CSOC Jobs in England

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 735 718 1074
Rank change year-on-year -17 +356 -73
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 22 23 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.030% 0.041% 0.038%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.095% 0.10% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 13 14 47
10th Percentile - £44,538 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,563 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £65,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.54% +14.04% +26.67%
75th Percentile £67,500 £98,750 £76,500
90th Percentile £69,750 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £64,000 £60,062 £57,000
% change year-on-year +6.56% +5.37% +20.00%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,090 22,561 59,483
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.88% 40.13% 45.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,703 16,027 30,222
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £112,450 £110,000 £106,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +4.17%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing CSOC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in England

CSOC
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CSOC in England.

Salary trend for CSOC in England

CSOC
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSOC in England over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for CSOC in England

CSOC
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the England region over the 6 months to 20 September 2024. 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
North of England +6 8 £51,875 -20.19% 2
Yorkshire +23 7 £51,875 -48.13% 2
London +21 7 £65,000 -27.78% 1
Midlands - 4 £52,500 -
East Midlands - 3 £52,500 -
South West -9 2 £64,000 +41.64% 1
North West -17 1 - -
South East - 1 £72,500 -
West Midlands - 1 £67,500 -
CSOC
UK

CSOC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Azure
2 7 (31.82%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.64%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (4.55%) AWS
5 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.55%) tcpdump
3 1 (4.55%) Wireshark
General
1 8 (36.36%) Law
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Analyst
2 10 (45.45%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (36.36%) Security Analyst
4 7 (31.82%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (18.18%) Lead
6 3 (13.64%) Azure Specialist
6 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
6 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 3 (13.64%) Security Specialist
6 3 (13.64%) SOC Engineer
7 2 (9.09%) Senior
7 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (4.55%) Data Network Analyst
8 1 (4.55%) Information Manager
8 1 (4.55%) Information Security Manager
8 1 (4.55%) Network Analyst
8 1 (4.55%) Network Security Analyst
8 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
8 1 (4.55%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 14 (63.64%) Onboarding
2 11 (50.00%) Management Information System
3 10 (45.45%) Virtual Team
4 8 (36.36%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (31.82%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (18.18%) Cyberattack
6 4 (18.18%) NHS
7 3 (13.64%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (13.64%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (9.09%) Security Posture
9 1 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
9 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
9 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 22 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 19 (86.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 19 (86.36%) Threat Intelligence
3 17 (77.27%) Incident Response
4 16 (72.73%) Security Monitoring
4 16 (72.73%) SIEM
5 14 (63.64%) Information Security
5 14 (63.64%) Mentoring
6 11 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
7 10 (45.45%) Architectural Design
7 10 (45.45%) DevOps
7 10 (45.45%) Open Source
7 10 (45.45%) Performance Management
7 10 (45.45%) Protective Monitoring
7 10 (45.45%) Use Case
8 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (31.82%) SOAR
8 7 (31.82%) Trend Analysis
9 5 (22.73%) Cyber Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.55%) Bash
2 1 (4.55%) Perl
2 1 (4.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (72.73%) SC Cleared
1 16 (72.73%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) Degree
3 4 (18.18%) CISSP
3 4 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
3 4 (18.18%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (18.18%) CREST Certified
3 4 (18.18%) GIAC
3 4 (18.18%) ISACA
3 4 (18.18%) SANS
4 3 (13.64%) CISMP
4 3 (13.64%) CompTIA CySA+
4 3 (13.64%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (9.09%) CEH
6 1 (4.55%) CISM
6 1 (4.55%) GCIA
6 1 (4.55%) GCIH
6 1 (4.55%) GSEC
6 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) NIST
2 4 (18.18%) NIST 800
3 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (4.55%) GDPR
4 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Snort
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) QRadar
2 1 (4.55%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) IBM
2 3 (13.64%) LogRhythm
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk