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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 147 119
Rank change year-on-year -10 -28 +54
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 37 14 60
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.49% 0.42% 1.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.49% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 31 14 32
10th Percentile - £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £43,125 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £59,375
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +9.47% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £90,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £91,250 £67,350
England median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% +1.56% +2.40%

All Process & 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 5,108 2,869 3,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.98% 86.76% 79.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,754 1,419 1,968
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,010 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.94% -3.81%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,367 £65,603
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £79,475
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Security Operations job vacancy trend 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 16 September 2026.

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 16 September 2026. 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 -36 15 £62,500 -10.71% 34
South Yorkshire - 15 £70,000 - 9
East Yorkshire -14 5 £150,000 +130.77% 3
North Yorkshire +5 2 £50,000 -23.08% 1
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 11 (29.73%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) GCP
4 1 (2.70%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.70%) Copilot Studio
4 1 (2.70%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (2.70%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.70%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Yeoman
General
1 6 (16.22%) Public Sector
1 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.11%) Aviation
3 1 (2.70%) Aeronautics
3 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.70%) Finance
3 1 (2.70%) Law
3 1 (2.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) SOC Engineer
2 11 (29.73%) Senior
3 7 (18.92%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 7 (18.92%) Security Engineer
4 6 (16.22%) Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Security Manager
6 3 (8.11%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Security Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Operations Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) Senior Security Analyst
6 3 (8.11%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Information Manager
7 2 (5.41%) Information Security Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Head of Infrastructure
8 1 (2.70%) Head of Security
8 1 (2.70%) IT Director
8 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Specialist
8 1 (2.70%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Security Posture
2 5 (13.51%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (8.11%) Cloud Native
3 3 (8.11%) Cloud Security Posture
3 3 (8.11%) Management Information System
3 3 (8.11%) Robotics
3 3 (8.11%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.70%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Incident Response
2 17 (45.95%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (29.73%) AI
3 11 (29.73%) SIEM
4 10 (27.03%) Cloud Security
5 9 (24.32%) Threat Detection
6 7 (18.92%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (18.92%) Information Security
6 7 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (16.22%) Risk Management
7 6 (16.22%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (13.51%) Security Monitoring
9 4 (10.81%) Incident Management
9 4 (10.81%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (8.11%) Business Continuity
10 3 (8.11%) ISMS
10 3 (8.11%) Security Testing
10 3 (8.11%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (16.22%) CompTIA CySA+
1 6 (16.22%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (5.41%) CISM
2 2 (5.41%) CISSP
3 1 (2.70%) GCIA
3 1 (2.70%) GCIH
3 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) GDPR
1 4 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (8.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (8.11%) NCSC
3 2 (5.41%) GRC
4 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 42001
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.70%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (2.70%) Foundry
2 1 (2.70%) OpenAI
2 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow