SOAR Job Trends in London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SOAR skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 411 426
Rank change year-on-year +67 +15 +181
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 25 29 27
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.18% 0.19% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15 25 25
10th Percentile £40,850 - £52,750
25th Percentile £58,281 £67,500 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +22.46%
75th Percentile £90,000 £120,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £111,000 - -
England median annual salary £78,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.67% +15.38% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,171 14,780 16,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.27% 94.38% 92.92%
Number of salaries quoted 7,772 8,182 13,320
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,227 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOAR relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

SOAR job vacancy trend in London

SOAR
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOAR.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOAR

SOAR
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAR in London over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SOAR in London

SOAR
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAR within the London region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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 +58 9 £70,000 - 2
West London 0 1 £90,000 -30.77% 1
SOAR
England

SOAR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 19 (76.00%) Azure
2 9 (36.00%) AWS
2 9 (36.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 8 (32.00%) GCP
4 3 (12.00%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (8.00%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (4.00%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 1 (4.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 9 (36.00%) Network Security
2 5 (20.00%) Firewall
3 3 (12.00%) DNS
4 2 (8.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (4.00%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) GitLab
General
1 9 (36.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (12.00%) Banking
4 3 (12.00%) Legal
5 1 (4.00%) Law
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) SOC Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Operational Security Manager
3 5 (20.00%) Operations Manager
3 5 (20.00%) Security Manager
3 5 (20.00%) Security Operations Manager
4 4 (16.00%) IT Manager
4 4 (16.00%) IT Operations Manager
4 4 (16.00%) IT Security Manager
4 4 (16.00%) Lead
4 4 (16.00%) Security Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) Senior
5 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Security Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Incident Engineer
6 2 (8.00%) Lead Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Lead Security Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Security Architect
6 2 (8.00%) SOC Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (32.00%) Security Posture
3 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 3 (12.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (12.00%) Cyber Defence
5 2 (8.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (4.00%) Cloud Native
6 1 (4.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (4.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (4.00%) Insider Threat
6 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Linux
2 6 (24.00%) Windows
3 1 (4.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (92.00%) SIEM
2 18 (72.00%) Security Operations
3 15 (60.00%) Incident Response
4 11 (44.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 10 (40.00%) Cloud Security
5 10 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (32.00%) Security Monitoring
6 8 (32.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 7 (28.00%) Data Loss Prevention
7 7 (28.00%) DevOps
8 6 (24.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (24.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 5 (20.00%) Information Security
9 5 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
10 4 (16.00%) Root Cause Analysis
10 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (16.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 4 (16.00%) TOGAF
10 4 (16.00%) Use Case
10 4 (16.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (44.00%) Python
2 9 (36.00%) PowerShell
3 3 (12.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (36.00%) CISSP
2 7 (28.00%) GIAC
3 6 (24.00%) GCIH
4 4 (16.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (16.00%) CCSP
4 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (12.00%) Degree
6 2 (8.00%) CISM
6 2 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (4.00%) CEH
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (4.00%) GCFA
7 1 (4.00%) GCIA
7 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (4.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (68.00%) NIST
2 7 (28.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (8.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (8.00%) GDPR
4 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.00%) Nessus
2 2 (8.00%) QRadar
2 2 (8.00%) Terraform
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) CrowdStrike
3 3 (12.00%) Splunk
4 2 (8.00%) ArcSight
4 2 (8.00%) Carbon Black
4 2 (8.00%) Qualys
4 2 (8.00%) Rapid7
4 2 (8.00%) Tenable
5 1 (4.00%) Cisco
5 1 (4.00%) Imperva
5 1 (4.00%) Palo Alto