Security Operations Manager Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 596 536
Rank change year-on-year +91 -60 +240
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 10 12 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.027% 0.025% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.027% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 17
10th Percentile £61,225 £68,625 £51,194
25th Percentile - £80,625 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £90,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +44.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £80,000 £93,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £95,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £91,500 £73,750
% change year-on-year -18.03% +24.07% -1.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 32,762 44,543 29,093
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.88% 94.37% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 20,475 23,810 21,893
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £51,197 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% -2.48% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Security Operations Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Security Operations Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Security Operations Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Security Operations Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 November 2025. 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
East of England - 4 £75,000 -
South East - 3 £80,000 - 1
North of England +51 2 £110,000 +60.00%
North West +45 2 £110,000 +69.23%
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 1
Security Operations Manager
UK

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, Security Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (20.00%) SIEM
4 2 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Detection
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (10.00%) Cloud Security
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
5 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Data Security
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (10.00%) DTS
5 1 (10.00%) Firewall
5 1 (10.00%) GIAC
5 1 (10.00%) GRC
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
5 1 (10.00%) Information Security

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (10.00%) OCI
3 1 (10.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) DTS
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Humanities
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (10.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (30.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (20.00%) SIEM
4 2 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 2 (20.00%) Threat Detection
4 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (10.00%) IT Strategy
5 1 (10.00%) ITIL
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CREST Certified
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) GIAC
1 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (10.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) VMware