Security Operations Centre Jobs in the City of London

Security Operations Centre
Central London > City of London

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 224 270
Rank change year-on-year +60 +46 -38
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 10 8 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.30% 0.17% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 0.42% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 11
10th Percentile £59,000 £41,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £71,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +51.26% -20.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile - £94,250 £157,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £90,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -19.44% +63.64% -26.67%

All Generic Skills
City of London

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 the City of London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,121 1,917 3,058
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 33.22% 40.80% 42.85%
Number of salaries quoted 883 1,604 2,457
10th Percentile £41,000 £43,339 £48,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% +3.33% -

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the City of London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the City of London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the City of London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the City of London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the City of London

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
1 8 (80.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 7 (70.00%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (70.00%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
2 7 (70.00%) Firewall
2 7 (70.00%) LAN
2 7 (70.00%) Network Security
2 7 (70.00%) WAN
2 7 (70.00%) Wireshark
General
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Security Engineer
2 5 (50.00%) Information Security Engineer
3 4 (40.00%) Senior
3 4 (40.00%) Senior Security Engineer
4 3 (30.00%) Analyst
4 3 (30.00%) Lead
4 3 (30.00%) Security Analyst
4 3 (30.00%) SOC Analyst
4 3 (30.00%) Team Leader
5 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (20.00%) Senior Information Security Engineer
6 1 (10.00%) Information Analyst
6 1 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Android
1 7 (70.00%) Apple iOS
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 10 (100.00%) SIEM
2 8 (80.00%) Cryptography
2 8 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (80.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 8 (80.00%) Information Security
2 8 (80.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (70.00%) Agile
3 7 (70.00%) DevOps
3 7 (70.00%) Ethical Hacking
3 7 (70.00%) Identity Access Management
3 7 (70.00%) Information Security Management
3 7 (70.00%) Key Management
3 7 (70.00%) Process Improvement
3 7 (70.00%) Project Roadmap
3 7 (70.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 7 (70.00%) Secrets Management
3 7 (70.00%) Security Management
3 7 (70.00%) Validation
3 7 (70.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) Python
2 7 (70.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 7 (70.00%) CCSP
1 7 (70.00%) CEH
1 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
1 7 (70.00%) CISSP
1 7 (70.00%) SANS
1 7 (70.00%) SSCP
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) GCIA
3 1 (10.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (80.00%) NIST
2 7 (70.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (70.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) Qualys
1 7 (70.00%) Rapid7
1 7 (70.00%) Splunk
1 7 (70.00%) Thycotic