Security Operations Jobs in Bristol

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 143 169
Rank change year-on-year +37 +26 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 62 17 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.86% 0.68% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.18% 0.71% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 33 16 21
10th Percentile £50,250 £33,772 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £39,294 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £55,250 £62,708
Median % change year-on-year +90.05% -11.89% +86.91%
75th Percentile £107,500 £76,500 £73,750
90th Percentile - £79,250 £90,000
South West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,842 2,388 3,344
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 85.27% 95.60% 97.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,118 1,417 2,151
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,723 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £43,251 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,191 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.62% +15.79%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,647 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,419 £85,000
South West median annual salary £51,000 £54,222 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.94% +8.44% +8.70%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (3.23%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 5 (8.06%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.45%) AWS
4 3 (4.84%) SaaS
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.61%) IaaS
5 1 (1.61%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (32.26%) Network Security
2 10 (16.13%) Firewall
3 6 (9.68%) Internet
4 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 41 (66.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (37.10%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (29.03%) Military
4 7 (11.29%) Finance
5 5 (8.06%) Banking
5 5 (8.06%) Legal
6 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (62.90%) Consultant
2 38 (61.29%) Security Consultant
3 20 (32.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 12 (19.35%) Analyst
5 11 (17.74%) Senior
5 11 (17.74%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (8.06%) Governance Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (4.84%) Lead
7 3 (4.84%) Security Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Developer
8 2 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Incident Response Lead
8 2 (3.23%) Operations Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Security Engineer
8 2 (3.23%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) Senior Security Analyst
8 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.23%) CSS
1 2 (3.23%) HTML
1 2 (3.23%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (3.23%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (33.87%) Security Operations Centre
2 18 (29.03%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (8.06%) Cyberattack
3 5 (8.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.23%) CMDB
4 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.23%) PKI
5 1 (1.61%) CESG
5 1 (1.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.68%) Windows
1 6 (9.68%) Windows Server
2 4 (6.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (87.10%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (61.29%) Mentoring
3 30 (48.39%) Incident Response
4 25 (40.32%) Agile
4 25 (40.32%) Information Security
5 23 (37.10%) Coaching
6 22 (35.48%) Incident Management
6 22 (35.48%) SIEM
7 20 (32.26%) Business Development
7 20 (32.26%) Protective Monitoring
7 20 (32.26%) Risk Management
8 18 (29.03%) Programme Management
8 18 (29.03%) Resource Management
8 18 (29.03%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 18 (29.03%) Security Architecture
9 10 (16.13%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (11.29%) Identity Access Management
11 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
12 5 (8.06%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 5 (8.06%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 5 (8.06%) PowerShell
1 5 (8.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (33.87%) Security Cleared
2 18 (29.03%) DV Cleared
3 6 (9.68%) GIAC
4 3 (4.84%) CEH
4 3 (4.84%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (4.84%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.23%) CISSP
5 2 (3.23%) Degree
6 1 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.61%) CCNA
6 1 (1.61%) CCSP
6 1 (1.61%) CISA
6 1 (1.61%) CISM
6 1 (1.61%) CISMP
6 1 (1.61%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.61%) ISACA
6 1 (1.61%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (32.26%) JSP 440
1 20 (32.26%) NIST
2 18 (29.03%) NIST 800
3 2 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.23%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.61%) GDPR
4 1 (1.61%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (14.52%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.06%) RACF
3 2 (3.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.23%) Ansible
1 2 (3.23%) CASB
1 2 (3.23%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.06%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.61%) Cisco
4 1 (1.61%) Splunk