Security Operations Centre Job Trends in East London

Security Operations Centre
London > East London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in East London 0.66% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.65% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £55,800 - -
25th Percentile £61,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 - -
75th Percentile £80,500 - -
90th Percentile £86,200 - -
London median annual salary £71,250 £56,125 £57,654
% change year-on-year +26.95% -2.65% -3.91%

All Generic Skills
East London

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 East London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 121 103 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East London 39.80% 63.58% 36.67%
Number of salaries quoted 53 72 26
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,000 £23,750
25th Percentile £33,000 £60,000 £30,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £84,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.52% +63.11% -1.90%
75th Percentile £105,000 £107,500 £107,500
90th Percentile £109,500 - £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% +3.23%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in East London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in East London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in East London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in East London over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in East London

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Tower Hamlets - 2 £71,000 - 1
Security Operations Centre
London

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Security Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
1 1 (50.00%) CSOC
1 1 (50.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) People Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Due Diligence
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Runbook
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 1 (50.00%) CREST Certified
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) GCIA
2 1 (50.00%) GCIH
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft