Security Operations Centre Jobs in South Wales

Security Operations Centre
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 93 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 4 19 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.28% 1.65% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.93% 4.19% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £35,107 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £36,879 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.36% - -
75th Percentile £53,750 £46,175 -
90th Percentile - £59,720 -
Wales median annual salary £52,500 £36,879 £37,500
% change year-on-year +42.36% -1.66% -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 432 453 640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 30.19% 39.36% 44.35%
Number of salaries quoted 236 248 307
10th Percentile £26,953 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,161 £37,039 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,604 £45,496 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -13.34% +18.64%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,588 £64,798
90th Percentile £72,433 £77,500 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £44,886 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -0.25% -14.29% +23.53%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in South Wales

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in South Wales

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 23 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
Bridgend -21 3 - - 1
Cardiff +1 1 £52,500 +42.36%
Security Operations Centre
Wales

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 3 (75.00%) FTP
2 3 (75.00%) HTTP
2 3 (75.00%) Internet
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) SMTP
2 3 (75.00%) Sourcefire
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Games
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (75.00%) Compliance Audit
2 3 (75.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Two-Factor Authentication
3 2 (50.00%) Blue Team
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (50.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Security Patching
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) CISMP
2 1 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) ArcSight
2 3 (75.00%) CheckPoint
2 3 (75.00%) F5
2 3 (75.00%) IBM
2 3 (75.00%) Juniper
2 3 (75.00%) Splunk
2 3 (75.00%) TippingPoint
2 3 (75.00%) Trend Micro