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 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 653 830 873
Rank change year-on-year +177 +43 +247
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 6 5 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.006% 0.043%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.033% 0.017% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 33
10th Percentile - - £27,067
25th Percentile £57,670 £51,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +23.81%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,625 £85,000
90th Percentile - £73,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +14.49%

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 18,350 30,184 38,107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 37.80% 33.97% 44.02%
Number of salaries quoted 8,428 20,901 20,549
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,000 £46,686
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

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
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 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
London - 3 £65,000 - 11
South West - 2 £57,670 - 1
East of England - 1 - -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) NGFW
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Law
2 2 (33.33%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Aviation
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) SOC Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Operations Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Security Manager
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (16.67%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (50.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (83.33%) Security Operations
3 4 (66.67%) Architectural Design
3 4 (66.67%) SIEM
4 3 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) DevOps
4 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (50.00%) Open Source
4 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Performance Management
4 3 (50.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
4 3 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Trend Analysis
4 3 (50.00%) Use Case
5 2 (33.33%) Data Management
5 2 (33.33%) Information Security
5 2 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) CISM
3 2 (33.33%) CISSP
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) HNC
3 2 (33.33%) HND
4 1 (16.67%) A+ Certification
4 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (16.67%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) QRadar
2 1 (16.67%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft