Security Operations Job Trends in Yorkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Security Operations skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 144 125 174
Rank change year-on-year -19 +49 +46
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 13 60 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.39% 1.21% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 1.53% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 13 32 20
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £50,375
25th Percentile £40,000 £49,688 £55,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,375 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -5.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,250 £67,350 £65,875
England median annual salary £65,000 £64,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +1.56% +2.40% -7.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,877 3,913 3,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 86.74% 79.16% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,419 1,972 2,557
10th Percentile £26,010 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,603 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,400
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.85% +4.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Yorkshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Operations.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Security Operations

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Yorkshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 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
West Yorkshire +4 11 £80,000 +33.33% 13
East Yorkshire -6 1 £65,000 +44.44% 2
North Yorkshire -14 1 £65,000 - 3
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
General
1 5 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Law
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
2 4 (30.77%) Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Information Security Consultant
2 4 (30.77%) Security Consultant
3 2 (15.38%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Operations Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Security Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Information Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Lead
4 1 (7.69%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) ADO.NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (76.92%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (30.77%) Cyberattack
2 4 (30.77%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Cyber Security Posture
4 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Information Security
2 7 (53.85%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (53.85%) Incident Response
2 7 (53.85%) Threat Intelligence
2 7 (53.85%) Vulnerability Management
3 6 (46.15%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 6 (46.15%) Incident Management
4 5 (38.46%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (38.46%) SIEM
5 4 (30.77%) Business Continuity
5 4 (30.77%) Data Protection
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Register
5 4 (30.77%) Security Auditing
5 4 (30.77%) Security Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 2 (15.38%) ITIL
6 2 (15.38%) Security Monitoring
7 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (7.69%) Threat Detection
7 1 (7.69%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CEH
2 2 (15.38%) CISSP
2 2 (15.38%) GCIA
3 1 (7.69%) CISM
3 1 (7.69%) CISMP
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) GCFA
3 1 (7.69%) GCFE
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (38.46%) GDPR
1 5 (38.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (23.08%) Qualys
2 3 (23.08%) Rapid7