Security Operations Jobs in London

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 287 388
Rank change year-on-year +36 +101 -43
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 285 411 672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.20% 1.22% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.28% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 237 295 454
10th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £58,250 £55,224 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £67,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.21% -10.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £97,290 £100,875
England median annual salary £60,970 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.20% -7.14% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,520 32,059 66,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 90.99% 95.35% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 15,899 23,123 34,077
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,180 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,073 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.57% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £111,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Central London +64 53 £72,500 +3.57% 7
West London -19 6 £55,000 +57.14% 6
North London - 2 £60,500 -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.70%) Confluence
2 2 (0.70%) SAS
3 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.35%) Site Server
Applications
1 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.70%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.35%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 100 (35.09%) Azure
2 50 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (10.88%) AWS
4 16 (5.61%) GCP
5 13 (4.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 12 (4.21%) Cloud Computing
7 11 (3.86%) SaaS
8 10 (3.51%) Entra ID
9 8 (2.81%) Azure AKS
9 8 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.11%) PaaS
11 4 (1.40%) IaaS
12 3 (1.05%) Datadog
13 2 (0.70%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.70%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.70%) Stackdriver
14 1 (0.35%) Amazon ECS
14 1 (0.35%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.35%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 57 (20.00%) Firewall
2 56 (19.65%) Network Security
3 20 (7.02%) Intrusion Detection
4 19 (6.67%) TCP/IP
5 14 (4.91%) Wireshark
6 12 (4.21%) LAN
7 11 (3.86%) WAN
8 10 (3.51%) DNS
9 6 (2.11%) VPN
10 4 (1.40%) DHCP
11 3 (1.05%) Broadband
11 3 (1.05%) Internet
12 2 (0.70%) HTTP
12 2 (0.70%) OSPF
12 2 (0.70%) SMTP
12 2 (0.70%) Wireless
12 2 (0.70%) WLAN
13 1 (0.35%) NGN
13 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.75%) BigQuery
1 5 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (1.75%) Hadoop
1 5 (1.75%) Relational Database
2 2 (0.70%) Big Data
3 1 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.40%) Git
2 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 92 (32.28%) Finance
2 53 (18.60%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.68%) Law
4 30 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (7.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (7.72%) Legal
6 21 (7.37%) Banking
7 15 (5.26%) Military
8 11 (3.86%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.81%) Games
9 8 (2.81%) Retail
10 6 (2.11%) Pharmaceutical
11 5 (1.75%) Public Sector
12 2 (0.70%) Back Office
12 2 (0.70%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Marketing
13 1 (0.35%) Advertising
13 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 100 (35.09%) Analyst
2 73 (25.61%) Security Analyst
3 61 (21.40%) Senior
4 43 (15.09%) Security Engineer
5 38 (13.33%) Security Manager
6 33 (11.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 29 (10.18%) IT Analyst
7 29 (10.18%) IT Security Analyst
8 28 (9.82%) Lead
9 26 (9.12%) Senior Analyst
10 25 (8.77%) Senior Security Engineer
10 25 (8.77%) SOC Analyst
11 22 (7.72%) Consultant
12 19 (6.67%) Security Consultant
13 18 (6.32%) Information Security Manager
14 17 (5.96%) Architect
14 17 (5.96%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 15 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
16 14 (4.91%) Information Manager
16 14 (4.91%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.96%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.40%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.40%) CSS
2 4 (1.40%) OAuth
2 4 (1.40%) SAML
2 4 (1.40%) Web Services
3 3 (1.05%) REST
3 3 (1.05%) SOAP
4 2 (0.70%) HTML
4 2 (0.70%) JDBC
4 2 (0.70%) Kafka
4 2 (0.70%) LDAP
4 2 (0.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.35%) .NET
5 1 (0.35%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.35%) Loki
5 1 (0.35%) pytest
5 1 (0.35%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 57 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 47 (16.49%) Cyber Threat
3 38 (13.33%) Cyberattack
4 31 (10.88%) Management Information System
5 29 (10.18%) Cyber Defence
6 26 (9.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 24 (8.42%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.51%) Analytical Mindset
9 9 (3.16%) Operational Technology
9 9 (3.16%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.81%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (2.81%) Onboarding
10 8 (2.81%) SCADA
11 6 (2.11%) Client/Server
11 6 (2.11%) Cybercrime
11 6 (2.11%) PKI
12 5 (1.75%) Blog
12 5 (1.75%) CMDB
12 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (15.44%) Windows
2 16 (5.61%) Linux
3 9 (3.16%) Android
3 9 (3.16%) Apple iOS
4 5 (1.75%) Unix
5 3 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.70%) CentOS
6 2 (0.70%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (63.51%) Cybersecurity
2 120 (42.11%) SIEM
3 106 (37.19%) Information Security
4 99 (34.74%) Incident Response
5 61 (21.40%) Vulnerability Management
6 48 (16.84%) Cloud Security
7 42 (14.74%) Agile
8 41 (14.39%) Incident Management
9 40 (14.04%) Identity Access Management
9 40 (14.04%) Security Architecture
10 36 (12.63%) Security Monitoring
10 36 (12.63%) Threat Intelligence
11 35 (12.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 34 (11.93%) Roadmaps
13 33 (11.58%) Security Management
14 32 (11.23%) MITRE ATT&CK
15 28 (9.82%) Analytics
15 28 (9.82%) Data Loss Prevention
16 27 (9.47%) DevOps
16 27 (9.47%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (10.18%) PowerShell
2 21 (7.37%) Python
3 7 (2.46%) Java
3 7 (2.46%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (2.11%) SQL
5 5 (1.75%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.70%) Bash
7 1 (0.35%) C#
7 1 (0.35%) Scala
Qualifications
1 72 (25.26%) CISSP
2 36 (12.63%) Cisco Certification
3 34 (11.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 33 (11.58%) CCSP
4 33 (11.58%) Security Cleared
5 29 (10.18%) Degree
6 25 (8.77%) CISM
7 18 (6.32%) DV Cleared
8 15 (5.26%) CEH
9 13 (4.56%) CISA
10 12 (4.21%) CompTIA Security+
11 11 (3.86%) CompTIA CySA+
11 11 (3.86%) GIAC
12 9 (3.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 9 (3.16%) SANS
12 9 (3.16%) SC Cleared
13 8 (2.81%) SSCP
14 7 (2.46%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (1.75%) CRISC
15 5 (1.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (23.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 66 (23.16%) NIST
3 23 (8.07%) GRC
4 19 (6.67%) NCSC
5 18 (6.32%) GDPR
5 18 (6.32%) PCI DSS
6 16 (5.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (2.81%) SOC 2
8 7 (2.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.75%) Data Quality
10 4 (1.40%) COBIT
10 4 (1.40%) ISO 9001
11 3 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 3 (1.05%) JSP 440
11 3 (1.05%) RMADS
12 2 (0.70%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 32 (11.23%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.26%) vSphere
3 8 (2.81%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.46%) Docker
5 4 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (7.72%) QRadar
2 16 (5.61%) Kubernetes
3 10 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (3.51%) Terraform
4 8 (2.81%) Nmap
5 7 (2.46%) Ansible
6 6 (2.11%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.75%) logstash
8 2 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.70%) CASB
8 2 (0.70%) Graphite
8 2 (0.70%) Nagios
8 2 (0.70%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.70%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.35%) Grafana
9 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.35%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 100 (35.09%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.18%) Splunk
3 26 (9.12%) Qualys
4 16 (5.61%) CrowdStrike
5 15 (5.26%) IBM
5 15 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 15 (5.26%) SolarWinds
5 15 (5.26%) Tanium
5 15 (5.26%) Tripwire
6 9 (3.16%) Rapid7
7 8 (2.81%) Cisco
7 8 (2.81%) Darktrace
7 8 (2.81%) Google
7 8 (2.81%) Thycotic
7 8 (2.81%) VMware
8 4 (1.40%) Veeam
9 3 (1.05%) AppDynamics
9 3 (1.05%) Cadence
10 2 (0.70%) New Relic
10 2 (0.70%) Workday