Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Merseyside

Security Operations Centre
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 0.075% - 0.74%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.42% - 2.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.79%
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £55,000 £63,500 £50,309
% change year-on-year -13.39% +26.22% -22.60%

All Generic Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 240 250 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 17.88% 42.74% 25.99%
Number of salaries quoted 153 102 133
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £53,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year - -0.93% +7.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £59,688 £68,279
90th Percentile £90,000 £70,000 £90,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% -10.87%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Merseyside

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in Merseyside

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 Merseyside region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
Liverpool - 1 £62,500 - 2
Security Operations Centre
North West

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC