Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Essex

Security Operations Centre
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 0.63% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.78% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £68,500 £54,000 £76,500
% change year-on-year +26.85% -29.41% +22.40%

All Generic Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 144 133 268
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 22.75% 21.31% 49.17%
Number of salaries quoted 93 99 125
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £50,000 £48,800
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +2.46% -2.40%
75th Percentile £75,000 £60,450 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,800 £79,000 £85,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Essex

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 8 September 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
Chelmsford - 4 £75,000 - 2
Security Operations Centre
East of England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Operations Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations Manager
1 4 (100.00%) SOC Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations