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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 292 398
Rank change year-on-year +39 +106 -27
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 278 375 715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.15% 1.17% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.23% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 225 277 466
10th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £59,975 £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 £100,000 £101,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +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 21,723 30,447 71,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 89.92% 95.20% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 15,878 22,346 34,527
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £116,250 £110,000
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 3 June 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 3 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
Central London +53 54 £67,500 -6.90% 7
West London -19 6 £55,000 +57.14% 2
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 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.08%) Confluence
3 2 (0.72%) SAS
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.36%) Site Server
Applications
1 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.36%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 90 (32.37%) Azure
2 46 (16.55%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (10.07%) AWS
4 16 (5.76%) Entra ID
5 14 (5.04%) GCP
6 13 (4.68%) Azure Sentinel
7 11 (3.96%) Cloud Computing
8 9 (3.24%) Azure AKS
8 9 (3.24%) SaaS
9 7 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (2.16%) PaaS
10 6 (2.16%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.44%) IaaS
12 3 (1.08%) Datadog
13 2 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.72%) Mimecast
13 2 (0.72%) Stackdriver
14 1 (0.36%) GitHub Actions
14 1 (0.36%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 54 (19.42%) Firewall
2 52 (18.71%) Network Security
3 24 (8.63%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (4.68%) TCP/IP
4 13 (4.68%) Wireshark
5 10 (3.60%) WAN
6 9 (3.24%) LAN
7 7 (2.52%) DNS
8 6 (2.16%) VoIP
8 6 (2.16%) VPN
9 3 (1.08%) Broadband
10 2 (0.72%) DHCP
10 2 (0.72%) HTTP
10 2 (0.72%) Internet
10 2 (0.72%) SMTP
11 1 (0.36%) NGN
11 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.16%) Power BI
2 5 (1.80%) BigQuery
2 5 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.80%) Hadoop
2 5 (1.80%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (1.44%) Git
2 3 (1.08%) JIRA
3 2 (0.72%) Jenkins
General
1 102 (36.69%) Finance
2 55 (19.78%) Social Skills
3 37 (13.31%) Law
4 29 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.43%) Legal
5 26 (9.35%) Banking
6 18 (6.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (5.40%) Military
8 10 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.88%) Games
9 8 (2.88%) Retail
10 6 (2.16%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (1.08%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.72%) Back Office
12 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.36%) Advertising
13 1 (0.36%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.36%) Police
Job Titles
1 107 (38.49%) Analyst
2 73 (26.26%) Security Analyst
3 66 (23.74%) Senior
4 41 (14.75%) Security Engineer
5 36 (12.95%) Senior Analyst
6 33 (11.87%) Security Manager
7 29 (10.43%) IT Analyst
7 29 (10.43%) IT Security Analyst
8 28 (10.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 27 (9.71%) Lead
10 26 (9.35%) SOC Analyst
11 25 (8.99%) Senior Security Engineer
12 20 (7.19%) Consultant
13 17 (6.12%) Information Security Manager
13 17 (6.12%) Security Consultant
13 17 (6.12%) Senior Security Analyst
14 16 (5.76%) Architect
14 16 (5.76%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 16 (5.76%) Operations Analyst
14 16 (5.76%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.12%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.44%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.44%) CSS
2 4 (1.44%) OAuth
2 4 (1.44%) SAML
2 4 (1.44%) Web Services
3 3 (1.08%) REST
3 3 (1.08%) SOAP
4 2 (0.72%) HTML
4 2 (0.72%) JDBC
4 2 (0.72%) Kafka
4 2 (0.72%) LDAP
4 2 (0.72%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.36%) Lambda Expressions
5 1 (0.36%) Loki
5 1 (0.36%) pytest
5 1 (0.36%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 60 (21.58%) Security Operations Centre
2 42 (15.11%) Cyber Threat
3 40 (14.39%) Management Information System
4 35 (12.59%) Cyberattack
5 34 (12.23%) Cyber Defence
6 26 (9.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 24 (8.63%) Security Posture
8 9 (3.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (3.24%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.88%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.88%) Operational Technology
9 8 (2.88%) SCADA
10 6 (2.16%) Client/Server
10 6 (2.16%) Cybercrime
10 6 (2.16%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.80%) Blog
11 5 (1.80%) CMDB
11 5 (1.80%) PKI
12 4 (1.44%) Public Cloud
13 3 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.39%) Windows
2 13 (4.68%) Linux
3 8 (2.88%) Android
3 8 (2.88%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.08%) Unix
5 2 (0.72%) CentOS
5 2 (0.72%) Mac OS X
5 2 (0.72%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (61.15%) Cybersecurity
2 117 (42.09%) SIEM
3 111 (39.93%) Information Security
4 100 (35.97%) Incident Response
5 61 (21.94%) Vulnerability Management
6 47 (16.91%) Incident Management
7 46 (16.55%) Agile
8 45 (16.19%) Cloud Security
9 44 (15.83%) Identity Access Management
10 42 (15.11%) Security Architecture
11 35 (12.59%) Roadmaps
11 35 (12.59%) Threat Intelligence
12 34 (12.23%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 32 (11.51%) Data Loss Prevention
13 32 (11.51%) Security Management
14 31 (11.15%) Security Monitoring
15 30 (10.79%) MITRE ATT&CK
16 27 (9.71%) Analytics
17 25 (8.99%) Risk Management
18 24 (8.63%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 33 (11.87%) PowerShell
2 18 (6.47%) Python
3 12 (4.32%) SQL
4 7 (2.52%) Java
4 7 (2.52%) Kusto Query Language
5 5 (1.80%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.72%) Bash
7 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 73 (26.26%) CISSP
2 32 (11.51%) Security Cleared
3 31 (11.15%) Cisco Certification
3 31 (11.15%) CISM
4 29 (10.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 28 (10.07%) CCSP
6 27 (9.71%) Degree
7 19 (6.83%) CISA
8 18 (6.47%) DV Cleared
9 13 (4.68%) CompTIA CySA+
10 11 (3.96%) GIAC
11 10 (3.60%) CEH
11 10 (3.60%) SC Cleared
12 7 (2.52%) SANS
12 7 (2.52%) SSCP
13 5 (1.80%) AWS Certification
13 5 (1.80%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (1.80%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.80%) CRISC
13 5 (1.80%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (24.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (22.66%) NIST
3 25 (8.99%) GRC
4 20 (7.19%) NCSC
5 17 (6.12%) GDPR
5 17 (6.12%) PCI DSS
6 14 (5.04%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.80%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.44%) COBIT
9 4 (1.44%) ISO 9001
9 4 (1.44%) SOC 2
10 3 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (1.08%) JSP 440
10 3 (1.08%) RMADS
11 2 (0.72%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.36%) QA
System Software
1 35 (12.59%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.40%) vSphere
3 7 (2.52%) Docker
3 7 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (2.16%) RACF
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (7.91%) QRadar
2 16 (5.76%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.24%) Terraform
4 8 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (2.52%) Ansible
5 7 (2.52%) Nmap
6 6 (2.16%) CSIRT
7 5 (1.80%) logstash
8 2 (0.72%) CASB
8 2 (0.72%) Graphite
8 2 (0.72%) Nagios
8 2 (0.72%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.72%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.36%) Grafana
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 102 (36.69%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.71%) Splunk
3 25 (8.99%) Qualys
4 16 (5.76%) CrowdStrike
4 16 (5.76%) ServiceNow
5 15 (5.40%) IBM
5 15 (5.40%) SolarWinds
5 15 (5.40%) Tanium
5 15 (5.40%) Tripwire
6 8 (2.88%) Cisco
6 8 (2.88%) Darktrace
6 8 (2.88%) Google
6 8 (2.88%) Rapid7
7 7 (2.52%) Thycotic
8 6 (2.16%) CyberArk
9 4 (1.44%) VMware
10 3 (1.08%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.08%) Cadence
10 3 (1.08%) Sun
11 2 (0.72%) New Relic