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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 323 354 318
Rank change year-on-year +31 -36 +34
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations 574 488 815
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.74% 0.87% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.91% 0.92% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 382 328 404
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,175 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,512 £43,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £66,702 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £82,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

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 63,035 53,281 70,505
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.55% 95.49% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 42,876 28,319 41,331
10th Percentile £27,500 £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% +9.10%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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 5 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 5 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 -10 144 £53,750 -2.27% 25
North of England +35 133 £50,000 -20.00% 31
South West -2 102 £62,500 - 14
Midlands -5 83 £52,500 -4.55% 12
North West -12 71 £50,000 -23.08% 18
Scotland -34 67 £52,500 +2.44% 8
West Midlands -12 58 £46,238 -15.93% 7
Yorkshire +79 46 £50,000 - 12
East of England 0 34 £57,500 +4.55% 10
East Midlands -18 24 £57,500 +52.32% 5
North East -1 16 £45,000 -36.84% 1
Wales -19 8 £50,000 -9.09% 4
Northern Ireland +25 6 £50,000 -
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 (3.48%) SAS
2 4 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.52%) Confluence
4 2 (0.35%) Apache
Applications
1 12 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 119 (20.73%) Azure
2 78 (13.59%) Microsoft 365
3 60 (10.45%) Entra ID
4 43 (7.49%) AWS
5 40 (6.97%) Azure Sentinel
6 31 (5.40%) SaaS
7 12 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (2.09%) PaaS
8 10 (1.74%) IaaS
9 9 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.39%) GCP
11 6 (1.05%) Azure AKS
11 6 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (0.70%) GitHub
13 3 (0.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 3 (0.52%) AWS CloudTrail
13 3 (0.52%) AWS Control Tower
13 3 (0.52%) Power Platform
14 2 (0.35%) SonarCloud
15 1 (0.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 102 (17.77%) Firewall
2 65 (11.32%) Network Security
3 37 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
4 23 (4.01%) VPN
5 21 (3.66%) Internet
5 21 (3.66%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.09%) DNS
6 12 (2.09%) LAN
7 11 (1.92%) WAN
8 8 (1.39%) DHCP
8 8 (1.39%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.70%) NGFW
10 3 (0.52%) HTTP
10 3 (0.52%) SMTP
10 3 (0.52%) tcpdump
10 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.35%) OSPF
11 2 (0.35%) VoIP
11 2 (0.35%) Wireless
11 2 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.52%) MongoDB
2 2 (0.35%) Big Data
2 2 (0.35%) Power BI
3 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (0.70%) GitLab
2 3 (0.52%) Bitbucket
2 3 (0.52%) JIRA
3 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.17%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.17%) Git
4 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 148 (25.78%) Social Skills
2 106 (18.47%) Finance
3 77 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
4 61 (10.63%) Legal
5 51 (8.89%) Banking
6 34 (5.92%) Military
7 31 (5.40%) Retail
8 13 (2.26%) Aerospace
8 13 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 10 (1.74%) Law
9 10 (1.74%) Public Sector
10 8 (1.39%) Marketing
10 8 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.05%) Games
11 6 (1.05%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.05%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.70%) Aviation
12 4 (0.70%) Police
13 3 (0.52%) Turkish Language
14 2 (0.35%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 193 (33.62%) Analyst
2 88 (15.33%) Senior
3 84 (14.63%) Lead
4 77 (13.41%) Senior Analyst
5 74 (12.89%) Security Analyst
6 67 (11.67%) Consultant
7 65 (11.32%) Security Consultant
8 58 (10.10%) Security Engineer
9 49 (8.54%) SOC Analyst
10 44 (7.67%) Governance Analyst
11 37 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 33 (5.75%) Security Manager
13 31 (5.40%) Incident Response Lead
14 26 (4.53%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 25 (4.36%) Developer
16 24 (4.18%) ServiceNow Developer
17 20 (3.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 18 (3.14%) Cybersecurity Manager
18 18 (3.14%) Senior Security Analyst
19 17 (2.96%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (4.36%) Web Services
2 21 (3.66%) AngularJS
3 20 (3.48%) CSS
3 20 (3.48%) HTML
3 20 (3.48%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 8 (1.39%) Fluent Bit
5 5 (0.87%) SAML
6 4 (0.70%) EDI
7 3 (0.52%) ADO
7 3 (0.52%) OAuth
7 3 (0.52%) OpenID
8 2 (0.35%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.35%) Middleware
9 1 (0.17%) .NET
9 1 (0.17%) .NET Core
9 1 (0.17%) LDAP
9 1 (0.17%) React
9 1 (0.17%) RESTful
9 1 (0.17%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.17%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 185 (32.23%) Security Operations Centre
2 134 (23.34%) Management Information System
3 61 (10.63%) Cyber Threat
4 37 (6.45%) Security Posture
5 26 (4.53%) Cyber Defence
6 23 (4.01%) CMDB
7 22 (3.83%) Cyberattack
7 22 (3.83%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (3.48%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (2.44%) Client/Server
10 12 (2.09%) Data Centre
11 11 (1.92%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 10 (1.74%) Onboarding
13 9 (1.57%) Product Ownership
13 9 (1.57%) SCADA
13 9 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
14 8 (1.39%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.39%) Social Media
15 7 (1.22%) Data Structures
15 7 (1.22%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 91 (15.85%) Windows
2 49 (8.54%) Linux
3 30 (5.23%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.44%) Mac OS X
4 14 (2.44%) Unix
5 5 (0.87%) Android
5 5 (0.87%) Apple iOS
5 5 (0.87%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.17%) CentOS
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.17%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 366 (63.76%) Cybersecurity
2 210 (36.59%) Incident Response
3 197 (34.32%) Information Security
4 189 (32.93%) SIEM
5 118 (20.56%) Vulnerability Management
6 108 (18.82%) Incident Management
7 103 (17.94%) Agile
8 89 (15.51%) Coaching
9 84 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
10 81 (14.11%) Identity Access Management
11 80 (13.94%) Roadmaps
12 74 (12.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 74 (12.89%) Threat Intelligence
13 73 (12.72%) Mentoring
14 72 (12.54%) Risk Management
15 56 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
16 54 (9.41%) ITIL
17 53 (9.23%) Privileged Access Management
17 53 (9.23%) RBAC
18 50 (8.71%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 76 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 47 (8.19%) SQL
3 27 (4.70%) Python
4 11 (1.92%) Bash
5 5 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (0.70%) Go
7 2 (0.35%) C
7 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.17%) C#
8 1 (0.17%) Java
Qualifications
1 111 (19.34%) Degree
2 101 (17.60%) Security Cleared
3 99 (17.25%) CISSP
4 48 (8.36%) SC Cleared
5 45 (7.84%) CISM
6 41 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 35 (6.10%) DV Cleared
8 27 (4.70%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (3.48%) GIAC
9 20 (3.48%) Master's Degree
10 18 (3.14%) GCIA
11 16 (2.79%) GCIH
12 15 (2.61%) SSCP
13 14 (2.44%) CEH
13 14 (2.44%) CompTIA CySA+
13 14 (2.44%) GREM
14 12 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
15 10 (1.74%) Azure Certification
16 8 (1.39%) DBS Check
16 8 (1.39%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (17.94%) NIST
2 88 (15.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 52 (9.06%) GDPR
4 49 (8.54%) PCI DSS
5 38 (6.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 25 (4.36%) NIST 800
7 20 (3.48%) JSP 440
8 18 (3.14%) GRC
9 17 (2.96%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 14 (2.44%) SOC 2
11 13 (2.26%) NCSC
12 9 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (1.22%) QA
13 7 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 5 (0.87%) COBIT
14 5 (0.87%) ISO 9001
15 4 (0.70%) HIPAA
15 4 (0.70%) ISO 22301
16 3 (0.52%) Accessibility
16 3 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 80 (13.94%) Active Directory
2 44 (7.67%) RACF
3 12 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (1.05%) Docker
6 5 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.70%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.17%) Snort
8 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (2.26%) CASB
1 13 (2.26%) Kubernetes
1 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (1.92%) Terraform
3 9 (1.57%) Nessus
4 8 (1.39%) Fluentd
4 8 (1.39%) logstash
5 7 (1.22%) Ansible
5 7 (1.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 5 (0.87%) Nmap
6 5 (0.87%) Suricata
7 4 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.52%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.52%) QRadar
8 3 (0.52%) SCCM
8 3 (0.52%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.35%) DatAdvantage
9 2 (0.35%) Host Intrusion Detection System
9 2 (0.35%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.35%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 179 (31.18%) Microsoft
2 47 (8.19%) CyberArk
3 43 (7.49%) Splunk
4 29 (5.05%) ServiceNow
5 17 (2.96%) Qualys
6 14 (2.44%) Dell
6 14 (2.44%) VMware
7 10 (1.74%) BT
7 10 (1.74%) Cisco
8 7 (1.22%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.05%) Juniper
9 6 (1.05%) Rapid7
10 5 (0.87%) Darktrace
10 5 (0.87%) LogRhythm
10 5 (0.87%) Thycotic
11 4 (0.70%) Symantec
12 3 (0.52%) IBM
12 3 (0.52%) McAfee
12 3 (0.52%) SolarWinds
12 3 (0.52%) Varonis