Security Operations Jobs in Yorkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 189 257
Rank change year-on-year +58 +68 -32
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 19 31 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.68% 0.53% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.64% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 19 25 33
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £38,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year - -4.86% -1.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,250 £69,956 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £61,439 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.80% -5.48% -3.70%

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 2,625 4,840 7,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 94.09% 83.32% 98.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,365 3,719 3,475
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,000 £80,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Security Operations in Yorkshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 12 May 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 12 May 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
East Yorkshire +11 9 £50,000 +11.11% 2
West Yorkshire +34 7 £60,000 +9.09% 15
North Yorkshire +4 1 £65,000 +4.00% 5
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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (42.11%) AWS
2 6 (31.58%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) Azure
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 1 (5.26%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) Firewall
2 1 (5.26%) Network Security
General
1 13 (68.42%) Law
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Marketing
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Security Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) AWS Engineer
2 7 (36.84%) Consultant
3 6 (31.58%) Cloud Engineer
3 6 (31.58%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 5 (26.32%) Information Security Consultant
4 5 (26.32%) Security Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Analyst
5 2 (10.53%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 2 (10.53%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Operations Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Security Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Security Operations Manager
5 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow Consultant
5 2 (10.53%) Solutions Consultant
6 1 (5.26%) Cyber Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Information Security Manager
6 1 (5.26%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (57.89%) Security Posture
2 8 (42.11%) Cloud Security Posture
3 7 (36.84%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (26.32%) Cyberattack
4 5 (26.32%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
6 1 (5.26%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (5.26%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) Vulnerability Management
2 9 (47.37%) Cloud Security
2 9 (47.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (47.37%) Security Monitoring
3 8 (42.11%) Data Engineering
3 8 (42.11%) Incident Response
3 8 (42.11%) Roadmaps
3 8 (42.11%) Technology Roadmap
3 8 (42.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 7 (36.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 7 (36.84%) DevOps
4 7 (36.84%) Incident Management
4 7 (36.84%) Threat Intelligence
5 6 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (31.58%) Information Security
6 5 (26.32%) Business Continuity
6 5 (26.32%) Data Protection
6 5 (26.32%) Security Auditing
6 5 (26.32%) Security Testing
6 5 (26.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) AWS Certification
1 8 (42.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (10.53%) CEH
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.26%) CISM
3 1 (5.26%) CISMP
3 1 (5.26%) CISSP
3 1 (5.26%) Degree
3 1 (5.26%) GCIA
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (31.58%) Cyber Essentials
1 6 (31.58%) GDPR
1 6 (31.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (26.32%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.26%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.26%) Palo Alto