Security Operations Centre Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 87 98
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +50
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 5 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.42% 0.63% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 2.07% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile £35,250 £34,950 -
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £40,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% -40.74% +12.50%
75th Percentile - £46,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £57,500 -
South East median annual salary £62,500 £40,960 £38,738
% change year-on-year +52.59% +5.74% -36.76%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 622 387 343
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 52.27% 30.71% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 211 247 212
10th Percentile £24,750 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £38,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -20.83% +8.11%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,180 £75,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £75,000 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,050
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.17% -0.03%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 23 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 23 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Milton Keynes +19 4 £53,750 +34.38% 3
Marlow - 1 £110,000 -
Security Operations Centre
South East

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) SOC Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) Event Correlation
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CISM
2 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) AlienVault