Security Operations Centre Jobs in the South East

Security Operations Centre
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 331 332 456
Rank change year-on-year +1 +124 -102
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 49 79 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.30% 0.52% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.86% 1.23% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 41 46 16
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,875 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -25.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £65,000 £87,500 £103,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,724 6,407 8,143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 34.48% 42.49% 41.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,755 3,315 4,629
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £73,875 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £88,250 £85,000
England 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 the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East 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
Buckinghamshire +2 25 £40,000 -46.67% 1
Thames Valley -13 25 £40,000 -27.27% 6
Surrey +20 13 £60,000 -4.00% 1
Hampshire -24 8 £42,250 -9.14% 2
Middlesex - 2 - - 1
West Sussex +38 1 £65,000 -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (34.69%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (32.65%) Azure
3 14 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.08%) AWS
4 2 (4.08%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 20 (40.82%) Intrusion Detection
2 19 (38.78%) Firewall
3 2 (4.08%) VoIP
4 1 (2.04%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Power BI
General
1 18 (36.73%) Analytical Skills
2 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 8 (16.33%) Finance
4 4 (8.16%) Marketing
5 3 (6.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (48.98%) Analyst
2 21 (42.86%) SOC Analyst
3 14 (28.57%) Lead
4 9 (18.37%) Senior
5 8 (16.33%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (10.20%) Support Officer
7 3 (6.12%) Security Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Security Engineer
7 3 (6.12%) SOC Manager
8 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) IT Sales Executive
8 2 (4.08%) Junior
8 2 (4.08%) Junior Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Sales Executive
8 2 (4.08%) Sales Support
8 2 (4.08%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Operations Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 28 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 18 (36.73%) Cyber Threat
3 13 (26.53%) Client/Server
4 4 (8.16%) Social Media
5 2 (4.08%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (2.04%) CCTV
6 1 (2.04%) CSOC
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (2.04%) Cybercrime
6 1 (2.04%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.04%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (30.61%) Windows
2 2 (4.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 32 (65.31%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (65.31%) Incident Response
3 30 (61.22%) SIEM
4 19 (38.78%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (34.69%) Computer Science
6 10 (20.41%) SOAR
7 9 (18.37%) Information Security
7 9 (18.37%) Service Delivery
8 7 (14.29%) Incident Management
9 6 (12.24%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (10.20%) Actionable Insight
10 5 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (10.20%) Customer Service
10 5 (10.20%) Development Roadmap
10 5 (10.20%) Kalman Filter
10 5 (10.20%) Performance Management
10 5 (10.20%) Process Improvement
10 5 (10.20%) Roadmaps
10 5 (10.20%) SIAM
Qualifications
1 19 (38.78%) CISSP
2 18 (36.73%) Degree
3 17 (34.69%) CompTIA Security+
3 17 (34.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
5 5 (10.20%) SC Cleared
6 2 (4.08%) CISA
6 2 (4.08%) CISM
6 2 (4.08%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 19 (38.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.04%) Splunk