Security Operations Jobs in Merseyside

Security Operations (SecOps)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 67 99 100
Rank change year-on-year +32 +1 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 29 3 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 1.97% 0.31% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 0.32% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 4
10th Percentile £34,500 £37,250 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £42,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -34.62% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £73,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £57,200 £90,750 £68,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% - +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

Security Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,144 934 1,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 77.77% 95.21% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 809 386 673
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,125 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £63,750 £59,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,099 £70,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.79%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Merseyside

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Merseyside

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Merseyside over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Merseyside

Security Operations
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 12 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
Liverpool +28 27 £50,000 +17.65% 2
Prenton - 2 £32,500 -
Security Operations
North West

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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 (6.90%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 7 (24.14%) Azure
1 7 (24.14%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (20.69%) Entra ID
3 4 (13.79%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.79%) Firewall
2 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (6.90%) NGFW
3 1 (3.45%) DKIM
3 1 (3.45%) DMARC
3 1 (3.45%) DNS
3 1 (3.45%) Internet
General
1 13 (44.83%) Finance
2 8 (27.59%) Legal
3 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Analyst
1 7 (24.14%) Lead
2 6 (20.69%) Governance Analyst
2 6 (20.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Security Engineer
2 6 (20.69%) Senior
2 6 (20.69%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (13.79%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Incident Response Lead
5 2 (6.90%) Developer
5 2 (6.90%) Graduate
5 2 (6.90%) Operations Engineer
5 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (3.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Information Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Information Security Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 1 (3.45%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) AngularJS
1 2 (6.90%) CSS
1 2 (6.90%) HTML
1 2 (6.90%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (6.90%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (37.93%) Management Information System
2 7 (24.14%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (13.79%) Security Posture
4 2 (6.90%) CMDB
4 2 (6.90%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.45%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Cybersecurity
1 18 (62.07%) Information Security
2 14 (48.28%) Incident Response
3 11 (37.93%) Coaching
3 11 (37.93%) Roadmaps
4 10 (34.48%) RBAC
4 10 (34.48%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 7 (24.14%) Incident Management
5 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (24.14%) SIEM
6 6 (20.69%) Agile
6 6 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (20.69%) Privileged Access Management
6 6 (20.69%) Technical Leadership
7 5 (17.24%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (17.24%) Cloud Security
7 5 (17.24%) IT Strategy
7 5 (17.24%) ITIL
7 5 (17.24%) Load Testing
7 5 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
1 6 (20.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (6.90%) GRC
1 2 (6.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Active Directory
1 6 (20.69%) RACF
2 5 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) CASB
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Microsoft
2 6 (20.69%) CyberArk
3 5 (17.24%) VMware
4 2 (6.90%) ServiceNow