SOC Manager Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre Manager
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Security Operations Centre Manager salary in Buckinghamshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £46,000 - -
25th Percentile £53,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £72,000 - £77,500
% change year-on-year - - +29.17%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 1,036 1,151 969
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.17% 90.70% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 413 685 678
10th Percentile £26,500 £29,850 £29,925
25th Percentile £33,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £80,375
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Job postings that featured SOC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Manager in Buckinghamshire

SOC Manager
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

SOC Manager
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Manager in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Salary histogram for SOC Manager in Buckinghamshire

SOC Manager
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Manager within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 21 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 - 3 £65,000 - 2
SOC Manager
South East

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, SOC Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Event Correlation
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills

SOC Manager Skill Set
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 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Event Correlation
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft