Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Leeds

Security Operations Centre
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 - 112
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 0.035% - 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% - 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £44,298
25th Percentile £61,250 - £50,745
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £66,959
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.59%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £72,427
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £62,500 - £66,959
% change year-on-year - - -16.30%

All Generic Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 717 281 519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 24.81% 29.42% 27.62%
Number of salaries quoted 526 204 347
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.12% +11.36% -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £69,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £80,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,500 £54,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year +4.63% +4.85% -15.43%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Leeds

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft