Security Operations Jobs in the South West

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 193 204 244
Rank change year-on-year +11 +40 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 93 67 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.99% 1.00% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 1.05% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54 48 51
10th Percentile £36,000 £28,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,761 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -
75th Percentile £107,500 £77,250 £64,665
90th Percentile - £97,290 £75,000
England median annual salary £61,439 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.70% -10.71% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,782 6,356 7,862
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 82.74% 94.56% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,506 5,011
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,213 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.77% +6.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,650 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the South West.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the South West

Security Operations
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the South West 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
Bristol +51 60 £105,000 +50.00% 5
Wiltshire -12 11 £62,500 +25.00% 1
Dorset -14 11 £45,000 - 2
Gloucestershire -18 8 £28,000 -69.62%
Somerset 0 2 £57,449 -11.62%
Devon -20 1 £37,500 +55.31% 1
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (2.15%) Apache
1 2 (2.15%) SAS
2 1 (1.08%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.83%) Azure
2 6 (6.45%) AWS
3 4 (4.30%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.23%) SaaS
5 1 (1.08%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 1 (1.08%) AWS CloudTrail
5 1 (1.08%) AWS Control Tower
5 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.08%) GCP
5 1 (1.08%) IaaS
5 1 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (24.73%) Network Security
2 12 (12.90%) Firewall
3 6 (6.45%) Internet
4 4 (4.30%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (4.30%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.08%) DHCP
5 1 (1.08%) DNS
5 1 (1.08%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) Big Data
2 1 (1.08%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 47 (50.54%) Social Skills
2 27 (29.03%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (20.43%) Military
4 10 (10.75%) Retail
5 9 (9.68%) Finance
6 6 (6.45%) Games
7 5 (5.38%) Legal
8 4 (4.30%) Banking
9 3 (3.23%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 42 (45.16%) Consultant
2 40 (43.01%) Security Consultant
3 25 (26.88%) Analyst
4 22 (23.66%) Cybersecurity Consultant
5 19 (20.43%) Senior
5 19 (20.43%) Senior Analyst
6 14 (15.05%) Security Analyst
7 13 (13.98%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 11 (11.83%) Senior Security Analyst
9 10 (10.75%) IT Analyst
9 10 (10.75%) IT Security Analyst
9 10 (10.75%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
10 8 (8.60%) Senior IT Security Analyst
11 4 (4.30%) Governance Analyst
11 4 (4.30%) SOC Manager
12 3 (3.23%) IT Support
12 3 (3.23%) IT Support Technician
12 3 (3.23%) IT Technician
12 3 (3.23%) Security Manager
12 3 (3.23%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.15%) AngularJS
1 2 (2.15%) CSS
1 2 (2.15%) HTML
1 2 (2.15%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (2.15%) Web Services
2 1 (1.08%) .NET
2 1 (1.08%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.08%) OAuth
2 1 (1.08%) OpenID
2 1 (1.08%) SAML
2 1 (1.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 43 (46.24%) Security Operations Centre
2 18 (19.35%) Cyber Defence
3 9 (9.68%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (9.68%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (7.53%) Management Information System
5 5 (5.38%) Cyberattack
6 3 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.15%) CMDB
7 2 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.15%) PKI
7 2 (2.15%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.08%) CESG
8 1 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.08%) Life Science
8 1 (1.08%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.08%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.60%) Windows
1 8 (8.60%) Windows Server
2 4 (4.30%) Linux
3 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (84.95%) Cybersecurity
2 42 (45.16%) SIEM
3 41 (44.09%) Mentoring
4 34 (36.56%) Information Security
5 31 (33.33%) Incident Response
6 27 (29.03%) Agile
7 26 (27.96%) Incident Management
8 24 (25.81%) Protective Monitoring
8 24 (25.81%) Vulnerability Management
9 23 (24.73%) Coaching
10 22 (23.66%) Risk Management
11 20 (21.51%) Business Development
11 20 (21.51%) Security Architecture
12 18 (19.35%) Programme Management
12 18 (19.35%) Resource Management
12 18 (19.35%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 16 (17.20%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 16 (17.20%) Threat Intelligence
14 14 (15.05%) Cloud Security
15 11 (11.83%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.38%) PowerShell
1 5 (5.38%) SQL
2 1 (1.08%) C#
2 1 (1.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 36 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 29 (31.18%) DV Cleared
3 13 (13.98%) SC Cleared
4 12 (12.90%) CISSP
5 11 (11.83%) Degree
6 10 (10.75%) CompTIA CySA+
7 9 (9.68%) Master's Degree
8 7 (7.53%) GIAC
9 4 (4.30%) CEH
9 4 (4.30%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (2.15%) CISA
10 2 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (1.08%) CCNA
11 1 (1.08%) CCSP
11 1 (1.08%) CISM
11 1 (1.08%) CISMP
11 1 (1.08%) GSEC
11 1 (1.08%) ISACA
11 1 (1.08%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (35.48%) NIST
2 20 (21.51%) JSP 440
3 18 (19.35%) NIST 800
4 12 (12.90%) PCI DSS
5 11 (11.83%) GDPR
6 10 (10.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (4.30%) ISO 9001
8 2 (2.15%) HIPAA
8 2 (2.15%) SOC 2
9 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (1.08%) GRC
9 1 (1.08%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (10.75%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.30%) RACF
3 2 (2.15%) Docker
4 1 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 11 (11.83%) CASB
2 2 (2.15%) Ansible
2 2 (2.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.08%) Nessus
3 1 (1.08%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (1.08%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.30%) CyberArk
3 3 (3.23%) Splunk
4 2 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.08%) Cisco
5 1 (1.08%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.08%) Tanium
5 1 (1.08%) VMware