Security Operations Jobs in the East Midlands

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > East Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 155 185
Rank change year-on-year -19 +30 -28
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 21 22 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.47% 0.79% 0.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.82% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 10
10th Percentile - - £21,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £32,500 £21,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £35,500 £39,335
Median % change year-on-year +61.97% -9.75% -28.48%
75th Percentile £64,148 £41,330 £53,471
90th Percentile £73,410 £48,495 £76,500
England median annual salary £61,439 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -1.70% -10.71% +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,569 2,683 3,193
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.40% 95.86% 91.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,514 1,259 2,037
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,162 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.68% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,750
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the East Midlands

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the East Midlands

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the East Midlands

Security Operations
Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Nottinghamshire -17 8 £57,500 +64.29% 6
Leicestershire -8 7 £61,439 -
Lincolnshire - 3 £52,500 -
Northamptonshire -8 2 £52,500 +48.94% 3
Derbyshire -3 1 £47,500 -
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (9.52%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 2 (9.52%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (23.81%) Firewall
General
1 3 (14.29%) Aerospace
1 3 (14.29%) Banking
1 3 (14.29%) Finance
1 3 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 5 (23.81%) Security Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Governance Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Information Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Lead
4 3 (14.29%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Developer
5 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) AngularJS
1 2 (9.52%) CSS
1 2 (9.52%) HTML
1 2 (9.52%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (9.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 5 (23.81%) Enterprise Storage
2 5 (23.81%) Industry 4.0
2 5 (23.81%) SCADA
3 3 (14.29%) CSOC
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (14.29%) Cyberattack
3 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 2 (9.52%) CMDB
4 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (76.19%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (42.86%) Information Security
3 8 (38.10%) Coaching
3 8 (38.10%) Roadmaps
4 7 (33.33%) Change Management
5 5 (23.81%) Artificial Intelligence
5 5 (23.81%) Computer Science
5 5 (23.81%) Cryptography
5 5 (23.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 5 (23.81%) Digital Forensics
5 5 (23.81%) Digital Twin
5 5 (23.81%) Gamification
5 5 (23.81%) Impact Assessments
5 5 (23.81%) Incident Response
5 5 (23.81%) Informatics
5 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (23.81%) Mentoring
5 5 (23.81%) Network Architecture
5 5 (23.81%) Technology Roadmap
5 5 (23.81%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
1 5 (23.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (23.81%) NCSC
2 5 (23.81%) SOC 2
3 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.76%) GRC
3 1 (4.76%) ISO 9001
3 1 (4.76%) NIST
3 1 (4.76%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 3 (14.29%) RACF
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) BT
3 3 (14.29%) CyberArk
4 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow