CSOC Job Trends in the Midlands

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 25 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 224 237 -
Rank change year-on-year +13 - -
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.012% 0.016% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.037% 0.046% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £66,750 £65,000 £55,124
% change year-on-year +2.69% +17.92% +0.23%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

CSOC 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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,719 2,161 2,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 33.51% 34.61% 34.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,125 915 1,972
10th Percentile £26,000 £31,250 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £63,400 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £74,875
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,644 £58,000
% change year-on-year -10.78% +6.28% -10.77%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

CSOC job vacancy trend in the Midlands

CSOC
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CSOC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing CSOC

CSOC
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
West Midlands +27 1 £65,000 -3.70% 1
CSOC
England

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CSIRT