Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOAR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOAR over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 781 841 1007
Rank change year-on-year +60 +166 -161
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 117 139 194
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.14% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85 86 148
10th Percentile - £42,019 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £47,813 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £70,000 £71,750
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -2.44% +14.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £100,938
90th Percentile £97,500 £101,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £70,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% -25.53% +28.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SOAR is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,917 96,578 150,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.59% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,883 56,844 82,330
10th Percentile £29,008 £34,000 £33,515
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,190 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.12% +1.98% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SOAR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in the UK

SOAR
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOAR.

Salary trend for SOAR in the UK

SOAR
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAR over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOAR in the UK

SOAR
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAR within the UK over the 6 months to 10 May 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
England +74 105 £60,000 -14.29% 16
UK excluding London +22 89 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Work from Home +47 38 £47,000 -27.69% 8
South East +8 30 £47,000 -14.55% 4
North of England +63 28 £50,000 -4.76% 3
London +66 26 £76,250 -10.29% 7
North West +21 20 £48,500 -22.40% 1
South West -9 14 £50,000 +12.88%
Scotland -50 12 £47,000 +6.74% 1
Yorkshire +85 8 £55,000 +69.23% 2
West Midlands +1 4 £65,000 -10.34%
Midlands -16 4 £65,000 -7.14%
East of England +18 1 £67,500 +50.00%

SOAR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.71%) MS Project Server
2 1 (0.85%) Apache
2 1 (0.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.85%) nginx
2 1 (0.85%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (53.85%) Azure
2 38 (32.48%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (16.24%) AWS
4 9 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 9 (7.69%) SaaS
5 7 (5.98%) PaaS
6 6 (5.13%) IaaS
7 5 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.85%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.85%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 34 (29.06%) Internet
2 31 (26.50%) Firewall
3 26 (22.22%) DKIM
3 26 (22.22%) DMARC
3 26 (22.22%) DNS
4 11 (9.40%) TCP/IP
5 8 (6.84%) Network Security
6 6 (5.13%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (4.27%) VPN
8 3 (2.56%) Broadband
9 2 (1.71%) HTTPS
9 2 (1.71%) SSL
9 2 (1.71%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.85%) HTTP
10 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (0.85%) InfluxDB
1 1 (0.85%) MySQL
1 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
1 1 (0.85%) Snyk
General
1 31 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.24%) Finance
3 12 (10.26%) Games
4 8 (6.84%) Marketing
5 5 (4.27%) Legal
6 4 (3.42%) Military
7 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.71%) Retail
8 1 (0.85%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 52 (44.44%) Analyst
2 31 (26.50%) Security Analyst
3 27 (23.08%) Information Analyst
3 27 (23.08%) Information Security Analyst
4 17 (14.53%) Security Engineer
5 16 (13.68%) Senior
6 12 (10.26%) SOC Analyst
7 11 (9.40%) Architect
7 11 (9.40%) Lead
7 11 (9.40%) Security Architect
8 8 (6.84%) Senior Security Engineer
9 7 (5.98%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (5.98%) Security Manager
9 7 (5.98%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (5.13%) Cloud Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.13%) Security Solutions Architect
10 6 (5.13%) SOC Engineer
10 6 (5.13%) SOC Manager
10 6 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) Web Services
2 1 (0.85%) LAMP
2 1 (0.85%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 38 (32.48%) Cyberattack
2 26 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 20 (17.09%) Cyber Threat
4 15 (12.82%) Management Information System
5 11 (9.40%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 10 (8.55%) Security Posture
7 9 (7.69%) Operational Technology
7 9 (7.69%) SCADA
7 9 (7.69%) Social Media
8 7 (5.98%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (5.13%) Public Cloud
10 5 (4.27%) Data Centre
10 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (3.42%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 2 (1.71%) Cloud Native
13 1 (0.85%) Anti-Spyware
13 1 (0.85%) Blog
13 1 (0.85%) Clustering
13 1 (0.85%) Cybercrime
13 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (21.37%) Windows
2 22 (18.80%) Linux
3 5 (4.27%) Kali Linux
4 4 (3.42%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.56%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.71%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.85%) CentOS
7 1 (0.85%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (90.60%) SIEM
2 66 (56.41%) Incident Response
3 65 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
4 54 (46.15%) Security Operations
5 51 (43.59%) Information Security
6 45 (38.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 32 (27.35%) Cloud Security
8 28 (23.93%) Threat Intelligence
9 27 (23.08%) Vulnerability Management
9 27 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
10 23 (19.66%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 18 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
12 17 (14.53%) Analytics
12 17 (14.53%) Data Loss Prevention
13 16 (13.68%) Security Architecture
14 15 (12.82%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 12 (10.26%) Incident Management
15 12 (10.26%) Penetration Testing
15 12 (10.26%) Use Case
16 11 (9.40%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 25 (21.37%) Python
2 11 (9.40%) PowerShell
3 8 (6.84%) Bash
4 2 (1.71%) Go
5 1 (0.85%) Java
5 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 16 (13.68%) CISSP
2 15 (12.82%) Degree
3 11 (9.40%) Security Cleared
4 10 (8.55%) SC Cleared
5 8 (6.84%) Azure Certification
6 7 (5.98%) CEH
7 6 (5.13%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.27%) AWS Certification
8 5 (4.27%) CISM
8 5 (4.27%) GIAC
9 4 (3.42%) GCIH
10 3 (2.56%) CCSP
10 3 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (2.56%) GSEC
10 3 (2.56%) ISSAP
10 3 (2.56%) ISSEP
11 2 (1.71%) CISA
11 2 (1.71%) GCFA
11 2 (1.71%) GCIA
11 2 (1.71%) GREM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (16.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (15.38%) NIST
3 10 (8.55%) PCI DSS
4 7 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 4 (3.42%) GDPR
5 4 (3.42%) NCSC
5 4 (3.42%) SOC 2
6 3 (2.56%) GRC
7 1 (0.85%) IASME
7 1 (0.85%) NIST 800
System Software
1 5 (4.27%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (22.22%) CASB
2 9 (7.69%) QRadar
3 5 (4.27%) Suricata
4 2 (1.71%) CSIRT
4 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.85%) Anchore
5 1 (0.85%) Ansible
5 1 (0.85%) Cacti
5 1 (0.85%) Grafana
5 1 (0.85%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.85%) Icinga
5 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.85%) Puppet
5 1 (0.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.82%) Splunk
3 9 (7.69%) Darktrace
4 6 (5.13%) PagerDuty
4 6 (5.13%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.27%) Cisco
5 5 (4.27%) Juniper
6 2 (1.71%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.85%) IBM
7 1 (0.85%) Intel
7 1 (0.85%) Netskope
7 1 (0.85%) Qualys
7 1 (0.85%) Zscaler