Security Operations Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £65,979 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 741 714 823
Rank change year-on-year -27 +109 -126
Permanent jobs requiring a Security Operations Manager 17 21 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.022% 0.037% 0.069%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.042% 0.072%
Number of salaries quoted 16 20 33
10th Percentile £46,994 £53,640 £45,320
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,357 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,979 £68,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% +5.77% +3.17%
75th Percentile £68,750 £74,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,089 £77,750 £82,500
UK median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year -3.57% -5.08% +18.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,584 50,145 71,219
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 88.91% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 51,010 29,573 42,922
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Security Operations Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Security Operations Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Manager in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Manager
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 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
South East +15 7 £52,500 -16.00% 2
Scotland -71 4 £67,500 +12.50%
North of England +27 3 £72,500 +7.41%
West Midlands -8 2 £45,475 -35.04%
North West -11 2 £72,500 +3.57%
Midlands -22 2 £45,475 -35.04%
Yorkshire +63 1 £66,959 +3.01%
East of England - 1 £65,000 -
Security Operations Manager
UK

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 June 2024, Security Operations Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Security Operations Manager in the job title.

1 14 (82.35%) Security Operations
2 11 (64.71%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (41.18%) Security Operations Centre
3 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 6 (35.29%) SIEM
4 6 (35.29%) Service Delivery
5 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
5 5 (29.41%) Retail
5 5 (29.41%) Kalman Filter
5 5 (29.41%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (23.53%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (23.53%) Cyber Security Posture
6 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (23.53%) DBS Check
6 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (23.53%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (23.53%) Network Security
6 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
6 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 4 (23.53%) Information Security
6 4 (23.53%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (23.53%) Law
7 3 (17.65%) Security Management
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
7 3 (17.65%) Threat and Vulnerability Management

Security Operations Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Network Security
2 2 (11.76%) Firewall
General
1 5 (29.41%) Retail
2 4 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (23.53%) Law
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Games
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Security Operations Centre
2 5 (29.41%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
3 4 (23.53%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (11.76%) Cyberattack
5 1 (5.88%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
5 1 (5.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (82.35%) Security Operations
2 11 (64.71%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (41.18%) Incident Response
4 6 (35.29%) Service Delivery
4 6 (35.29%) SIEM
5 5 (29.41%) Kalman Filter
6 4 (23.53%) Analytical Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (23.53%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (23.53%) Information Security
6 4 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
6 4 (23.53%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Visualisation
6 4 (23.53%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 3 (17.65%) Security Management
7 3 (17.65%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 3 (17.65%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (11.76%) Data Protection
8 2 (11.76%) Threat Management
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.88%) CASP
2 1 (5.88%) CISSP
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) GCIA
2 1 (5.88%) GCIH
2 1 (5.88%) GIAC
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SOC 2
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) GRC
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (5.88%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Darktrace
2 1 (5.88%) Splunk