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 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 526 640 557
Rank change year-on-year +114 -83 +241
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 13 14 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.025% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.027% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 17
10th Percentile £62,750 £42,738 £50,359
25th Percentile £71,750 £64,688 £51,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £88,750 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% +42.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £76,250 £92,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £95,000 £81,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £90,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year -22.22% +26.32% -5.00%

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 30,736 52,765 32,139
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.30% 95.21% 93.34%
Number of salaries quoted 17,476 30,933 24,084
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,620 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager 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 September 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 September 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
South East - 6 £74,000 -
North of England +25 4 £65,000 -5.45%
East of England - 4 £75,000 -
Yorkshire +28 2 £65,000 -10.34%
North West +11 2 £110,000 +69.23%
Security Operations Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Security Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number 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 12 (92.31%) Security Operations
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (53.85%) Security Operations Centre
4 6 (46.15%) Incident Response
5 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
6 4 (30.77%) Threat Detection
6 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 4 (30.77%) Finance
6 4 (30.77%) Azure
6 4 (30.77%) SIEM
6 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
6 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
6 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
7 3 (23.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (23.08%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 3 (23.08%) SOAR
7 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (23.08%) CISM
7 3 (23.08%) GIAC
7 3 (23.08%) Firewall
7 3 (23.08%) ITIL
7 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
7 3 (23.08%) CISSP
7 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (23.08%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (23.08%) NIST
7 3 (23.08%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 1 (7.69%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 1 (7.69%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (7.69%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) DTS
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Humanities
2 1 (7.69%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (23.08%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (7.69%) Cyber Security Posture
3 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Security Operations
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (46.15%) Incident Response
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (30.77%) Cloud Security
5 4 (30.77%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (30.77%) SIEM
5 4 (30.77%) Threat Detection
5 4 (30.77%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (23.08%) ITIL
6 3 (23.08%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (23.08%) Performance Metrics
6 3 (23.08%) SOAR
6 3 (23.08%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 3 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (15.38%) Information Security
7 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (15.38%) Threat Management
7 2 (15.38%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CISM
1 3 (23.08%) CISSP
1 3 (23.08%) GIAC
2 2 (15.38%) CEH
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) GCIH
3 1 (7.69%) CISMP
3 1 (7.69%) CREST Certified
3 1 (7.69%) GCIA
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (7.69%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
2 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) GRC
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft