.57%) Operations Manager
5 1 (3.57%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.14%) AngularJS
1 2 (7.14%) CSS
1 2 (7.14%) HTML
1 2 (7.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (7.14%) Web Services
2 1 (3.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (46.43%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (32.14%) Data Protection Act
2 9 (32.14%) Management Information System
3 4 (14.29%) Cyberattack
4 2 (7.14%) CMDB
4 2 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Android
1 6 (21.43%) Apple iOS
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (7.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 20 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (71.43%) Information Security
3 16 (57.14%) SIEM
4 15 (53.57%) Incident Response
5 12 (42.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 11 (39.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 11 (39.29%) Threat Intelligence
7 10 (35.71%) Security Auditing
8 9 (32.14%) Data Protection
8 9 (32.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (32.14%) Security Testing
9 8 (28.57%) Business Continuity
9 8 (28.57%) Cloud Security
9 8 (28.57%) Identity Access Management
10 7 (25.00%) Agile
10 7 (25.00%) DevOps
10 7 (25.00%) Information Security Management
10 7 (25.00%) Risk Register
10 7 (25.00%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (25.00%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) CISSP
2 6 (21.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 6 (21.43%) CCSP
2 6 (21.43%) CEH
2 6 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (21.43%) SANS
2 6 (21.43%) SSCP
3 3 (10.71%) Degree
4 2 (7.14%) AWS Certification
4 2 (7.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (7.14%) CASP
4 2 (7.14%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (7.14%) CREST Certified
4 2 (7.14%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (7.14%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.57%) CISA
5 1 (3.57%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (67.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (46.43%) NIST
3 11 (39.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 10 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 9 (32.14%) GDPR
6 7 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (21.43%) PCI DSS
8 5 (17.86%) COBIT
9 1 (3.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (3.57%) GRC
9 1 (3.57%) NCSC
9 1 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (21.43%) Nmap
2 2 (7.14%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 22 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 8 (28.57%) Splunk
3 6 (21.43%) Qualys
3 6 (21.43%) Rapid7
3 6 (21.43%) Thycotic
4 2 (7.14%) ServiceNow