Security Operations Jobs in England

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England 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 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 327 367
Rank change year-on-year +8 +40 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 742 880 1,434
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.86% 1.00% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.05% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 546 618 818
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,439 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,438 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,290 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,610 83,895 131,636
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.96% 95.60% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 53,908 49,786 73,151
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,059 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
London +27 279 £72,500 +8.21% 63
South East -17 131 £53,750 -2.27% 28
North of England +48 116 £50,000 -16.67% 39
South West +11 93 £62,500 - 11
Midlands -5 79 £53,750 -2.27% 21
North West -15 62 £47,500 -26.92% 17
West Midlands +12 55 £45,475 -19.16% 15
Yorkshire +74 40 £53,750 -7.02% 22
East of England +25 34 £57,662 +4.84% 13
East Midlands -13 23 £57,500 +61.97% 6
North East +3 14 £45,000 -36.84%
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (1.89%) SAS
2 10 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.54%) Confluence
5 2 (0.27%) Apache
5 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.27%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.13%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 195 (26.28%) Azure
2 116 (15.63%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (8.76%) AWS
4 63 (8.49%) Entra ID
5 45 (6.06%) Azure Sentinel
6 30 (4.04%) SaaS
7 25 (3.37%) Cloud Computing
8 22 (2.96%) GCP
9 18 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.16%) PaaS
11 15 (2.02%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (1.89%) IaaS
13 11 (1.48%) Azure AKS
14 4 (0.54%) Datadog
14 4 (0.54%) GitHub
15 3 (0.40%) Mimecast
15 3 (0.40%) Power Platform
15 3 (0.40%) Stackdriver
16 2 (0.27%) AWS CloudTrail
16 2 (0.27%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 155 (20.89%) Firewall
2 115 (15.50%) Network Security
3 55 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 36 (4.85%) TCP/IP
5 26 (3.50%) VPN
6 25 (3.37%) Internet
7 23 (3.10%) Wireshark
8 22 (2.96%) WAN
9 21 (2.83%) LAN
10 17 (2.29%) DNS
11 9 (1.21%) DHCP
12 4 (0.54%) HTTP
12 4 (0.54%) SMTP
13 3 (0.40%) Broadband
13 3 (0.40%) tcpdump
13 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.27%) DMZ
14 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.27%) SNMP
14 2 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
1 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (0.67%) Hadoop
1 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
2 3 (0.40%) Big Data
3 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.27%) Power BI
4 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (0.81%) Git
2 4 (0.54%) JIRA
3 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 186 (25.07%) Finance
1 186 (25.07%) Social Skills
2 101 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
3 77 (10.38%) Legal
4 66 (8.89%) Banking
5 52 (7.01%) Law
6 39 (5.26%) Retail
7 34 (4.58%) Military
8 33 (4.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.02%) Games
10 14 (1.89%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.48%) Marketing
12 9 (1.21%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.08%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.81%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.67%) Health Technology
15 5 (0.67%) Police
16 4 (0.54%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 257 (34.64%) Analyst
2 134 (18.06%) Security Analyst
3 133 (17.92%) Senior
4 94 (12.67%) Security Engineer
5 91 (12.26%) Senior Analyst
6 78 (10.51%) Consultant
6 78 (10.51%) Lead
7 73 (9.84%) SOC Analyst
8 68 (9.16%) Security Consultant
9 66 (8.89%) Security Manager
10 62 (8.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 45 (6.06%) IT Analyst
12 44 (5.93%) IT Security Analyst
13 42 (5.66%) Governance Analyst
14 38 (5.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 29 (3.91%) Developer
15 29 (3.91%) Senior Security Engineer
16 28 (3.77%) ServiceNow Developer
17 25 (3.37%) Architect
17 25 (3.37%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.83%) Web Services
2 18 (2.43%) Elastic Stack
3 17 (2.29%) AngularJS
4 16 (2.16%) CSS
5 14 (1.89%) HTML
5 14 (1.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 9 (1.21%) Fluent Bit
7 7 (0.94%) SAML
8 6 (0.81%) OAuth
9 4 (0.54%) EDI
10 3 (0.40%) ADO
10 3 (0.40%) Kafka
10 3 (0.40%) REST
10 3 (0.40%) SOAP
11 2 (0.27%) JDBC
11 2 (0.27%) LDAP
11 2 (0.27%) Middleware
11 2 (0.27%) OpenID
12 1 (0.13%) .NET
12 1 (0.13%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 228 (30.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 152 (20.49%) Management Information System
3 96 (12.94%) Cyber Threat
4 57 (7.68%) Cyberattack
5 56 (7.55%) Security Posture
6 55 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
7 38 (5.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 20 (2.70%) CMDB
8 20 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.56%) Client/Server
10 18 (2.43%) Product Ownership
11 17 (2.29%) Onboarding
12 16 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
13 15 (2.02%) Data Centre
13 15 (2.02%) SCADA
14 14 (1.89%) Operational Technology
15 12 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (1.21%) Algorithms
16 9 (1.21%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 114 (15.36%) Windows
2 45 (6.06%) Linux
3 31 (4.18%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.02%) Android
4 15 (2.02%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.67%) Kali Linux
5 5 (0.67%) Unix
6 4 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (66.58%) Cybersecurity
2 298 (40.16%) SIEM
3 272 (36.66%) Information Security
4 250 (33.69%) Incident Response
5 168 (22.64%) Vulnerability Management
6 138 (18.60%) Agile
7 116 (15.63%) Incident Management
8 108 (14.56%) Identity Access Management
8 108 (14.56%) Roadmaps
9 92 (12.40%) Coaching
9 92 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (12.40%) Risk Management
9 92 (12.40%) Threat Intelligence
10 91 (12.26%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 85 (11.46%) Cloud Security
12 82 (11.05%) Mentoring
13 74 (9.97%) Security Architecture
14 64 (8.63%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (8.49%) Computer Science
15 63 (8.49%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (13.75%) PowerShell
2 50 (6.74%) Python
3 48 (6.47%) SQL
4 15 (2.02%) Bash
5 12 (1.62%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.08%) Java
7 7 (0.94%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.40%) Go
9 2 (0.27%) Scala
10 1 (0.13%) C
10 1 (0.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 148 (19.95%) CISSP
2 129 (17.39%) Security Cleared
3 117 (15.77%) Degree
4 55 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 52 (7.01%) DV Cleared
6 47 (6.33%) CISM
6 47 (6.33%) CompTIA Security+
7 46 (6.20%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (5.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 40 (5.39%) CCSP
10 34 (4.58%) GIAC
11 30 (4.04%) CEH
11 30 (4.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (3.23%) CompTIA CySA+
13 22 (2.96%) Master's Degree
14 21 (2.83%) CISA
15 20 (2.70%) SSCP
16 17 (2.29%) SANS
17 12 (1.62%) AWS Certification
18 11 (1.48%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (21.70%) NIST
2 141 (19.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (8.89%) GDPR
3 66 (8.89%) PCI DSS
4 53 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 40 (5.39%) GRC
6 30 (4.04%) NCSC
7 24 (3.23%) NIST 800
8 23 (3.10%) JSP 440
9 17 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 17 (2.29%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 16 (2.16%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.21%) COBIT
11 9 (1.21%) ISO 9001
12 8 (1.08%) QA
13 7 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 6 (0.81%) HIPAA
15 5 (0.67%) Data Quality
16 3 (0.40%) RMADS
16 3 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 99 (13.34%) Active Directory
2 39 (5.26%) RACF
3 17 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (2.02%) vSphere
5 14 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (1.62%) Docker
7 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.54%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (3.37%) QRadar
2 24 (3.23%) Kubernetes
2 24 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (2.29%) CASB
4 15 (2.02%) Terraform
5 14 (1.89%) logstash
5 14 (1.89%) Nmap
6 12 (1.62%) Ansible
7 9 (1.21%) Fluentd
7 9 (1.21%) Nessus
8 7 (0.94%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 7 (0.94%) CSIRT
9 5 (0.67%) Suricata
10 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.40%) Graphite
10 3 (0.40%) Nagios
10 3 (0.40%) SCCM
10 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 258 (34.77%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.84%) Splunk
3 43 (5.80%) Qualys
4 41 (5.53%) ServiceNow
5 40 (5.39%) CyberArk
6 20 (2.70%) VMware
7 17 (2.29%) CrowdStrike
7 17 (2.29%) SolarWinds
8 16 (2.16%) Cisco
8 16 (2.16%) Rapid7
8 16 (2.16%) Tanium
8 16 (2.16%) Tripwire
9 15 (2.02%) IBM
10 14 (1.89%) Thycotic
11 13 (1.75%) Darktrace
12 8 (1.08%) BT
12 8 (1.08%) Google
13 7 (0.94%) Juniper
14 5 (0.67%) LogRhythm
14 5 (0.67%) Palo Alto