Security Operations Jobs in England

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > England

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 341 362
Rank change year-on-year +32 +21 +17
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 769 821 1,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.84% 0.97% 1.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.02% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 562 591 853
10th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +8.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 76,200 80,466 135,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.51% 95.48% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55,193 48,975 73,419
10th Percentile £29,022 £34,324 £33,262
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +35 280 £72,500 +8.21% 97
South East -30 137 £52,500 -4.55% 34
North of England +44 128 £50,000 -18.37% 35
South West +2 98 £62,500 - 13
Midlands -3 82 £52,500 -4.55% 13
North West -26 67 £50,000 -23.08% 18
West Midlands -6 57 £46,238 -15.93% 10
Yorkshire +73 45 £52,500 +5.00% 16
East of England +11 35 £57,662 +4.84% 10
East Midlands -12 24 £57,500 +52.32% 3
North East +3 16 £45,000 -36.84% 1
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 14 (1.82%) SAS
2 10 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (0.78%) Confluence
4 5 (0.65%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.26%) Apache
5 2 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.13%) IIS
6 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.26%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.13%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 194 (25.23%) Azure
2 116 (15.08%) Microsoft 365
3 69 (8.97%) Entra ID
4 67 (8.71%) AWS
5 47 (6.11%) Azure Sentinel
6 28 (3.64%) SaaS
7 25 (3.25%) Cloud Computing
8 23 (2.99%) GCP
9 18 (2.34%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.08%) PaaS
11 15 (1.95%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (1.82%) Azure AKS
12 14 (1.82%) IaaS
13 9 (1.17%) Power Platform
14 5 (0.65%) GitHub
15 4 (0.52%) Datadog
16 3 (0.39%) Mimecast
16 3 (0.39%) Stackdriver
17 2 (0.26%) Azure Key Vault
17 2 (0.26%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 154 (20.03%) Firewall
2 113 (14.69%) Network Security
3 60 (7.80%) Intrusion Detection
4 34 (4.42%) TCP/IP
5 26 (3.38%) VPN
6 23 (2.99%) Internet
6 23 (2.99%) Wireshark
7 22 (2.86%) LAN
7 22 (2.86%) WAN
8 17 (2.21%) DNS
9 10 (1.30%) DHCP
10 8 (1.04%) VoIP
11 4 (0.52%) HTTP
11 4 (0.52%) SMTP
12 3 (0.39%) Broadband
12 3 (0.39%) tcpdump
12 3 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (0.26%) NGFW
13 2 (0.26%) SD-WAN
13 2 (0.26%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.04%) Power BI
2 5 (0.65%) BigQuery
2 5 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (0.65%) Hadoop
2 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.26%) Big Data
3 2 (0.26%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (0.78%) Git
1 6 (0.78%) JIRA
2 3 (0.39%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.39%) GitLab
2 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 199 (25.88%) Finance
2 186 (24.19%) Social Skills
3 101 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (10.92%) Legal
5 72 (9.36%) Banking
6 49 (6.37%) Law
7 39 (5.07%) Retail
8 34 (4.42%) Military
9 31 (4.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.82%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.82%) Games
11 13 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
12 10 (1.30%) Marketing
12 10 (1.30%) Public Sector
13 8 (1.04%) Health Technology
13 8 (1.04%) Pharmaceutical
13 8 (1.04%) Telecoms
14 6 (0.78%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.65%) Police
16 4 (0.52%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 265 (34.46%) Analyst
2 140 (18.21%) Senior
3 136 (17.69%) Security Analyst
4 101 (13.13%) Senior Analyst
5 94 (12.22%) Security Engineer
6 93 (12.09%) Lead
7 81 (10.53%) Consultant
8 73 (9.49%) SOC Analyst
9 71 (9.23%) Security Consultant
10 64 (8.32%) Security Manager
11 59 (7.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 48 (6.24%) Governance Analyst
13 45 (5.85%) IT Analyst
14 44 (5.72%) IT Security Analyst
15 40 (5.20%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 29 (3.77%) Developer
16 29 (3.77%) Operations Analyst
16 29 (3.77%) Security Operations Analyst
16 29 (3.77%) Senior Security Analyst
16 29 (3.77%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.73%) Web Services
2 18 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
3 17 (2.21%) AngularJS
4 16 (2.08%) CSS
5 14 (1.82%) HTML
5 14 (1.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 9 (1.17%) Fluent Bit
7 8 (1.04%) SAML
8 6 (0.78%) OAuth
9 4 (0.52%) EDI
10 3 (0.39%) ADO
10 3 (0.39%) Kafka
10 3 (0.39%) REST
10 3 (0.39%) SOAP
11 2 (0.26%) JDBC
11 2 (0.26%) LDAP
11 2 (0.26%) Middleware
11 2 (0.26%) OpenID
12 1 (0.13%) .NET
12 1 (0.13%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 236 (30.69%) Security Operations Centre
2 164 (21.33%) Management Information System
3 92 (11.96%) Cyber Threat
4 60 (7.80%) Cyber Defence
5 57 (7.41%) Security Posture
6 54 (7.02%) Cyberattack
7 38 (4.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 20 (2.60%) CMDB
8 20 (2.60%) Data Protection Act
9 19 (2.47%) Client/Server
10 18 (2.34%) Onboarding
10 18 (2.34%) Product Ownership
11 16 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
12 15 (1.95%) SCADA
13 14 (1.82%) Data Centre
13 14 (1.82%) Operational Technology
14 11 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.17%) Algorithms
15 9 (1.17%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 112 (14.56%) Windows
2 44 (5.72%) Linux
3 30 (3.90%) Windows Server
4 15 (1.95%) Android
4 15 (1.95%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.65%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.39%) CentOS
7 3 (0.39%) Unix
8 2 (0.26%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (64.50%) Cybersecurity
2 297 (38.62%) SIEM
3 281 (36.54%) Information Security
4 269 (34.98%) Incident Response
5 169 (21.98%) Vulnerability Management
6 146 (18.99%) Agile
7 122 (15.86%) Incident Management
8 114 (14.82%) Identity Access Management
9 111 (14.43%) Roadmaps
10 95 (12.35%) Coaching
11 93 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
12 91 (11.83%) Threat Intelligence
13 90 (11.70%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 90 (11.70%) Risk Management
14 85 (11.05%) Cloud Security
15 84 (10.92%) Mentoring
16 76 (9.88%) Security Architecture
17 69 (8.97%) Privileged Access Management
18 67 (8.71%) Data Loss Prevention
19 64 (8.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 108 (14.04%) PowerShell
2 54 (7.02%) SQL
3 50 (6.50%) Python
4 15 (1.95%) Bash
5 12 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.04%) Java
7 7 (0.91%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.52%) Go
9 2 (0.26%) Scala
10 1 (0.13%) C
10 1 (0.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 151 (19.64%) CISSP
2 134 (17.43%) Security Cleared
3 116 (15.08%) Degree
4 57 (7.41%) SC Cleared
5 53 (6.89%) CISM
6 52 (6.76%) DV Cleared
7 43 (5.59%) Cisco Certification
8 41 (5.33%) CompTIA Security+
9 38 (4.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 37 (4.81%) CCSP
11 34 (4.42%) GIAC
12 30 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
13 27 (3.51%) CISA
13 27 (3.51%) CompTIA CySA+
14 26 (3.38%) CEH
15 22 (2.86%) Master's Degree
16 20 (2.60%) SSCP
17 16 (2.08%) SANS
18 12 (1.56%) AWS Certification
19 11 (1.43%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (20.94%) NIST
2 143 (18.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (8.58%) GDPR
3 66 (8.58%) PCI DSS
4 52 (6.76%) Cyber Essentials
5 42 (5.46%) GRC
6 31 (4.03%) NCSC
7 24 (3.12%) NIST 800
8 23 (2.99%) JSP 440
9 17 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 16 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (1.69%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.17%) COBIT
12 9 (1.17%) ISO 9001
13 8 (1.04%) QA
14 7 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.78%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.65%) Data Quality
17 3 (0.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 3 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 105 (13.65%) Active Directory
2 45 (5.85%) RACF
3 17 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (1.95%) vSphere
5 13 (1.69%) Docker
6 12 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.52%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 28 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.25%) QRadar
3 23 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (2.47%) Terraform
5 16 (2.08%) CASB
6 14 (1.82%) logstash
6 14 (1.82%) Nmap
7 13 (1.69%) Ansible
8 9 (1.17%) Fluentd
8 9 (1.17%) Nessus
9 7 (0.91%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 7 (0.91%) CSIRT
10 5 (0.65%) Suricata
11 4 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.39%) Graphite
12 3 (0.39%) Nagios
12 3 (0.39%) SCCM
12 3 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.39%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.39%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 266 (34.59%) Microsoft
2 72 (9.36%) Splunk
3 46 (5.98%) CyberArk
4 43 (5.59%) Qualys
5 42 (5.46%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.34%) VMware
7 17 (2.21%) CrowdStrike
7 17 (2.21%) SolarWinds
8 16 (2.08%) Cisco
8 16 (2.08%) Rapid7
8 16 (2.08%) Tripwire
9 15 (1.95%) IBM
9 15 (1.95%) Tanium
10 14 (1.82%) Thycotic
11 13 (1.69%) Darktrace
12 10 (1.30%) BT
13 8 (1.04%) Google
14 7 (0.91%) Juniper
15 5 (0.65%) LogRhythm
15 5 (0.65%) Palo Alto