Security Operations Centre Jobs in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 209 236
Rank change year-on-year -70 +27 -54
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 5 12 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.074% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.63% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 3
10th Percentile £47,800 £23,750 £38,914
25th Percentile £66,250 £28,750 £43,660
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £40,356 £51,569
Median % change year-on-year +67.26% -21.74% +35.71%
75th Percentile £68,750 £50,000 -
90th Percentile - £55,000 -
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% -9.23% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,244 1,919 2,730
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 48.32% 40.51% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 850 814 1,033
10th Percentile £28,795 £32,500 £28,039
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,125 £39,810
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,611 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.16% +6.57% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £89,956 £84,056
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 Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Scotland over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in Scotland

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 27 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
Edinburgh +40 5 £67,500 +67.26%
Security Operations Centre
UK

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

General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Operations Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Security Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Open Source