CSOC Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Milton Keynes 0.35% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.86% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52,000 - -
25th Percentile £53,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £60,000 - -
90th Percentile £63,000 - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 - -

All Generic Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 215 59 308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 18.68% 24.58% 33.88%
Number of salaries quoted 153 34 217
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £38,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £52,500 £42,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -6.67% -25.00%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

CSOC job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

CSOC
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CSOC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CSOC

CSOC
Salary Histogram in Milton Keynes

Salary distribution for jobs citing CSOC in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 10 July 2026.

Salary histogram for CSOC in Milton Keynes

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) SOC Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (50.00%) Runbook
2 2 (50.00%) SOAR
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Bash
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 2 (50.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 3 (75.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (75.00%) GIAC
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) CCNA CyberOps
3 2 (50.00%) CEH
3 2 (50.00%) CISSP
3 2 (50.00%) GCIA
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Graylog
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 2 (50.00%) Splunk