SOC Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Security Operations Centre Manager
England > Midlands

As of 1 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Manager salary in the Midlands.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 213 240 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 8 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.10% 0.030% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.032% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% -1.32%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,056 6,282 4,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 94.28% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 4,274 2,965 3,933
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,450 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

SOC Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SOC Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

SOC Manager
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 SOC Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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 +24 8 - -
SOC Manager
England

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, SOC Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Incident Response
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Internet
2 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (12.50%) QRadar
2 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
2 1 (12.50%) SIEM
2 1 (12.50%) SOAR
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Web Filtering

SOC Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) PKI
1 1 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Incident Response
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Information Security
2 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (12.50%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (12.50%) Security Operations
2 1 (12.50%) SIEM
2 1 (12.50%) SOAR
2 1 (12.50%) Web Filtering
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Google
1 1 (12.50%) Splunk