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 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 526 745
Rank change year-on-year -25 +219 -62
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 33 8 18
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.049% 0.027% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.030% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 26 7 17
10th Percentile - £57,670 £47,845
25th Percentile £65,000 £60,085 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -5.45%
75th Percentile £83,750 £74,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,400 £72,956
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% -3.70% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 63,411 26,495 74,743
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 88.99% 94.82%
Number of salaries quoted 43,940 14,354 53,488
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,274 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 16 June 2026.

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 16 June 2026. 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 +13 9 £75,000 - 4
North of England -23 9 £75,000 +15.38% 4
South West -48 9 £65,000 +12.71% 2
East Midlands - 9 £85,000 -
Midlands - 9 £85,000 -
Wales - 6 - -
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 16 June 2026, 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 32 (96.97%) Security Operations
2 26 (78.79%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
5 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
5 7 (21.21%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (12.12%) Azure
8 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (12.12%) SIEM
9 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
9 2 (6.06%) AWS
9 2 (6.06%) Business Continuity
9 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (6.06%) Cyber Resilience
9 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 2 (6.06%) Data Security
9 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (6.06%) GCP
9 2 (6.06%) IT Strategy
9 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
9 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (6.06%) NIST
9 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
9 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
9 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
9 2 (6.06%) SharePoint

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 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.06%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (12.12%) Azure
2 2 (6.06%) AWS
2 2 (6.06%) GCP
2 2 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.06%) OneDrive
3 1 (3.03%) OCI
General
1 3 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.03%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.03%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.21%) CSOC
1 7 (21.21%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat
3 2 (6.06%) Replication
3 2 (6.06%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (96.97%) Security Operations
2 26 (78.79%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 7 (21.21%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (18.18%) Regulatory Compliance
6 5 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.12%) SIEM
8 2 (6.06%) Business Continuity
8 2 (6.06%) Cyber Resilience
8 2 (6.06%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 2 (6.06%) Data Security
8 2 (6.06%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (6.06%) IT Strategy
8 2 (6.06%) Mentoring
8 2 (6.06%) Service Delivery
8 2 (6.06%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 2 (6.06%) Threat Detection
8 2 (6.06%) Threat Intelligence
9 1 (3.03%) Cloud Security
9 1 (3.03%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Security Cleared
2 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (6.06%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (6.06%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) VMware
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle