Security Operations Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 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 267 309 263
Rank change year-on-year +42 -46 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 131 115 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.69% 0.72% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.74% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 86 79 104
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,700 £43,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +8.79%
75th Percentile £59,688 £75,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £64,250 £100,000 £80,000
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
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,421 15,501 17,447
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.11% 96.75% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,582 7,803 10,719
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,467
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,225 £81,250 £80,000
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 the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the North of England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West -24 69 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Yorkshire +77 46 £50,000 - 15
North East +1 16 £45,000 -36.84% 1
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 6 (4.58%) SAS
2 3 (2.29%) Confluence
2 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.76%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (25.95%) Azure
2 28 (21.37%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (19.08%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.45%) AWS
5 10 (7.63%) Azure Sentinel
6 9 (6.87%) SaaS
7 8 (6.11%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.11%) PaaS
8 7 (5.34%) IaaS
9 5 (3.82%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (3.82%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.29%) GCP
10 3 (2.29%) GitHub
11 1 (0.76%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.76%) Azure Event Grid
11 1 (0.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 1 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.56%) Firewall
2 9 (6.87%) Network Security
2 9 (6.87%) TCP/IP
2 9 (6.87%) WAN
3 8 (6.11%) LAN
3 8 (6.11%) Wireshark
4 7 (5.34%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (4.58%) VPN
6 5 (3.82%) DNS
6 5 (3.82%) Internet
7 3 (2.29%) DHCP
7 3 (2.29%) tcpdump
7 3 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.53%) DMZ
8 2 (1.53%) HTTP
8 2 (1.53%) SMTP
9 1 (0.76%) DKIM
9 1 (0.76%) DMARC
9 1 (0.76%) NGFW
9 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.29%) Bitbucket
1 3 (2.29%) GitLab
1 3 (2.29%) JIRA
2 1 (0.76%) Burp Suite
General
1 39 (29.77%) Finance
2 27 (20.61%) Legal
2 27 (20.61%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.08%) Banking
4 11 (8.40%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.82%) Law
6 3 (2.29%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.53%) Police
7 2 (1.53%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.76%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.76%) Retail
8 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (34.35%) Analyst
2 27 (20.61%) Lead
2 27 (20.61%) Senior
2 27 (20.61%) Senior Analyst
3 24 (18.32%) Governance Analyst
4 21 (16.03%) Security Engineer
5 13 (9.92%) Security Analyst
6 12 (9.16%) Incident Response Lead
7 11 (8.40%) Consultant
8 10 (7.63%) Information Security Consultant
8 10 (7.63%) Security Consultant
9 8 (6.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (5.34%) Developer
10 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow Developer
10 7 (5.34%) Team Leader
11 6 (4.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 6 (4.58%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) IT Security Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) Operations Engineer
11 6 (4.58%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.34%) AngularJS
2 6 (4.58%) CSS
2 6 (4.58%) HTML
2 6 (4.58%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 6 (4.58%) Web Services
3 2 (1.53%) ADO
3 2 (1.53%) SAML
4 1 (0.76%) Middleware
4 1 (0.76%) React
4 1 (0.76%) RESTful
4 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 37 (28.24%) Management Information System
2 28 (21.37%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (6.87%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (6.87%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.11%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (5.34%) Cyber Threat
5 7 (5.34%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.58%) CMDB
6 6 (4.58%) Cyberattack
7 3 (2.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.29%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.53%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.76%) CSOC
9 1 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.76%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (6.87%) Windows
2 5 (3.82%) Android
2 5 (3.82%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.82%) Linux
3 3 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.76%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (57.25%) Cybersecurity
2 61 (46.56%) Information Security
3 54 (41.22%) Incident Response
4 39 (29.77%) SIEM
5 37 (28.24%) Roadmaps
6 36 (27.48%) Agile
7 35 (26.72%) Coaching
8 34 (25.95%) Identity Access Management
9 30 (22.90%) Privileged Access Management
10 29 (22.14%) Vulnerability Management
11 25 (19.08%) RBAC
12 24 (18.32%) Technical Leadership
13 19 (14.50%) Incident Management
13 19 (14.50%) Runbook
14 18 (13.74%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 17 (12.98%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 17 (12.98%) Threat Intelligence
16 15 (11.45%) Blue Team
16 15 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 15 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 35 (26.72%) PowerShell
2 26 (19.85%) SQL
3 10 (7.63%) Python
4 3 (2.29%) Go
5 1 (0.76%) Bash
5 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 11 (8.40%) Degree
2 9 (6.87%) CISSP
2 9 (6.87%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.58%) CEH
4 5 (3.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 5 (3.82%) CCSP
4 5 (3.82%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.82%) SANS
4 5 (3.82%) SSCP
5 4 (3.05%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (3.05%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.29%) GIAC
7 2 (1.53%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.53%) CISM
7 2 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.53%) GCIA
7 2 (1.53%) GCIH
7 2 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.53%) Linux+ Certification
7 2 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (21.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (19.08%) NIST
3 23 (17.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (12.98%) PCI DSS
5 13 (9.92%) GDPR
6 10 (7.63%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (5.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (3.82%) COBIT
9 3 (2.29%) GRC
10 2 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.76%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.76%) NCSC
11 1 (0.76%) QA
11 1 (0.76%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (23.66%) Active Directory
2 24 (18.32%) RACF
3 8 (6.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.29%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.53%) Docker
6 2 (1.53%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.53%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.76%) Snort
Systems Management
1 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.82%) Nmap
3 4 (3.05%) Terraform
4 3 (2.29%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.53%) Ansible
5 2 (1.53%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.76%) CASB
6 1 (0.76%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.76%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.76%) Nessus
6 1 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (48.09%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.32%) CyberArk
3 8 (6.11%) Splunk
3 8 (6.11%) VMware
4 7 (5.34%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.58%) Qualys
5 6 (4.58%) Rapid7
6 5 (3.82%) Thycotic
7 3 (2.29%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.76%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.76%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.76%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.76%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.76%) Symantec