Security Operations Centre Jobs in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 132 179
Rank change year-on-year +7 +47 -37
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 20 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.73% 0.31% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 0.91% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 18 6 10
10th Percentile £28,650 £45,625 £49,625
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,813 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,075 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -45.32% -6.38% -21.67%
75th Percentile £51,803 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,797 - £73,000
West Midlands median annual salary £37,500 £55,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year -31.82% -6.38% +11.90%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 901 661 1,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.04% 34.02% 39.73%
Number of salaries quoted 706 463 855
10th Percentile £30,075 £35,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +8.91%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,317
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Birmingham over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (45.00%) Azure
1 9 (45.00%) Entra ID
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (40.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) Firewall
2 5 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (15.00%) Police
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Marketing
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Server Support
1 7 (35.00%) Windows Server Support
2 6 (30.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 6 (30.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 6 (30.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
2 6 (30.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (30.00%) Security Manager
3 5 (25.00%) Analyst
4 4 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (15.00%) IT Manager
5 3 (15.00%) IT Security Manager
5 3 (15.00%) Security Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 2 (10.00%) IT Security Officer
6 2 (10.00%) Junior
6 2 (10.00%) Junior Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Lead
6 2 (10.00%) Security Officer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
1 7 (35.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 14 (70.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (45.00%) Incident Response
4 7 (35.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 7 (35.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 6 (30.00%) Proactive Monitoring
5 6 (30.00%) SIEM
6 5 (25.00%) Agile
6 5 (25.00%) ITIL
6 5 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 5 (25.00%) Threat Management
7 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
8 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (15.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 3 (15.00%) Information Security
8 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (15.00%) Risk Management
8 3 (15.00%) Security Management
8 3 (15.00%) Threat Intelligence
8 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.00%) Azure Certification
4 2 (10.00%) CISM
4 2 (10.00%) CISSP
4 2 (10.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (5.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (5.00%) CCSP
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.00%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.00%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (45.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Sun
3 1 (5.00%) Proofpoint
3 1 (5.00%) Zscaler