Security Operations Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 337 349 323
Rank change year-on-year +12 -26 +35
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 554 493 812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.73% 0.87% 1.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 0.91% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 368 332 405
10th Percentile £34,625 £35,265 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,136 £57,088 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% -4.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,813 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,125 £83,625 £85,000
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
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,321 53,973 69,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.77% 95.48% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 42,680 28,676 41,266
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations in the UK excluding London

Security Operations
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 within the UK excluding London 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
South East -30 137 £52,500 -4.55% 33
North of England +44 128 £50,000 -18.37% 34
South West +2 98 £62,500 - 13
Midlands -3 82 £52,500 -4.55% 13
North West -26 67 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Scotland -32 65 £52,500 +2.44% 13
West Midlands -6 57 £46,238 -15.93% 10
Yorkshire +73 45 £52,500 +5.00% 15
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
Wales -18 7 £50,000 -9.09% 5
Northern Ireland +23 5 £50,000 - 1
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (3.61%) SAS
2 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.54%) Confluence
4 2 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 117 (21.12%) Azure
2 77 (13.90%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (10.83%) Entra ID
4 42 (7.58%) AWS
5 38 (6.86%) Azure Sentinel
6 32 (5.78%) SaaS
7 13 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
8 12 (2.17%) PaaS
9 10 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.81%) IaaS
10 8 (1.44%) GCP
11 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (0.90%) Azure AKS
13 4 (0.72%) GitHub
14 3 (0.54%) Power Platform
15 2 (0.36%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 2 (0.36%) AWS CloudTrail
15 2 (0.36%) AWS Control Tower
15 2 (0.36%) SonarCloud
16 1 (0.18%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 103 (18.59%) Firewall
2 65 (11.73%) Network Security
3 37 (6.68%) Intrusion Detection
4 23 (4.15%) VPN
5 22 (3.97%) TCP/IP
6 21 (3.79%) Internet
7 13 (2.35%) LAN
8 12 (2.17%) DNS
8 12 (2.17%) WAN
9 9 (1.62%) Wireshark
10 8 (1.44%) DHCP
11 3 (0.54%) HTTP
11 3 (0.54%) SMTP
11 3 (0.54%) tcpdump
11 3 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.36%) DMZ
12 2 (0.36%) NGFW
12 2 (0.36%) OSPF
12 2 (0.36%) SNMP
12 2 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.36%) Big Data
1 2 (0.36%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.36%) Power BI
2 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.18%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (0.72%) GitLab
2 3 (0.54%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.54%) JIRA
3 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.18%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.18%) Git
4 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 148 (26.71%) Social Skills
2 106 (19.13%) Finance
3 77 (13.90%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (11.01%) Legal
5 51 (9.21%) Banking
6 33 (5.96%) Military
7 31 (5.60%) Retail
8 14 (2.53%) Aerospace
9 13 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.99%) Law
11 10 (1.81%) Public Sector
12 9 (1.62%) Marketing
13 8 (1.44%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.08%) Games
14 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
15 5 (0.90%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.72%) Aviation
16 4 (0.72%) Police
17 3 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
17 3 (0.54%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 190 (34.30%) Analyst
2 87 (15.70%) Senior
3 77 (13.90%) Senior Analyst
4 73 (13.18%) Lead
5 71 (12.82%) Security Analyst
6 64 (11.55%) Consultant
7 61 (11.01%) Security Consultant
8 57 (10.29%) Security Engineer
9 49 (8.84%) SOC Analyst
10 44 (7.94%) Governance Analyst
11 37 (6.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 34 (6.14%) Security Manager
13 25 (4.51%) Developer
14 24 (4.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 24 (4.33%) ServiceNow Developer
15 21 (3.79%) Incident Response Lead
16 19 (3.43%) Cybersecurity Manager
16 19 (3.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 18 (3.25%) Senior Security Analyst
18 16 (2.89%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.51%) Web Services
2 21 (3.79%) AngularJS
3 20 (3.61%) CSS
3 20 (3.61%) HTML
3 20 (3.61%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 9 (1.62%) Fluent Bit
5 4 (0.72%) EDI
5 4 (0.72%) SAML
6 3 (0.54%) ADO
7 2 (0.36%) Middleware
7 2 (0.36%) OAuth
7 2 (0.36%) OpenID
8 1 (0.18%) .NET
8 1 (0.18%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.18%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.18%) LDAP
8 1 (0.18%) React
8 1 (0.18%) RESTful
8 1 (0.18%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.18%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 181 (32.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 135 (24.37%) Management Information System
3 61 (11.01%) Cyber Threat
4 36 (6.50%) Security Posture
5 26 (4.69%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (4.15%) CMDB
7 22 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (3.79%) Cyberattack
9 20 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (2.53%) Client/Server
11 12 (2.17%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 10 (1.81%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.62%) Operational Technology
13 9 (1.62%) Product Ownership
13 9 (1.62%) SCADA
14 8 (1.44%) Social Media
15 7 (1.26%) Data Structures
15 7 (1.26%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 88 (15.88%) Windows
2 46 (8.30%) Linux
3 28 (5.05%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.53%) Mac OS X
4 14 (2.53%) Unix
5 6 (1.08%) Android
5 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.90%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (65.52%) Cybersecurity
2 196 (35.38%) Incident Response
3 193 (34.84%) Information Security
4 188 (33.94%) SIEM
5 113 (20.40%) Vulnerability Management
6 104 (18.77%) Incident Management
7 103 (18.59%) Agile
8 89 (16.06%) Coaching
9 85 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
10 82 (14.80%) Identity Access Management
11 80 (14.44%) Roadmaps
12 73 (13.18%) Mentoring
13 72 (13.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 72 (13.00%) Threat Intelligence
14 70 (12.64%) Risk Management
15 56 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
16 55 (9.93%) ITIL
17 54 (9.75%) Privileged Access Management
18 51 (9.21%) Actionable Insight
18 51 (9.21%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 79 (14.26%) PowerShell
2 47 (8.48%) SQL
3 30 (5.42%) Python
4 13 (2.35%) Bash
5 5 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.72%) Go
7 2 (0.36%) C
7 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.18%) C#
8 1 (0.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 112 (20.22%) Degree
2 102 (18.41%) Security Cleared
3 98 (17.69%) CISSP
4 49 (8.84%) SC Cleared
5 43 (7.76%) CISM
6 40 (7.22%) CompTIA Security+
7 34 (6.14%) DV Cleared
8 28 (5.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (3.79%) GIAC
10 20 (3.61%) Master's Degree
11 19 (3.43%) GCIA
12 17 (3.07%) GCIH
13 16 (2.89%) SSCP
14 15 (2.71%) CEH
14 15 (2.71%) GREM
15 14 (2.53%) CompTIA CySA+
16 13 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
17 10 (1.81%) Azure Certification
18 8 (1.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 8 (1.44%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (18.23%) NIST
2 87 (15.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (9.39%) GDPR
4 49 (8.84%) PCI DSS
5 38 (6.86%) Cyber Essentials
6 24 (4.33%) NIST 800
7 20 (3.61%) JSP 440
8 18 (3.25%) GRC
9 17 (3.07%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (2.35%) NCSC
10 13 (2.35%) SOC 2
11 9 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 7 (1.26%) QA
12 7 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 5 (0.90%) COBIT
13 5 (0.90%) ISO 9001
14 4 (0.72%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.72%) ISO 22301
15 3 (0.54%) Accessibility
15 3 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 77 (13.90%) Active Directory
2 44 (7.94%) RACF
3 12 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.08%) Docker
6 5 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.72%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.18%) Snort
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 14 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.35%) CASB
3 12 (2.17%) Kubernetes
4 10 (1.81%) Terraform
5 9 (1.62%) Fluentd
5 9 (1.62%) logstash
5 9 (1.62%) Nessus
6 7 (1.26%) Ansible
6 7 (1.26%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 6 (1.08%) Nmap
8 5 (0.90%) Suricata
9 4 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.54%) QRadar
10 3 (0.54%) SCCM
10 3 (0.54%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.36%) DatAdvantage
11 2 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.36%) Host Intrusion Detection System
11 2 (0.36%) SolarWinds Orion
11 2 (0.36%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 178 (32.13%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.48%) CyberArk
3 45 (8.12%) Splunk
4 29 (5.23%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.89%) Qualys
6 14 (2.53%) Dell
6 14 (2.53%) VMware
7 10 (1.81%) BT
7 10 (1.81%) Cisco
8 7 (1.26%) Rapid7
9 6 (1.08%) Juniper
9 6 (1.08%) Thycotic
10 5 (0.90%) Darktrace
10 5 (0.90%) LogRhythm
10 5 (0.90%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.72%) Symantec
12 3 (0.54%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.54%) McAfee
12 3 (0.54%) Varonis
13 2 (0.36%) Facebook