Security Operations Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 92 98 146
Rank change year-on-year +6 +48 -59
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 33 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 1.62% 0.62% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 0.67% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 32 8 5
10th Percentile £29,000 £67,500 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £67,875 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £75,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.67% +114.29% -36.36%
75th Percentile £57,500 £82,500 £37,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £97,500 £41,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,741 1,193 1,942
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 85.64% 92.05% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 689 1,004
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,825
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £67,500 £65,719
90th Percentile £73,750 £79,600 £78,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Milton Keynes +18 21 £40,000 -42.86% 2
High Wycombe - 1 - - 1
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 15 (45.45%) Azure
2 14 (42.42%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (39.39%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.03%) Azure AKS
4 1 (3.03%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (54.55%) Firewall
2 17 (51.52%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.06%) Internet
4 1 (3.03%) SAN
General
1 20 (60.61%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Finance
3 2 (6.06%) Legal
4 1 (3.03%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Analyst
2 18 (54.55%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Lead
3 5 (15.15%) Security Engineer
3 5 (15.15%) Senior
3 5 (15.15%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Support Officer
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 1 (3.03%) IT Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) Security Analyst
5 1 (3.03%) SOC Manager
5 1 (3.03%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 23 (69.70%) Management Information System
1 23 (69.70%) Security Operations Centre
2 19 (57.58%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (39.39%) Client/Server
4 2 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 16 (48.48%) Windows
2 2 (6.06%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (69.70%) Incident Response
2 22 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (63.64%) SIEM
4 19 (57.58%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (51.52%) Computer Science
6 7 (21.21%) Incident Management
7 5 (15.15%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (15.15%) Development Roadmap
7 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
8 4 (12.12%) Client Onboarding
8 4 (12.12%) Presales
8 4 (12.12%) Vulnerability Management
9 2 (6.06%) Campaign Analysis
9 2 (6.06%) DevOps
9 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
9 2 (6.06%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (6.06%) Security Architecture
9 2 (6.06%) Threat Management
9 2 (6.06%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 21 (63.64%) Degree
2 17 (51.52%) CISSP
2 17 (51.52%) CompTIA Security+
2 17 (51.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (15.15%) SC Cleared
3 5 (15.15%) Security Cleared
4 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.06%) GCFA
5 2 (6.06%) GCFE
5 2 (6.06%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) NIST
2 2 (6.06%) GDPR
2 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.06%) PCI DSS
2 2 (6.06%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.03%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.03%) VMware