Security Operations Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 313 261
Rank change year-on-year +43 -52 +36
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 133 114 215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.67% 0.72% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.74% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 87 79 107
10th Percentile £35,000 £39,700 £43,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +8.79%
75th Percentile £59,375 £76,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £63,900 £100,000 £80,000
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
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,869 15,355 17,713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.46% 96.77% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 11,723 7,789 10,714
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,275 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £81,250 £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 the North of England

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the North of England.

Salary trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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 -16 71 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Yorkshire +79 46 £50,000 - 12
North East -1 16 £45,000 -36.84% 1
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (4.51%) SAS
2 3 (2.26%) Confluence
2 3 (2.26%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.07%) Azure
2 30 (22.56%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (18.80%) Entra ID
4 15 (11.28%) AWS
5 13 (9.77%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.02%) PaaS
6 8 (6.02%) SaaS
7 7 (5.26%) IaaS
8 5 (3.76%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (2.26%) GCP
9 3 (2.26%) GitHub
10 1 (0.75%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.75%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (0.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.05%) Firewall
2 9 (6.77%) Network Security
2 9 (6.77%) TCP/IP
2 9 (6.77%) WAN
3 8 (6.02%) LAN
3 8 (6.02%) Wireshark
4 7 (5.26%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (4.51%) VPN
6 5 (3.76%) DNS
6 5 (3.76%) Internet
7 3 (2.26%) DHCP
7 3 (2.26%) tcpdump
7 3 (2.26%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.50%) DMZ
8 2 (1.50%) HTTP
8 2 (1.50%) NGFW
8 2 (1.50%) SMTP
9 1 (0.75%) DKIM
9 1 (0.75%) DMARC
9 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Bitbucket
1 3 (2.26%) GitLab
1 3 (2.26%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
General
1 40 (30.08%) Finance
2 27 (20.30%) Legal
3 26 (19.55%) Social Skills
4 25 (18.80%) Banking
5 11 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.01%) Law
7 3 (2.26%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.50%) Police
8 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.75%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Retail
9 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 45 (33.83%) Analyst
2 28 (21.05%) Lead
3 27 (20.30%) Senior
3 27 (20.30%) Senior Analyst
4 24 (18.05%) Governance Analyst
5 23 (17.29%) Security Engineer
6 13 (9.77%) Security Analyst
7 12 (9.02%) Incident Response Lead
8 10 (7.52%) Consultant
8 10 (7.52%) Information Security Consultant
8 10 (7.52%) Security Consultant
9 9 (6.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (5.26%) Developer
10 7 (5.26%) ServiceNow Developer
10 7 (5.26%) Team Leader
11 6 (4.51%) Azure Engineer
11 6 (4.51%) IT Engineer
11 6 (4.51%) IT Security Engineer
11 6 (4.51%) SOC Analyst
12 5 (3.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.26%) AngularJS
2 6 (4.51%) CSS
2 6 (4.51%) HTML
2 6 (4.51%) Twitter Bootstrap
2 6 (4.51%) Web Services
3 2 (1.50%) ADO
3 2 (1.50%) SAML
4 1 (0.75%) Middleware
4 1 (0.75%) React
4 1 (0.75%) RESTful
4 1 (0.75%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 37 (27.82%) Management Information System
2 32 (24.06%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (6.77%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (6.77%) Security Posture
4 8 (6.02%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.51%) CMDB
6 6 (4.51%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (4.51%) Cyberattack
7 3 (2.26%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.26%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.50%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.75%) CSOC
9 1 (0.75%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.75%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (0.75%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.52%) Windows
2 6 (4.51%) Linux
3 5 (3.76%) Android
3 5 (3.76%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.26%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.75%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
2 63 (47.37%) Information Security
3 57 (42.86%) Incident Response
4 39 (29.32%) SIEM
5 37 (27.82%) Roadmaps
6 36 (27.07%) Agile
7 35 (26.32%) Coaching
8 34 (25.56%) Identity Access Management
9 32 (24.06%) Vulnerability Management
10 30 (22.56%) Privileged Access Management
11 28 (21.05%) RBAC
12 24 (18.05%) Technical Leadership
13 22 (16.54%) Incident Management
14 19 (14.29%) Runbook
15 18 (13.53%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 17 (12.78%) Cloud Security
16 17 (12.78%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 17 (12.78%) Threat Intelligence
17 15 (11.28%) Continuous Improvement
17 15 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.56%) PowerShell
2 26 (19.55%) SQL
3 9 (6.77%) Python
4 3 (2.26%) Go
5 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (7.52%) CISSP
1 10 (7.52%) Degree
2 8 (6.02%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.51%) CEH
4 5 (3.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 5 (3.76%) CCSP
4 5 (3.76%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 5 (3.76%) SANS
4 5 (3.76%) SSCP
5 3 (2.26%) CISM
5 3 (2.26%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.50%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.50%) CASP
6 2 (1.50%) CREST Certified
6 2 (1.50%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.50%) GIAC
6 2 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.50%) Linux+ Certification
6 2 (1.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (19.55%) NIST
3 23 (17.29%) Cyber Essentials
4 17 (12.78%) PCI DSS
5 13 (9.77%) GDPR
6 10 (7.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (3.76%) COBIT
9 3 (2.26%) GRC
10 2 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.75%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.75%) NCSC
11 1 (0.75%) QA
11 1 (0.75%) SOC 2
System Software
1 30 (22.56%) Active Directory
2 24 (18.05%) RACF
3 8 (6.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (3.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.50%) Docker
6 2 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.75%) Snort
Systems Management
1 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.76%) Nmap
3 4 (3.01%) Terraform
4 3 (2.26%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.50%) Ansible
5 2 (1.50%) FortiGate
5 2 (1.50%) Host Intrusion Detection System
6 1 (0.75%) CASB
6 1 (0.75%) CSIRT
6 1 (0.75%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.75%) Nessus
6 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 61 (45.86%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.05%) CyberArk
3 8 (6.02%) Splunk
3 8 (6.02%) VMware
4 7 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.51%) Qualys
5 6 (4.51%) Rapid7
6 5 (3.76%) Thycotic
7 3 (2.26%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.75%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.75%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.75%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.75%) LogRhythm
8 1 (0.75%) Symantec