SOAR Jobs in England

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SOAR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOAR over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 652 720 797
Rank change year-on-year +68 +77 +203
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 41 103 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.083% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% 0.14% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 24 71 76
10th Percentile - - £27,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £47,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.39% -17.86% -
75th Percentile £79,063 £77,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £50,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +45.00% -28.57% -1.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SOAR falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,644 73,553 84,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.10% 85.14% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,839 53,945 50,143
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,000 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,474 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in England

SOAR
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SOAR in England

SOAR
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAR in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOAR in England

SOAR
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAR within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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 +110 21 £75,000 - 28
South East +71 10 £72,000 +53.19% 20
North of England +20 4 £80,000 +60.00% 12
North West -17 4 £80,000 +64.95% 4
Midlands +64 3 - - 3
West Midlands +48 3 - - 2
East of England +40 2 £72,500 +7.41% 7
SOAR
UK

SOAR
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:

Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) Azure
2 11 (26.83%) AWS
3 8 (19.51%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (12.20%) GCP
5 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (9.76%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (4.88%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.88%) IaaS
7 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (24.39%) Firewall
2 4 (9.76%) DNS
3 2 (4.88%) Internet
3 2 (4.88%) NAS
3 2 (4.88%) Network Security
3 2 (4.88%) SAN
3 2 (4.88%) SD-WAN
3 2 (4.88%) VPN
3 2 (4.88%) WAN
General
1 18 (43.90%) Social Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Legal
3 5 (12.20%) Finance
3 5 (12.20%) Law
4 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.44%) Automotive
6 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (21.95%) Analyst
2 8 (19.51%) Senior
2 8 (19.51%) SOC Manager
3 7 (17.07%) Lead
3 7 (17.07%) Security Analyst
4 5 (12.20%) Security Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Consultant
5 4 (9.76%) Incident Engineer
5 4 (9.76%) Security Manager
5 4 (9.76%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (9.76%) SOC Engineer
6 3 (7.32%) Architect
6 3 (7.32%) IT Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) IT Security Analyst
6 3 (7.32%) Presales Consultant
7 2 (4.88%) Security Architect
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Security Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Senior Security Engineer
7 2 (4.88%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (41.46%) Security Operations Centre
2 11 (26.83%) Security Posture
3 10 (24.39%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (14.63%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (12.20%) PKI
6 4 (9.76%) Cloud Security Posture
7 3 (7.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (7.32%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (4.88%) Blog
8 2 (4.88%) Cyber Security Posture
8 2 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (4.88%) Replication
9 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
9 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
9 1 (2.44%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Linux
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (87.80%) SIEM
2 28 (68.29%) Security Operations
3 23 (56.10%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (56.10%) Incident Response
4 16 (39.02%) Information Security
5 15 (36.59%) Threat Intelligence
6 13 (31.71%) Cloud Security
6 13 (31.71%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 11 (26.83%) Data Loss Prevention
8 9 (21.95%) Threat Detection
9 8 (19.51%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (19.51%) Identity Access Management
9 8 (19.51%) Performance Metrics
9 8 (19.51%) Vulnerability Management
10 7 (17.07%) DevOps
10 7 (17.07%) Regulatory Compliance
11 6 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (12.20%) Collaborative Culture
12 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
12 5 (12.20%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
1 6 (14.63%) Python
2 3 (7.32%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (4.88%) Bash
3 2 (4.88%) SQL
4 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Degree
1 8 (19.51%) GIAC
2 6 (14.63%) CISSP
2 6 (14.63%) Security Cleared
3 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
4 4 (9.76%) CISM
4 4 (9.76%) GCIH
5 2 (4.88%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (4.88%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CASP
6 1 (2.44%) CEH
6 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (24.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (21.95%) NIST
3 6 (14.63%) GDPR
4 4 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (9.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (9.76%) NCSC
5 2 (4.88%) HIPAA
5 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (4.88%) SOC 2
6 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
1 2 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.07%) Terraform
2 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
2 4 (9.76%) QRadar
3 2 (4.88%) Ansible
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.88%) Nessus
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (2.44%) Demisto
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.95%) Splunk
3 7 (17.07%) Palo Alto
4 4 (9.76%) Google
5 3 (7.32%) Cisco
6 2 (4.88%) Dell
6 2 (4.88%) EMC
6 2 (4.88%) FireEye
6 2 (4.88%) SonicWALL
6 2 (4.88%) Tenable
6 2 (4.88%) VMware
7 1 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (2.44%) Darktrace
7 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.44%) Juniper
7 1 (2.44%) LogRhythm
7 1 (2.44%) McAfee
7 1 (2.44%) Netskope
7 1 (2.44%) Zscaler