CSOC Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.22% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52,000 - -
25th Percentile £53,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £60,000 - -
90th Percentile £63,000 - -
South East median annual salary £57,500 - £72,500

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

CSOC falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Buckinghamshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 401 590 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 22.00% 54.18% 33.82%
Number of salaries quoted 258 197 391
10th Percentile £31,775 £24,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,625 £28,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £73,500 £73,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSOC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

CSOC job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

CSOC
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CSOC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CSOC

CSOC
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSOC in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CSOC in Buckinghamshire

CSOC
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 10 July 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 4 £55,000 - 1
CSOC
South East

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 3 (75.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (75.00%) GIAC
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA CyberOps
3 2 (50.00%) CEH
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) GCIA
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Graylog
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Splunk