Security Operations Centre Jobs in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 219 221
Rank change year-on-year +54 +2 +47
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 21 8 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.64% 0.13% 0.040%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.60% 0.39% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 2
10th Percentile £39,500 - £45,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,000 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £54,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% -8.09% -0.42%
75th Percentile £63,500 £57,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £65,150 £60,900 £71,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,314 2,066 2,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 39.87% 32.42% 51.18%
Number of salaries quoted 434 1,526 869
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,219 £29,750
25th Percentile £32,700 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,869 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,600
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the East of England.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the East of England over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +40 14 £62,000 +14.81% 11
Bedfordshire 0 5 £47,500 -32.14% 5
Cambridgeshire - 2 £47,500 - 2
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (90.48%) Firewall
2 17 (80.95%) TCP/IP
3 14 (66.67%) Network Security
4 13 (61.90%) VPN
5 12 (57.14%) FTP
5 12 (57.14%) HTTP
5 12 (57.14%) LAN
5 12 (57.14%) SMTP
5 12 (57.14%) WAN
6 10 (47.62%) Internet
7 5 (23.81%) DHCP
7 5 (23.81%) DNS
7 5 (23.81%) NGFW
8 3 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (23.81%) Aerospace
2 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Analyst
2 9 (42.86%) Lead
3 6 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 6 (28.57%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (23.81%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) Junior
5 1 (4.76%) Junior Analyst
5 1 (4.76%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (52.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Client/Server
2 5 (23.81%) Management Information System
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 3 (14.29%) MISP
4 2 (9.52%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (4.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 21 (100.00%) SIEM
2 16 (76.19%) Malware Analysis
3 12 (57.14%) Incident Response
3 12 (57.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 10 (47.62%) Reverse Engineering
5 9 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (42.86%) People Management
5 9 (42.86%) Use Case
6 8 (38.10%) Line Management
7 7 (33.33%) Blue Team
8 6 (28.57%) Incident Management
8 6 (28.57%) Regulatory Compliance
9 5 (23.81%) Computer Forensics
9 5 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (23.81%) Identity Management
10 4 (19.05%) Coaching
10 4 (19.05%) Mentoring
10 4 (19.05%) Threat Analysis
11 2 (9.52%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Bash
1 7 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 7 (33.33%) Python
2 6 (28.57%) C++
2 6 (28.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (61.90%) Security Cleared
2 10 (47.62%) DV Cleared
3 7 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) GCIA
5 1 (4.76%) CISSP
5 1 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (4.76%) CREST Certified
5 1 (4.76%) GCIH
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (52.38%) QRadar
2 1 (4.76%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 18 (85.71%) Microsoft
2 13 (61.90%) Splunk
3 1 (4.76%) LogRhythm