Security Operations Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North 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 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 279 290 282
Rank change year-on-year +11 -8 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 105 131 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.59% 0.78% 1.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.80% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 70 94 88
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,800 £43,750
25th Percentile £41,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £60,569
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -0.94% +5.34%
75th Percentile £62,188 £75,938 £75,313
90th Percentile £66,500 £97,437 £80,000
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
North 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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,671 16,349 17,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.99% 96.81% 94.04%
Number of salaries quoted 11,247 7,908 10,703
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £38,317
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,650 £80,000
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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the North of England

Security Operations
Job Locations in the North 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 North of England 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
North West -28 57 £45,000 -30.77% 14
Yorkshire +74 36 £53,750 -7.02% 25
North East +8 12 £45,000 -36.84%
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 6 (5.71%) SAS
2 3 (2.86%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.90%) IIS
3 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.95%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.90%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (31.43%) Azure
2 29 (27.62%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (13.33%) Entra ID
4 13 (12.38%) AWS
5 10 (9.52%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (9.52%) SaaS
6 9 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (7.62%) PaaS
8 7 (6.67%) IaaS
9 6 (5.71%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.95%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.95%) Azure Event Grid
10 1 (0.95%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 1 (0.95%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.95%) GCP
10 1 (0.95%) GitHub
10 1 (0.95%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 24 (22.86%) Firewall
2 10 (9.52%) Network Security
2 10 (9.52%) TCP/IP
2 10 (9.52%) WAN
3 9 (8.57%) LAN
3 9 (8.57%) Wireshark
4 7 (6.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (5.71%) Internet
5 6 (5.71%) VPN
6 5 (4.76%) DNS
7 3 (2.86%) DHCP
7 3 (2.86%) tcpdump
7 3 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (1.90%) DKIM
8 2 (1.90%) DMARC
8 2 (1.90%) DMZ
8 2 (1.90%) HTTP
8 2 (1.90%) SMTP
9 1 (0.95%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (0.95%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.95%) Burp Suite
1 1 (0.95%) GitLab
1 1 (0.95%) JIRA
General
1 29 (27.62%) Social Skills
2 27 (25.71%) Finance
3 16 (15.24%) Legal
4 14 (13.33%) Banking
5 9 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (5.71%) Law
7 3 (2.86%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.90%) Police
9 1 (0.95%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.95%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.95%) Retail
9 1 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 35 (33.33%) Analyst
2 21 (20.00%) Security Engineer
3 16 (15.24%) Senior
3 16 (15.24%) Senior Analyst
4 15 (14.29%) Lead
4 15 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 13 (12.38%) Governance Analyst
6 11 (10.48%) Consultant
7 10 (9.52%) Information Security Consultant
7 10 (9.52%) Security Consultant
8 8 (7.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (7.62%) Team Leader
9 7 (6.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 6 (5.71%) Developer
10 6 (5.71%) Information Security Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) IT Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) IT Security Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) Operations Engineer
10 6 (5.71%) ServiceNow Developer
11 4 (3.81%) Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.71%) AngularJS
1 6 (5.71%) CSS
1 6 (5.71%) HTML
1 6 (5.71%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 6 (5.71%) Web Services
2 2 (1.90%) ADO
3 1 (0.95%) Middleware
3 1 (0.95%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.95%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (26.67%) Management Information System
2 27 (25.71%) Security Operations Centre
3 9 (8.57%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (7.62%) Cyber Threat
4 8 (7.62%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (6.67%) Cyberattack
5 7 (6.67%) Security Posture
6 6 (5.71%) CMDB
6 6 (5.71%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (2.86%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.90%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.90%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.95%) CSOC
9 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.95%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.52%) Windows
2 6 (5.71%) Android
2 6 (5.71%) Apple iOS
3 5 (4.76%) Linux
4 3 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.95%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 52 (49.52%) Information Security
3 39 (37.14%) Incident Response
3 39 (37.14%) SIEM
4 30 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
5 26 (24.76%) Roadmaps
6 25 (23.81%) Coaching
7 24 (22.86%) Agile
7 24 (22.86%) Identity Access Management
8 20 (19.05%) Privileged Access Management
9 19 (18.10%) Incident Management
10 17 (16.19%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 17 (16.19%) Threat Intelligence
10 17 (16.19%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 15 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 14 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 13 (12.38%) Cloud Security
13 13 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (12.38%) RBAC
13 13 (12.38%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.90%) PowerShell
2 15 (14.29%) SQL
3 9 (8.57%) Python
4 1 (0.95%) Bash
4 1 (0.95%) Go
4 1 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 12 (11.43%) Degree
2 10 (9.52%) CISSP
2 10 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.67%) CEH
4 6 (5.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 6 (5.71%) CCSP
4 6 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (5.71%) SANS
4 6 (5.71%) SSCP
5 4 (3.81%) CompTIA Security+
5 4 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.86%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.86%) GIAC
7 2 (1.90%) CISM
7 2 (1.90%) GCIA
7 2 (1.90%) GCIH
7 2 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.90%) Linux+ Certification
7 2 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.90%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (27.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (23.81%) NIST
3 22 (20.95%) Cyber Essentials
4 16 (15.24%) PCI DSS
5 13 (12.38%) GDPR
6 10 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (4.76%) COBIT
9 3 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (2.86%) GRC
10 1 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.95%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.95%) NCSC
10 1 (0.95%) QA
10 1 (0.95%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (12.38%) RACF
3 8 (7.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.86%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.90%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.95%) Docker
7 1 (0.95%) Snort
Systems Management
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (5.71%) Nmap
3 2 (1.90%) CASB
3 2 (1.90%) Host Intrusion Detection System
3 2 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.90%) Terraform
4 1 (0.95%) Ansible
4 1 (0.95%) CSIRT
4 1 (0.95%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.95%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.95%) Nessus
4 1 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 53 (50.48%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.38%) CyberArk
3 9 (8.57%) Splunk
4 8 (7.62%) VMware
5 7 (6.67%) Qualys
5 7 (6.67%) Rapid7
6 6 (5.71%) ServiceNow
6 6 (5.71%) Thycotic
7 1 (0.95%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.95%) Darktrace
7 1 (0.95%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.95%) LogRhythm
7 1 (0.95%) Symantec