Security Operations Centre Jobs in England

Security Operations Centre
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 595 707 918
Rank change year-on-year +112 +211 -194
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 223 222 224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.76% 0.55% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 198 155 175
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £37,504
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £72,427 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £96,125 £91,750 £89,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% -10.77% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 29,467 40,061 60,537
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.72% 43.24% 46.25%
Number of salaries quoted 20,776 21,656 30,542
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,459 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,686 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £110,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
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 Centre within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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 +119 58 £60,000 - 10
South East -9 49 £45,000 -14.29% 12
South West +19 45 £92,500 +226.59% 6
Midlands +10 36 £37,500 -21.05% 13
West Midlands +39 26 £37,500 -21.05% 10
North of England +35 26 £56,500 -13.08% 11
Yorkshire +102 13 £56,500 +15.31% 3
North West +5 12 £60,000 -7.69% 6
East of England +19 10 £54,000 +0.47% 2
East Midlands -14 10 £59,470 - 3
North East - 1 £45,000 - 2
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
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 2 (0.90%) Apache
1 2 (0.90%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 58 (26.01%) Azure
2 48 (21.52%) Microsoft 365
3 46 (20.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (6.28%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (6.28%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (6.28%) Microsoft Purview
5 12 (5.38%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.69%) AWS
7 4 (1.79%) IaaS
7 4 (1.79%) PaaS
7 4 (1.79%) SaaS
8 2 (0.90%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 61 (27.35%) Firewall
2 55 (24.66%) Network Security
3 24 (10.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 18 (8.07%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.73%) Wireshark
6 14 (6.28%) LAN
6 14 (6.28%) WAN
7 8 (3.59%) VPN
8 5 (2.24%) DNS
9 2 (0.90%) DHCP
9 2 (0.90%) DKIM
9 2 (0.90%) DMARC
9 2 (0.90%) HTTP
9 2 (0.90%) Internet
9 2 (0.90%) SMTP
9 2 (0.90%) VoIP
10 1 (0.45%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) Big Data
1 2 (0.90%) Power BI
General
1 60 (26.91%) Social Skills
2 52 (23.32%) Analytical Skills
3 46 (20.63%) Finance
4 33 (14.80%) Military
5 22 (9.87%) Retail
6 8 (3.59%) Law
7 7 (3.14%) Games
8 6 (2.69%) Marketing
8 6 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.35%) Police
10 2 (0.90%) Banking
10 2 (0.90%) Legal
10 2 (0.90%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 87 (39.01%) Analyst
2 48 (21.52%) SOC Analyst
3 41 (18.39%) Senior
4 37 (16.59%) Lead
5 34 (15.25%) Consultant
5 34 (15.25%) Security Analyst
6 33 (14.80%) Security Consultant
7 31 (13.90%) Security Engineer
8 28 (12.56%) Senior Analyst
9 16 (7.17%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 15 (6.73%) Cybersecurity Consultant
11 13 (5.83%) Security Manager
11 13 (5.83%) Team Leader
12 11 (4.93%) Information Security Engineer
12 11 (4.93%) IT Analyst
12 11 (4.93%) IT Security Analyst
12 11 (4.93%) Senior Security Analyst
13 10 (4.48%) Security Operations Analyst
13 10 (4.48%) Senior Security Engineer
13 10 (4.48%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.73%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.35%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 52 (23.32%) Management Information System
2 37 (16.59%) Cyber Threat
3 36 (16.14%) Cyber Defence
4 22 (9.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 19 (8.52%) Client/Server
6 9 (4.04%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (3.59%) Security Posture
8 7 (3.14%) Cyberattack
8 7 (3.14%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.69%) Cybercrime
9 6 (2.69%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.24%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (2.24%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.24%) Product Ownership
10 5 (2.24%) SCADA
11 4 (1.79%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.79%) Social Media
12 3 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.90%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 48 (21.52%) Windows
2 15 (6.73%) Linux
3 14 (6.28%) Android
3 14 (6.28%) Apple iOS
4 9 (4.04%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.90%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 174 (78.03%) Cybersecurity
3 145 (65.02%) SIEM
4 100 (44.84%) Information Security
5 70 (31.39%) Vulnerability Management
6 67 (30.04%) Incident Response
7 53 (23.77%) Agile
8 35 (15.70%) Incident Management
9 33 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (14.80%) Security Architecture
10 32 (14.35%) Data Loss Prevention
10 32 (14.35%) Mentoring
11 31 (13.90%) Cloud Security
12 27 (12.11%) Coaching
12 27 (12.11%) Roadmaps
12 27 (12.11%) Security Management
13 26 (11.66%) Computer Science
14 25 (11.21%) SOAR
14 25 (11.21%) Threat Intelligence
15 23 (10.31%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.73%) Python
2 14 (6.28%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.24%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.45%) Bash
Qualifications
1 87 (39.01%) Security Cleared
2 62 (27.80%) CISSP
3 45 (20.18%) DV Cleared
4 38 (17.04%) Degree
5 29 (13.00%) SC Cleared
6 25 (11.21%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (7.62%) CEH
7 17 (7.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (7.17%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (7.17%) Master's Degree
9 15 (6.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (6.73%) CCSP
10 14 (6.28%) SANS
10 14 (6.28%) SSCP
11 13 (5.83%) CISM
12 11 (4.93%) CompTIA CySA+
13 7 (3.14%) CISA
14 4 (1.79%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 3 (1.35%) Azure Certification
16 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (38.12%) NIST
2 44 (19.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (12.56%) PCI DSS
4 20 (8.97%) GDPR
5 18 (8.07%) NIST 800
6 7 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (2.69%) NCSC
7 6 (2.69%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.79%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.45%) QA
9 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.73%) vSphere
2 14 (6.28%) Virtual Desktop
3 10 (4.48%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.45%) Snort
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (9.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (6.28%) Nmap
3 11 (4.93%) CASB
4 6 (2.69%) QRadar
5 1 (0.45%) Nessus
Vendors
1 82 (36.77%) Microsoft
2 34 (15.25%) Splunk
3 15 (6.73%) Qualys
3 15 (6.73%) SolarWinds
3 15 (6.73%) Tanium
3 15 (6.73%) Tripwire
4 14 (6.28%) Rapid7
4 14 (6.28%) Thycotic
5 6 (2.69%) IBM
6 5 (2.24%) BT
6 5 (2.24%) Cisco
7 2 (0.90%) Sun
8 1 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.45%) Infoblox