Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Dorset

Security Operations Centre
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - 84
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 2 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.26% - 0.67%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.47% - 1.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £53,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £45,000
75th Percentile £61,250 - -
90th Percentile - - £47,000
South West median annual salary £45,000 £51,729 £58,750
% change year-on-year -13.01% -11.95% +30.02%

All Generic Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 136 115 352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 17.78% 28.97% 33.56%
Number of salaries quoted 88 57 146
10th Percentile £29,225 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £28,750 £41,472
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -7.83%
75th Percentile £73,750 £45,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £56,250 £67,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Dorset

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in Dorset

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 Dorset region over the 6 months to 22 August 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
Bournemouth - 2 £57,500 - 3
Security Operations Centre
South West

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless Security
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Maven
1 2 (100.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Cloud Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 2 (100.00%) PMI
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 2 (100.00%) DDoS Mitigation
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) RBAC
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Progress Chef