Security Operations Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £53,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 760 710 858
Rank change year-on-year -50 +148 -136
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Specialist 14 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.018% 0.016% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.018% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 1
10th Percentile £51,625 £43,400 -
25th Percentile £52,188 £44,059 £39,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £46,680 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +13.16% -15.82%
75th Percentile £54,688 £55,000 £43,125
90th Percentile £54,875 £57,000 -
UK median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +45.45% -8.33% -4.00%

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 75,674 49,280 72,604
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 88.84% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 52,932 29,318 42,781
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Operations Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Specialist in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 June 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
North West - 12 - -
North of England - 12 - -
South East -27 2 £53,750 +15.37% 2
Security Operations Specialist
UK

Security Operations Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 June 2024, Security Operations Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 13 (92.86%) Incident Response
1 13 (92.86%) Operational Technology
2 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (85.71%) Risk Management
2 12 (85.71%) Change Management
3 9 (64.29%) Manufacturing
3 9 (64.29%) Degree
3 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
3 9 (64.29%) Industrial Internet of Things
4 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 1 (7.14%) Threat Detection
5 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
5 1 (7.14%) Varonis
5 1 (7.14%) LogRhythm
5 1 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
5 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 1 (7.14%) SIEM
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (7.14%) Qualys
5 1 (7.14%) Data Security
5 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.14%) Internet
5 1 (7.14%) Forcepoint

Security Operations Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Internet
General
1 9 (64.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (92.86%) Operational Technology
2 9 (64.29%) Industrial Internet of Things
3 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Incident Response
2 12 (85.71%) Change Management
2 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (85.71%) Risk Management
3 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 1 (7.14%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (7.14%) Data Security
4 1 (7.14%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (7.14%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (7.14%) SIEM
4 1 (7.14%) Threat Detection
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) Degree
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Forcepoint
1 1 (7.14%) LogRhythm
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
1 1 (7.14%) Qualys
1 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow
1 1 (7.14%) Varonis