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 14 September 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 604 532 624
Rank change year-on-year -72 +92 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 51 13 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.038% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.042% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 38 12 10
10th Percentile £65,000 £62,750 £42,738
25th Percentile £71,250 £71,750 £64,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £88,750
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +42.00%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £92,500
90th Percentile - £82,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £70,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -22.22% +26.32%

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 77,965 30,790 52,750
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 89.32% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 54,160 17,488 31,395
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,536
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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
South West - 15 £70,000 - 2
East Midlands - 14 £85,000 -
Midlands - 14 £85,000 -
North West -6 12 £75,000 -31.82% 5
North of England -49 12 £75,000 +15.38% 6
Wales - 5 - -
Scotland - 3 - - 1
South East -42 2 - - 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 14 September 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 48 (94.12%) Security Operations
2 39 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (47.06%) Incident Response
4 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 14 (27.45%) SC Cleared
6 12 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (21.57%) Vulnerability Management
8 10 (19.61%) NIST
9 9 (17.65%) SIEM
10 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
11 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
12 6 (11.76%) Azure
12 6 (11.76%) Cyber Resilience
13 5 (9.80%) AWS
13 5 (9.80%) Cloud Security
13 5 (9.80%) GCP
13 5 (9.80%) Regulatory Compliance
13 5 (9.80%) Security Monitoring
13 5 (9.80%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
13 5 (9.80%) Threat Detection
14 4 (7.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 4 (7.84%) Information Security
14 4 (7.84%) Strategic Roadmap
14 4 (7.84%) Threat Intelligence
15 3 (5.88%) Client Onboarding
15 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
15 3 (5.88%) Due Diligence

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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) AWS
2 5 (9.80%) GCP
3 2 (3.92%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.96%) Firewall
1 1 (1.96%) Network Security
General
1 5 (9.80%) Finance
2 3 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (3.92%) Aerospace
3 2 (3.92%) Social Skills
4 1 (1.96%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 14 (27.45%) CSOC
1 14 (27.45%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (11.76%) Security Posture
3 5 (9.80%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (5.88%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (94.12%) Security Operations
2 39 (76.47%) Cybersecurity
3 24 (47.06%) Incident Response
4 12 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (21.57%) Vulnerability Management
6 9 (17.65%) SIEM
7 8 (15.69%) Roadmaps
8 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
9 6 (11.76%) Cyber Resilience
10 5 (9.80%) Cloud Security
10 5 (9.80%) Regulatory Compliance
10 5 (9.80%) Security Monitoring
10 5 (9.80%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 5 (9.80%) Threat Detection
11 4 (7.84%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 4 (7.84%) Information Security
11 4 (7.84%) Strategic Roadmap
11 4 (7.84%) Threat Intelligence
12 3 (5.88%) Due Diligence
12 3 (5.88%) Platform Engineering
Qualifications
1 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 14 (27.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.96%) CISM
4 1 (1.96%) CISSP
4 1 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (19.61%) NIST
3 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (5.88%) GDPR
3 3 (5.88%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 3 (5.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (5.88%) Meraki
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle