CSOC Job Trends in the East Midlands

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.035% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £56,750
% change year-on-year - +14.54% +8.10%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 810 650 923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.99% 32.61% 31.54%
Number of salaries quoted 447 289 720
10th Percentile £25,750 £29,000 £24,807
25th Percentile £28,742 £38,250 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +25.00% -16.98%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,625 £56,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £74,000 £68,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,440
% change year-on-year -12.00% +12.73% -14.71%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

CSOC job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

CSOC
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CSOC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing CSOC

CSOC
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 February 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
Nottinghamshire - 1 £35,000 - 3
CSOC
England

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft