Security Operations Jobs in Yorkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 254 229
Rank change year-on-year +75 -25 -26
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 45 33 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.73% 0.44% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.45% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 30 24 22
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,063 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £60,569
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -17.45% +7.68%
75th Percentile £58,750 £65,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £66,868 £73,750 £108,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,017 7,375 6,834
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 81.10% 97.94% 93.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,797 3,355 4,418
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,900
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £51,125
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +7.35% +7.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Yorkshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Yorkshire.

Salary trend for Security Operations in Yorkshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Yorkshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
West Yorkshire +84 34 £52,500 +5.00% 12
South Yorkshire +35 8 £50,000 +13.64% 4
East Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 -
North Yorkshire +31 1 £62,500 -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.44%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (35.56%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (31.11%) Azure
3 10 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 8 (17.78%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (13.33%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (8.89%) AWS
8 1 (2.22%) IaaS
8 1 (2.22%) PaaS
8 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (22.22%) Firewall
2 8 (17.78%) Network Security
2 8 (17.78%) TCP/IP
2 8 (17.78%) Wireshark
3 6 (13.33%) LAN
3 6 (13.33%) WAN
4 2 (4.44%) DMZ
4 2 (4.44%) DNS
4 2 (4.44%) HTTP
4 2 (4.44%) Internet
4 2 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (4.44%) SMTP
4 2 (4.44%) tcpdump
4 2 (4.44%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.22%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 17 (37.78%) Finance
2 10 (22.22%) Banking
3 9 (20.00%) Legal
4 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Retail
7 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (35.56%) Analyst
2 11 (24.44%) Consultant
2 11 (24.44%) Lead
3 10 (22.22%) Information Security Consultant
3 10 (22.22%) Security Consultant
4 9 (20.00%) Governance Analyst
4 9 (20.00%) Senior
4 9 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
5 6 (13.33%) Information Security Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Security Engineer
5 6 (13.33%) Team Leader
6 5 (11.11%) Security Analyst
7 4 (8.89%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (8.89%) Incident Response Lead
8 2 (4.44%) Developer
8 2 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow Developer
8 2 (4.44%) SOC Analyst
9 1 (2.22%) IT Consultant
9 1 (2.22%) IT Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.44%) ADO
1 2 (4.44%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.44%) CSS
1 2 (4.44%) HTML
1 2 (4.44%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (4.44%) Web Services
2 1 (2.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 17 (37.78%) Management Information System
2 13 (28.89%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.67%) Cyberattack
5 2 (4.44%) CMDB
5 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.44%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.22%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.22%) PKI
6 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (15.56%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Android
2 6 (13.33%) Apple iOS
3 3 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (68.89%) Cybersecurity
2 29 (64.44%) Information Security
3 22 (48.89%) Incident Response
3 22 (48.89%) Vulnerability Management
4 17 (37.78%) Identity Access Management
5 16 (35.56%) Agile
5 16 (35.56%) SIEM
6 15 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
6 15 (33.33%) Roadmaps
7 12 (26.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 11 (24.44%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 11 (24.44%) Threat Intelligence
9 10 (22.22%) DevOps
9 10 (22.22%) Security Auditing
10 9 (20.00%) Coaching
10 9 (20.00%) Data Protection
10 9 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 9 (20.00%) RBAC
10 9 (20.00%) Security Testing
10 9 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 17 (37.78%) PowerShell
2 10 (22.22%) SQL
3 8 (17.78%) Python
4 1 (2.22%) Bash
4 1 (2.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) CISSP
2 6 (13.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 6 (13.33%) CCSP
2 6 (13.33%) CEH
2 6 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (13.33%) SANS
2 6 (13.33%) SSCP
3 3 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (6.67%) Degree
3 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.44%) AWS Certification
4 2 (4.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (4.44%) CASP
4 2 (4.44%) CompTIA CySA+
4 2 (4.44%) CREST Certified
4 2 (4.44%) Linux+ Certification
4 2 (4.44%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.22%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (31.11%) NIST
3 10 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 10 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 9 (20.00%) GDPR
5 7 (15.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (13.33%) PCI DSS
7 5 (11.11%) COBIT
8 1 (2.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (2.22%) GRC
8 1 (2.22%) QA
System Software
1 9 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 9 (20.00%) RACF
2 6 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.44%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (13.33%) Nmap
2 2 (4.44%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 1 (2.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 31 (68.89%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.00%) CyberArk
3 8 (17.78%) Splunk
4 6 (13.33%) Qualys
4 6 (13.33%) Rapid7
4 6 (13.33%) Thycotic
5 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow