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 27 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 107 150
Rank change year-on-year -45 +43 +67
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 10 66 40
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 0.29% 1.54% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 1.92% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 37 25
10th Percentile £36,250 - £52,500
25th Percentile £37,188 £42,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -16.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £91,375 £66,600 £66,984
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 2,969 3,429 3,260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 87.27% 80.21% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,442 1,464 2,419
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,075 £29,250
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £38,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,938 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 27 October 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 27 October 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 -22 9 £55,000 -7.37% 17
East Yorkshire -15 1 £65,000 +44.44%
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 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Information Security Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Information Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Security Operations Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SIEM Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) .NET
1 1 (10.00%) ADO.NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Information Security
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (50.00%) SIEM
3 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 4 (40.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (30.00%) Incident Management
6 2 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 2 (20.00%) Data Protection
6 2 (20.00%) Risk Register
6 2 (20.00%) Security Auditing
6 2 (20.00%) Security Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy
7 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
7 1 (10.00%) Customer Service
7 1 (10.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 1 (10.00%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CEH
2 1 (10.00%) CISMP
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) GCFA
2 1 (10.00%) GCFE
2 1 (10.00%) GCIA
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) CrowdStrike
2 3 (30.00%) Qualys
2 3 (30.00%) Rapid7