Security Operations Jobs in the East of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > East of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East 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 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 191 207 115
Rank change year-on-year +16 -92 +20
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 35 18 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.54% 0.37% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 0.40% 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 32 8 28
10th Percentile £42,225 £41,188 £34,500
25th Percentile £51,000 £49,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,662 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% -8.33% -17.24%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £73,125
90th Percentile £72,375 £72,875 £85,750
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
East 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 East of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,094 4,555 6,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 78.19% 94.37% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3,809 2,041 2,773
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £65,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £78,500
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 East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the East of England

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the East of England

Security Operations
Job Locations in the East 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 East of England 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
Hertfordshire +32 31 £57,500 +4.55% 6
Essex +3 2 £100,000 +42.86% 1
Bedfordshire - 2 £68,750 -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (14.29%) Azure
3 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 1 (2.86%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) DHCP
1 3 (8.57%) DNS
1 3 (8.57%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.71%) LAN
2 2 (5.71%) Network Security
2 2 (5.71%) OSPF
2 2 (5.71%) Wireless
2 2 (5.71%) WLAN
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.86%) Firewall
General
1 11 (31.43%) Aerospace
2 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 7 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Banking
4 2 (5.71%) Finance
4 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Legal
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Advertising
5 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (34.29%) Analyst
2 10 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (22.86%) Security Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 5 (14.29%) SIEM Engineer
5 4 (11.43%) Lead
6 3 (8.57%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (8.57%) Security Analyst
7 2 (5.71%) 1st Line Support
7 2 (5.71%) Developer
7 2 (5.71%) IT Support
7 2 (5.71%) Lead Developer
7 2 (5.71%) ServiceNow Developer
8 1 (2.86%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
8 1 (2.86%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 1 (2.86%) IT Analyst
8 1 (2.86%) Operations Support Engineer
8 1 (2.86%) Security Operations Analyst
8 1 (2.86%) Service Desk Support Analyst
8 1 (2.86%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.71%) Fluent Bit
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (22.86%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (11.43%) Security Posture
4 3 (8.57%) IoT
4 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (28.57%) Windows
2 9 (25.71%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (71.43%) SIEM
2 24 (68.57%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (51.43%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (31.43%) Client Onboarding
4 11 (31.43%) Kalman Filter
5 9 (25.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (11.43%) Customer Service
6 4 (11.43%) Data Loss Prevention
6 4 (11.43%) Incident Management
6 4 (11.43%) Patch Management
6 4 (11.43%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (8.57%) Incident Response
7 3 (8.57%) Information Security
7 3 (8.57%) ITIL
7 3 (8.57%) ITSM
7 3 (8.57%) Security Management
7 3 (8.57%) Service Management
8 2 (5.71%) Change Management
8 2 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
8 2 (5.71%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (34.29%) PowerShell
2 11 (31.43%) Bash
2 11 (31.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 20 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 11 (31.43%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.00%) CISSP
3 7 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (5.71%) A+ Certification
4 2 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (11.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (5.71%) GDPR
2 2 (5.71%) NIST
3 1 (2.86%) GRC
3 1 (2.86%) GxP
System Software
1 5 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (25.71%) Fluentd
1 9 (25.71%) logstash
2 4 (11.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (5.71%) DatAdvantage
3 2 (5.71%) QRadar
3 2 (5.71%) SCCM
3 2 (5.71%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
4 1 (2.86%) Stealthwatch
4 1 (2.86%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (57.14%) Splunk
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) ServiceNow
4 2 (5.71%) Qualys
4 2 (5.71%) Symantec
4 2 (5.71%) Varonis
5 1 (2.86%) Cisco
5 1 (2.86%) VMware