Security Operations Centre Jobs in London

Security Operations Centre
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre 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 372 433 567
Rank change year-on-year +61 +134 +263
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 20 59 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% 0.61% 0.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13 52 54
10th Percentile £41,750 £45,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,750 £55,000 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £68,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.64% +14.58% -20.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £95,000 £72,250
90th Percentile £94,250 - £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,572 9,631 15,233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 44.39% 40.34% 46.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,991 6,767 10,325
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £44,010
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £136,250 £130,000 £123,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +29 6 £92,500 +27.59% 4
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Azure
2 5 (25.00%) AWS
3 4 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (20.00%) GCP
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (5.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (10.00%) DKIM
3 2 (10.00%) DMARC
3 2 (10.00%) Network Security
3 2 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.00%) Law
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
3 1 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) Analyst
2 9 (45.00%) Security Analyst
3 7 (35.00%) Senior
4 5 (25.00%) IT Analyst
4 5 (25.00%) IT Security Analyst
5 4 (20.00%) Incident Engineer
5 4 (20.00%) SOC Engineer
6 3 (15.00%) SOC Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Information Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Information Security Analyst
7 2 (10.00%) Programme Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Senior Programme Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Senior Transition Manager
7 2 (10.00%) Transition Manager
8 1 (5.00%) IT Manager
8 1 (5.00%) IT Programme Manager
8 1 (5.00%) Legal Analyst
8 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (50.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (10.00%) Data Centre
4 2 (10.00%) PKI
5 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (5.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.00%) Insider Threat
5 1 (5.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (5.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 14 (70.00%) SIEM
3 13 (65.00%) Incident Response
4 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (55.00%) Information Security
5 8 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
6 7 (35.00%) Penetration Testing
6 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (30.00%) SOAR
7 6 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (25.00%) Cloud Security
8 5 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (25.00%) Data Encryption
8 5 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (20.00%) Computer Science
9 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (20.00%) DevOps
9 4 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
9 4 (20.00%) Network Architecture
9 4 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) GIAC
3 2 (10.00%) CEH
3 2 (10.00%) CISM
3 2 (10.00%) CISSP
3 2 (10.00%) CRISC
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (10.00%) PMP
3 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (15.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (5.00%) GRC
4 1 (5.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Splunk