Security Operations Centre Job Trends in the East Midlands

Security Operations Centre
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 - 117
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 15 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.60% - 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.93% - 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £60,503
25th Percentile - - £63,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £70,502
75th Percentile - - £78,040
90th Percentile - - £80,819
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,683 £61,000
% change year-on-year +28.25% -16.91% -2.40%

All Generic Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 778 712 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 30.86% 31.00% 32.56%
Number of salaries quoted 448 314 377
10th Percentile £25,675 £30,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,375 £40,313 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £53,188 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
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 Security Operations Centre within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Derbyshire - 4 - - 1
Leicestershire - 4 - -
Lincolnshire - 4 - -
Northamptonshire - 3 - - 1
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
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:

Job Titles
1 15 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 15 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 15 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 15 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 15 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 15 (100.00%) Coaching
1 15 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) ITIL
1 15 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 15 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 15 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 15 (100.00%) SABSA
1 15 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 15 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 15 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 15 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 15 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 15 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 15 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 15 (100.00%) NIST