Hybrid/Remote Security Operations Manager Job Trends

Security Operations Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Operations Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
18 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 413 483 509
Rank change year-on-year +70 +26 +326
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 8 12 13
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.049% 0.051% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.053% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 13
10th Percentile £69,000 £42,738 £50,359
25th Percentile £69,500 £71,250 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +44.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile - £95,000 £75,000
90th Percentile - £99,000 £77,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -22.22% +26.32% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,105 22,566 23,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 96.28% 96.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,998 14,513 19,625
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,005 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Security Operations Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Security Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Operations Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Operations Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Operations Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Security Operations Manager job vacancies

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Security Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 7 (87.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (37.50%) Information Security
4 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
4 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
4 3 (37.50%) Zero Trust
4 3 (37.50%) GDPR
4 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (37.50%) NIST
4 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (25.00%) Azure
5 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 1 (12.50%) Data Security
6 1 (12.50%) SIEM
6 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
6 1 (12.50%) SOAR
6 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Security
3 3 (37.50%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (37.50%) Information Security
3 3 (37.50%) Zero Trust
4 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (12.50%) Data Security
5 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
5 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) SIEM
5 1 (12.50%) SOAR
5 1 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
5 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) NIST
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft