Security Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 330 335 322
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +39
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 574 492 826
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.88% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.93% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 383 336 402
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,250 £37,503
25th Percentile £42,523 £43,750 £44,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,569
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -5.07% +10.13%
75th Percentile £67,177 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £84,864 £84,875
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +14.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64,107 53,150 71,511
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.14% 95.49% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 43,360 28,415 41,497
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
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 within the UK excluding London 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
South East -22 145 £55,000 - 21
North of England +43 133 £50,000 -20.00% 31
South West +5 103 £62,500 - 16
Midlands -22 83 £52,500 -4.55% 17
North West -16 71 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Scotland -24 65 £52,500 +2.44% 8
West Midlands -5 58 £46,238 -15.93% 12
Yorkshire +79 46 £50,000 - 12
East of England +4 34 £57,500 +4.55% 9
East Midlands -30 24 £57,500 +43.75% 5
North East -1 16 £45,000 -36.84% 1
Wales -10 8 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Northern Ireland +22 6 £50,000 -
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.48%) SAS
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.35%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 119 (20.73%) Azure
2 77 (13.41%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (10.45%) Entra ID
4 43 (7.49%) AWS
5 40 (6.97%) Azure Sentinel
6 30 (5.23%) SaaS
7 12 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (2.09%) PaaS
8 10 (1.74%) IaaS
9 9 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.39%) GCP
11 7 (1.22%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (0.70%) GitHub
14 3 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
14 3 (0.52%) AWS CloudTrail
14 3 (0.52%) AWS Control Tower
14 3 (0.52%) Power Platform
15 2 (0.35%) SonarCloud
16 1 (0.17%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 102 (17.77%) Firewall
2 65 (11.32%) Network Security
3 37 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 23 (4.01%) VPN
5 21 (3.66%) Internet
5 21 (3.66%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.09%) DNS
6 12 (2.09%) LAN
7 11 (1.92%) WAN
8 8 (1.39%) DHCP
8 8 (1.39%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.70%) NGFW
10 3 (0.52%) HTTP
10 3 (0.52%) SMTP
10 3 (0.52%) tcpdump
10 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.35%) DMZ
11 2 (0.35%) OSPF
11 2 (0.35%) SNMP
11 2 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.35%) Big Data
2 2 (0.35%) Power BI
3 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (0.70%) GitLab
2 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.52%) JIRA
3 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.17%) Git
4 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 146 (25.44%) Social Skills
2 104 (18.12%) Finance
3 77 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (10.63%) Legal
5 51 (8.89%) Banking
6 33 (5.75%) Military
7 31 (5.40%) Retail
8 13 (2.26%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.74%) Law
9 10 (1.74%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.39%) Marketing
10 8 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.22%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.05%) Games
12 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.70%) Aviation
13 4 (0.70%) Police
14 3 (0.52%) Turkish Language
15 2 (0.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 192 (33.45%) Analyst
2 88 (15.33%) Senior
3 84 (14.63%) Lead
4 77 (13.41%) Senior Analyst
5 75 (13.07%) Security Analyst
6 68 (11.85%) Consultant
7 66 (11.50%) Security Consultant
8 57 (9.93%) Security Engineer
9 49 (8.54%) SOC Analyst
10 44 (7.67%) Governance Analyst
11 37 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 33 (5.75%) Security Manager
13 31 (5.40%) Incident Response Lead
14 27 (4.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 25 (4.36%) Developer
16 24 (4.18%) ServiceNow Developer
17 20 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 18 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 18 (3.14%) Senior Security Analyst
19 17 (2.96%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.36%) Web Services
2 21 (3.66%) AngularJS
3 20 (3.48%) CSS
3 20 (3.48%) HTML
3 20 (3.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 8 (1.39%) Fluent Bit
5 5 (0.87%) SAML
6 4 (0.70%) EDI
7 3 (0.52%) ADO
7 3 (0.52%) OAuth
7 3 (0.52%) OpenID
8 2 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.35%) Middleware
9 1 (0.17%) .NET
9 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.17%) LDAP
9 1 (0.17%) React
9 1 (0.17%) RESTful
9 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 185 (32.23%) Security Operations Centre
2 133 (23.17%) Management Information System
3 60 (10.45%) Cyber Threat
4 37 (6.45%) Security Posture
5 26 (4.53%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (4.01%) CMDB
7 22 (3.83%) Cyberattack
7 22 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (3.48%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.44%) Client/Server
10 12 (2.09%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 10 (1.74%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.57%) Product Ownership
13 9 (1.57%) SCADA
13 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.39%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.39%) Social Media
15 7 (1.22%) Algorithms
15 7 (1.22%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 90 (15.68%) Windows
2 48 (8.36%) Linux
3 30 (5.23%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.26%) Mac OS X
4 13 (2.26%) Unix
5 5 (0.87%) Android
5 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.87%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.17%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 364 (63.41%) Cybersecurity
2 209 (36.41%) Incident Response
3 195 (33.97%) Information Security
4 187 (32.58%) SIEM
5 117 (20.38%) Vulnerability Management
6 106 (18.47%) Incident Management
7 104 (18.12%) Agile
8 89 (15.51%) Coaching
9 83 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
10 80 (13.94%) Identity Access Management
10 80 (13.94%) Roadmaps
11 73 (12.72%) Mentoring
12 72 (12.54%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 72 (12.54%) Threat Intelligence
13 71 (12.37%) Risk Management
14 56 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
15 53 (9.23%) ITIL
15 53 (9.23%) Privileged Access Management
15 53 (9.23%) RBAC
16 50 (8.71%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 76 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 47 (8.19%) SQL
3 27 (4.70%) Python
4 11 (1.92%) Bash
5 5 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.70%) Go
7 2 (0.35%) C
7 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.17%) C#
8 1 (0.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 109 (18.99%) Degree
2 101 (17.60%) Security Cleared
3 98 (17.07%) CISSP
4 47 (8.19%) SC Cleared
5 44 (7.67%) CISM
6 41 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 36 (6.27%) DV Cleared
8 27 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (3.48%) GIAC
9 20 (3.48%) Master's Degree
10 17 (2.96%) GCIA
11 15 (2.61%) GCIH
11 15 (2.61%) SSCP
12 14 (2.44%) CEH
12 14 (2.44%) CompTIA CySA+
13 13 (2.26%) GREM
14 12 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (1.74%) Azure Certification
16 8 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
16 8 (1.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (17.94%) NIST
2 87 (15.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (9.06%) GDPR
4 49 (8.54%) PCI DSS
5 38 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (4.36%) NIST 800
7 20 (3.48%) JSP 440
8 18 (3.14%) GRC
9 17 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (2.26%) SOC 2
11 12 (2.09%) NCSC
12 9 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (1.22%) QA
13 7 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.87%) COBIT
14 5 (0.87%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.70%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.70%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
16 3 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 80 (13.94%) Active Directory
2 44 (7.67%) RACF
3 12 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.05%) Docker
6 5 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Snort
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.26%) CASB
2 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (2.09%) Terraform
4 9 (1.57%) Nessus
5 8 (1.39%) Fluentd
5 8 (1.39%) logstash
6 7 (1.22%) Ansible
6 7 (1.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 5 (0.87%) Nmap
7 5 (0.87%) Suricata
8 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.52%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.52%) QRadar
9 3 (0.52%) SCCM
9 3 (0.52%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.35%) DatAdvantage
10 2 (0.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
10 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
10 2 (0.35%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 178 (31.01%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.19%) CyberArk
3 43 (7.49%) Splunk
4 29 (5.05%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.96%) Qualys
6 14 (2.44%) VMware
7 13 (2.26%) Dell
8 10 (1.74%) BT
8 10 (1.74%) Cisco
9 7 (1.22%) Palo Alto
10 6 (1.05%) Juniper
10 6 (1.05%) Rapid7
11 5 (0.87%) Darktrace
11 5 (0.87%) LogRhythm
11 5 (0.87%) Thycotic
12 4 (0.70%) Symantec
13 3 (0.52%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.52%) IBM
13 3 (0.52%) McAfee
13 3 (0.52%) Varonis