SOC Manager Jobs in the South East

Security Operations Centre Manager
England > South East

The median Security Operations Centre Manager salary in the South East is £68,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 381 - 484
Rank change year-on-year - - -112
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 4 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.024% - 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% - 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66,250 - £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,250 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.14%
75th Percentile £71,000 - £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £76,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +5.26% -0.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured SOC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Manager in the South East

SOC Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for SOC Manager in the South East

SOC Manager
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 SOC Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley - 3 £69,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 3 £69,000 -
Surrey - 1 £67,500 -
SOC Manager
England

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, SOC Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 3 (75.00%) Log Correlation
2 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (75.00%) Web Filtering
3 1 (25.00%) People Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

SOC Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Information Security
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Kalman Filter
2 3 (75.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (75.00%) Log Correlation
2 3 (75.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) SOAR
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Web Filtering
3 1 (25.00%) People Management
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) NIST