Security Operations Jobs in Bristol

Security Operations (SecOps)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 146 166
Rank change year-on-year +41 +20 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 63 18 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.79% 0.73% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 0.76% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 34 17 20
10th Percentile £50,000 £30,800 £42,000
25th Percentile £51,563 £39,294 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £45,500 £63,854
Median % change year-on-year +114.29% -28.74% +70.28%
75th Percentile £107,500 £72,500 £75,938
90th Percentile - £77,250 £90,000
South West median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,958 2,362 3,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 84.06% 95.51% 97.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2,180 1,418 2,142
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,723 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,750 £43,162 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,191 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.62% +15.79%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £86,125
South West median annual salary £52,000 £54,222 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.10% +8.44% +8.70%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Salary Trend in Bristol

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Bristol over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in Bristol

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (3.17%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.52%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.35%) AWS
4 3 (4.76%) SaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.59%) IaaS
5 1 (1.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (31.75%) Network Security
2 10 (15.87%) Firewall
3 6 (9.52%) Internet
4 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 41 (65.08%) Social Skills
2 23 (36.51%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (28.57%) Military
4 7 (11.11%) Finance
5 5 (7.94%) Banking
5 5 (7.94%) Legal
6 2 (3.17%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 39 (61.90%) Consultant
2 38 (60.32%) Security Consultant
3 20 (31.75%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 12 (19.05%) Analyst
5 11 (17.46%) Senior
5 11 (17.46%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (7.94%) Governance Analyst
7 4 (6.35%) Lead
8 3 (4.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.76%) Incident Response Lead
8 3 (4.76%) Security Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) AWS DevOps
9 2 (3.17%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Developer
9 2 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Operations Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.17%) Senior Security Analyst
9 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) AngularJS
1 2 (3.17%) CSS
1 2 (3.17%) HTML
1 2 (3.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
1 2 (3.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 18 (28.57%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (7.94%) Cyberattack
3 5 (7.94%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.17%) CMDB
4 2 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (3.17%) PKI
5 1 (1.59%) CESG
5 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Windows
1 6 (9.52%) Windows Server
2 4 (6.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (60.32%) Mentoring
3 31 (49.21%) Incident Response
4 25 (39.68%) Agile
4 25 (39.68%) Information Security
5 23 (36.51%) Coaching
6 22 (34.92%) Incident Management
6 22 (34.92%) SIEM
7 20 (31.75%) Business Development
7 20 (31.75%) Protective Monitoring
7 20 (31.75%) Risk Management
8 18 (28.57%) Programme Management
8 18 (28.57%) Resource Management
8 18 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 18 (28.57%) Security Architecture
9 10 (15.87%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (11.11%) Identity Access Management
11 6 (9.52%) Roadmaps
12 5 (7.94%) Privileged Access Management
12 5 (7.94%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) PowerShell
1 5 (7.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 18 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 6 (9.52%) GIAC
4 3 (4.76%) CEH
4 3 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 3 (4.76%) SC Cleared
5 2 (3.17%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (3.17%) CISSP
5 2 (3.17%) Degree
6 1 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 1 (1.59%) CCNA
6 1 (1.59%) CCSP
6 1 (1.59%) CISA
6 1 (1.59%) CISM
6 1 (1.59%) CISMP
6 1 (1.59%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (1.59%) ISACA
6 1 (1.59%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (31.75%) JSP 440
1 20 (31.75%) NIST
2 18 (28.57%) NIST 800
3 2 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.17%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) HIPAA
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.94%) RACF
3 2 (3.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Ansible
1 2 (3.17%) CASB
1 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) CyberArk
3 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.59%) Cisco
4 1 (1.59%) Splunk