Security Operations Jobs in Berkshire

Security Operations (SecOps)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 128 167
Rank change year-on-year +4 +39 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 44 50 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.31% 1.71% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% 1.80% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 24 26 9
10th Percentile £42,591 £33,125 £35,900
25th Percentile £51,250 £35,463 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £40,975 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.33% -48.78% +45.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,188 £82,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £88,125 £86,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Security Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,788 2,780 3,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 83.05% 95.17% 92.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1,805 1,545 2,013
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Berkshire

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Berkshire

Security Operations
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Reading +4 31 £60,000 -11.11% 5
Newbury +2 3 £57,500 +40.33%
Slough +21 2 £65,000 -
Wokingham - 2 £55,000 -
Security Operations
South East

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (4.55%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) AWS
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (4.55%) SonarCloud
4 1 (2.27%) GitHub
4 1 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (31.82%) Network Security
2 11 (25.00%) Firewall
3 5 (11.36%) Internet
3 5 (11.36%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (11.36%) VPN
4 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.27%) LAN
5 1 (2.27%) WAN
General
1 9 (20.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Retail
2 7 (15.91%) Telecoms
3 6 (13.64%) Finance
4 5 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (9.09%) Law
6 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 12 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 12 (27.27%) Security Manager
2 8 (18.18%) Analyst
3 6 (13.64%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) Security Assurance Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Lead
4 5 (11.36%) Operational Security Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Operations Manager
4 5 (11.36%) Security Analyst
4 5 (11.36%) Security Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Security Operations Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Senior
6 3 (6.82%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Security Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Leader
7 2 (4.55%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (15.91%) Web Services
2 2 (4.55%) AngularJS
2 2 (4.55%) CSS
2 2 (4.55%) HTML
2 2 (4.55%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 16 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 7 (15.91%) Security Operations Centre
3 6 (13.64%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (11.36%) Data Centre
4 5 (11.36%) Insider Threat
4 5 (11.36%) Security Posture
5 3 (6.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (6.82%) Cyberattack
5 3 (6.82%) IoT
6 2 (4.55%) CMDB
6 2 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.36%) Kali Linux
2 3 (6.82%) Windows
2 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (45.45%) SIEM
3 17 (38.64%) Incident Response
4 16 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 14 (31.82%) Application Security
5 14 (31.82%) Computer Science
6 13 (29.55%) Penetration Testing
7 12 (27.27%) Information Security
8 11 (25.00%) OWASP
8 11 (25.00%) Risk Management
8 11 (25.00%) Software Engineering
9 9 (20.45%) Security Management
9 9 (20.45%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (18.18%) DevSecOps
10 8 (18.18%) Use Case
11 7 (15.91%) Incident Management
11 7 (15.91%) ITIL
11 7 (15.91%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
12 6 (13.64%) Data Protection
12 6 (13.64%) Red Team
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) PowerShell
1 6 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 17 (38.64%) Degree
2 15 (34.09%) CISSP
3 8 (18.18%) CISM
4 6 (13.64%) GIAC
4 6 (13.64%) GPEN
4 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 5 (11.36%) AWS Certification
5 5 (11.36%) Azure Certification
6 4 (9.09%) DBS Check
7 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (6.82%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (4.55%) CCNA
8 2 (4.55%) CCNP
8 2 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (4.55%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (4.55%) GCIA
8 2 (4.55%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (38.64%) NIST
2 13 (29.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (27.27%) PCI DSS
4 8 (18.18%) GRC
4 8 (18.18%) NIST 800
5 7 (15.91%) GDPR
6 6 (13.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (11.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 3 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (4.55%) QA
10 1 (2.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
1 1 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (2.27%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (15.91%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 7 (15.91%) Nessus
2 5 (11.36%) Suricata
3 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.27%) Ansible
4 1 (2.27%) Network Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.27%) Puppet
4 1 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 8 (18.18%) Splunk
2 6 (13.64%) Cisco
2 6 (13.64%) Qualys
3 5 (11.36%) BT
3 5 (11.36%) Juniper
3 5 (11.36%) Palo Alto
4 4 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 3 (6.82%) LogRhythm
5 3 (6.82%) McAfee
6 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.27%) Citrix
6 1 (2.27%) VMware