Security Operations Jobs in England

Security Operations (SecOps)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 339 362
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 +14
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 749 883 1,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.86% 1.01% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 1.05% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 549 620 822
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,439 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% -10.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,813 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,290 £96,250
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
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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,974 83,734 131,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.66% 95.60% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 49,663 73,196
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations in England

Security Operations
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 23 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
London +34 280 £72,500 +8.21% 62
South East -15 131 £53,750 -2.27% 28
North of England +29 119 £50,000 -16.67% 39
South West +10 95 £62,500 - 12
Midlands -4 80 £52,500 -4.55% 18
North West -19 64 £50,000 -23.08% 19
West Midlands +10 55 £45,475 -19.16% 12
Yorkshire +78 40 £53,750 -7.02% 20
East of England +22 34 £57,662 +4.84% 10
East Midlands -4 24 £57,500 +61.97% 6
North East +6 15 £45,000 -36.84%
Security Operations
UK

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 14 (1.87%) SAS
2 10 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (0.67%) Confluence
3 5 (0.67%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.27%) Apache
4 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.27%) IIS
5 1 (0.13%) MS Project Server
5 1 (0.13%) Site Server
Applications
1 13 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.13%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 195 (26.03%) Azure
2 115 (15.35%) Microsoft 365
3 67 (8.95%) Entra ID
4 66 (8.81%) AWS
5 45 (6.01%) Azure Sentinel
6 30 (4.01%) SaaS
7 25 (3.34%) Cloud Computing
8 24 (3.20%) GCP
9 18 (2.40%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.14%) PaaS
11 15 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
12 14 (1.87%) IaaS
13 11 (1.47%) Azure AKS
14 5 (0.67%) GitHub
15 4 (0.53%) Datadog
16 3 (0.40%) Mimecast
16 3 (0.40%) Power Platform
16 3 (0.40%) Stackdriver
17 2 (0.27%) Amazon GuardDuty
17 2 (0.27%) SonarCloud
Communications & Networking
1 155 (20.69%) Firewall
2 115 (15.35%) Network Security
3 55 (7.34%) Intrusion Detection
4 36 (4.81%) TCP/IP
5 26 (3.47%) VPN
6 24 (3.20%) Internet
7 23 (3.07%) Wireshark
8 22 (2.94%) WAN
9 21 (2.80%) LAN
10 17 (2.27%) DNS
11 9 (1.20%) DHCP
12 4 (0.53%) HTTP
12 4 (0.53%) SMTP
13 3 (0.40%) Broadband
13 3 (0.40%) tcpdump
13 3 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
14 2 (0.27%) DMZ
14 2 (0.27%) SD-WAN
14 2 (0.27%) SNMP
14 2 (0.27%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.67%) BigQuery
1 5 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
1 5 (0.67%) Hadoop
1 5 (0.67%) Relational Database
2 3 (0.40%) Big Data
3 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.27%) Power BI
4 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (0.80%) Git
2 5 (0.67%) JIRA
3 3 (0.40%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.40%) GitLab
3 3 (0.40%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.13%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.13%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 191 (25.50%) Finance
2 186 (24.83%) Social Skills
3 101 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (10.95%) Legal
5 70 (9.35%) Banking
6 52 (6.94%) Law
7 39 (5.21%) Retail
8 34 (4.54%) Military
9 33 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (2.00%) Games
11 14 (1.87%) Aerospace
11 14 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (1.47%) Marketing
13 10 (1.34%) Public Sector
14 8 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
14 8 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 6 (0.80%) Manufacturing
16 5 (0.67%) Health Technology
16 5 (0.67%) Police
17 4 (0.53%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 261 (34.85%) Analyst
2 137 (18.29%) Senior
3 134 (17.89%) Security Analyst
4 95 (12.68%) Senior Analyst
5 94 (12.55%) Security Engineer
6 79 (10.55%) Consultant
6 79 (10.55%) Lead
7 73 (9.75%) SOC Analyst
8 69 (9.21%) Security Consultant
9 66 (8.81%) Security Manager
10 61 (8.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 46 (6.14%) Governance Analyst
12 45 (6.01%) IT Analyst
13 44 (5.87%) IT Security Analyst
14 39 (5.21%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 29 (3.87%) Developer
15 29 (3.87%) Senior Security Engineer
16 28 (3.74%) ServiceNow Developer
17 25 (3.34%) Architect
17 25 (3.34%) Senior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.80%) Web Services
2 18 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
3 17 (2.27%) AngularJS
4 16 (2.14%) CSS
5 14 (1.87%) HTML
5 14 (1.87%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 9 (1.20%) Fluent Bit
7 8 (1.07%) SAML
8 6 (0.80%) OAuth
9 4 (0.53%) EDI
10 3 (0.40%) ADO
10 3 (0.40%) Kafka
10 3 (0.40%) REST
10 3 (0.40%) SOAP
11 2 (0.27%) JDBC
11 2 (0.27%) LDAP
11 2 (0.27%) Middleware
11 2 (0.27%) OpenID
12 1 (0.13%) RESTful
12 1 (0.13%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 228 (30.44%) Security Operations Centre
2 155 (20.69%) Management Information System
3 95 (12.68%) Cyber Threat
4 56 (7.48%) Cyberattack
4 56 (7.48%) Security Posture
5 55 (7.34%) Cyber Defence
6 38 (5.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 20 (2.67%) CMDB
7 20 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (2.54%) Client/Server
9 18 (2.40%) Onboarding
9 18 (2.40%) Product Ownership
10 16 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (2.00%) Data Centre
11 15 (2.00%) SCADA
12 14 (1.87%) Operational Technology
13 12 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
14 9 (1.20%) Algorithms
14 9 (1.20%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 114 (15.22%) Windows
2 45 (6.01%) Linux
3 31 (4.14%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.00%) Android
4 15 (2.00%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.67%) Kali Linux
5 5 (0.67%) Unix
6 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.40%) CentOS
8 2 (0.27%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 499 (66.62%) Cybersecurity
2 297 (39.65%) SIEM
3 277 (36.98%) Information Security
4 250 (33.38%) Incident Response
5 170 (22.70%) Vulnerability Management
6 144 (19.23%) Agile
7 115 (15.35%) Incident Management
8 112 (14.95%) Identity Access Management
8 112 (14.95%) Roadmaps
9 96 (12.82%) Coaching
10 93 (12.42%) Threat Intelligence
11 92 (12.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 92 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
11 92 (12.28%) Risk Management
12 85 (11.35%) Cloud Security
13 82 (10.95%) Mentoring
14 74 (9.88%) Security Architecture
15 67 (8.95%) Privileged Access Management
16 64 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
17 62 (8.28%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 107 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 52 (6.94%) SQL
3 51 (6.81%) Python
4 15 (2.00%) Bash
5 12 (1.60%) Kusto Query Language
6 8 (1.07%) Java
7 7 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.53%) Go
9 2 (0.27%) Scala
10 1 (0.13%) C
10 1 (0.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 147 (19.63%) CISSP
2 130 (17.36%) Security Cleared
3 116 (15.49%) Degree
4 55 (7.34%) SC Cleared
5 53 (7.08%) DV Cleared
6 47 (6.28%) CISM
7 46 (6.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 45 (6.01%) Cisco Certification
9 40 (5.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 39 (5.21%) CCSP
11 34 (4.54%) GIAC
12 30 (4.01%) CEH
12 30 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 23 (3.07%) CompTIA CySA+
14 22 (2.94%) Master's Degree
15 21 (2.80%) CISA
16 20 (2.67%) SSCP
17 17 (2.27%) SANS
18 12 (1.60%) AWS Certification
19 11 (1.47%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (21.76%) NIST
2 142 (18.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (8.95%) PCI DSS
4 66 (8.81%) GDPR
5 54 (7.21%) Cyber Essentials
6 41 (5.47%) GRC
7 30 (4.01%) NCSC
8 24 (3.20%) NIST 800
9 23 (3.07%) JSP 440
10 17 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 17 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 15 (2.00%) SOC 2
12 9 (1.20%) COBIT
12 9 (1.20%) ISO 9001
13 8 (1.07%) QA
14 7 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 6 (0.80%) HIPAA
16 5 (0.67%) Data Quality
17 3 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 3 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 103 (13.75%) Active Directory
2 43 (5.74%) RACF
3 17 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (2.00%) vSphere
5 14 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (1.74%) Docker
7 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.13%) Snort
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (3.34%) Kubernetes
1 25 (3.34%) QRadar
2 24 (3.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (2.14%) CASB
3 16 (2.14%) Terraform
4 14 (1.87%) logstash
4 14 (1.87%) Nmap
5 13 (1.74%) Ansible
6 9 (1.20%) Fluentd
6 9 (1.20%) Nessus
7 7 (0.93%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 7 (0.93%) CSIRT
8 5 (0.67%) Suricata
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.40%) Graphite
9 3 (0.40%) Nagios
9 3 (0.40%) SCCM
9 3 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.40%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 261 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 73 (9.75%) Splunk
3 44 (5.87%) CyberArk
4 43 (5.74%) Qualys
5 41 (5.47%) ServiceNow
6 20 (2.67%) VMware
7 17 (2.27%) CrowdStrike
7 17 (2.27%) SolarWinds
8 16 (2.14%) Cisco
8 16 (2.14%) Rapid7
8 16 (2.14%) Tanium
8 16 (2.14%) Tripwire
9 15 (2.00%) IBM
10 14 (1.87%) Thycotic
11 13 (1.74%) Darktrace
12 8 (1.07%) BT
12 8 (1.07%) Google
13 7 (0.93%) Juniper
14 5 (0.67%) LogRhythm
14 5 (0.67%) Palo Alto