Security Operations Centre Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 220 265 253
Rank change year-on-year +45 -12 -45
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 27 13 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.37% 0.20% 0.37%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.14% 0.52% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 26 11 19
10th Percentile £27,750 £38,250 £41,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £42,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -20.83% +14.29%
75th Percentile £43,625 £56,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £59,927 £57,500 £77,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,362 2,516 2,866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.62% 37.75% 39.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,708 979 1,760
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £31,225
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £64,108 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 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
Birmingham +5 19 £30,000 -45.45% 10
Staffordshire - 8 £37,500 -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (37.04%) Azure
1 10 (37.04%) Azure Sentinel
1 10 (37.04%) Entra ID
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (51.85%) Firewall
2 8 (29.63%) VPN
3 3 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 10 (37.04%) Finance
2 8 (29.63%) Retail
3 3 (11.11%) Police
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 11 (40.74%) Security Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Operations Analyst
3 8 (29.63%) Security Operations Analyst
4 7 (25.93%) 2nd Line Support
4 7 (25.93%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 7 (25.93%) 3rd Line Server Support
4 7 (25.93%) 3rd Line Support
4 7 (25.93%) Server Support
4 7 (25.93%) Windows Server Support
5 4 (14.81%) Security Manager
5 4 (14.81%) SOC Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (7.41%) IT Security Officer
7 2 (7.41%) Junior
7 2 (7.41%) Junior Analyst
7 2 (7.41%) Security Officer
8 1 (3.70%) Information Manager
8 1 (3.70%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Data Centre
1 2 (7.41%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (55.56%) Windows
2 8 (29.63%) Linux
3 7 (25.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 22 (81.48%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (48.15%) Vulnerability Management
4 11 (40.74%) Information Security
5 10 (37.04%) Risk Management
6 7 (25.93%) Incident Response
6 7 (25.93%) SIEM
7 5 (18.52%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 4 (14.81%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (11.11%) Agile
9 3 (11.11%) Cyber Intelligence
9 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
9 3 (11.11%) ITIL
9 3 (11.11%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (11.11%) Runbook
9 3 (11.11%) Service Delivery
9 3 (11.11%) Threat Management
10 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (7.41%) Security Management
10 2 (7.41%) Validation
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 10 (37.04%) SC Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 2 (7.41%) CISM
4 2 (7.41%) CISSP
4 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
5 1 (3.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (3.70%) CCSP
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.70%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (33.33%) GDPR
1 9 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Sun