Security Operations Centre Job Trends in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 249 263
Rank change year-on-year +13 +14 +115
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 29 30 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.27% 0.32% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% 1.06% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 5 17 20
10th Percentile £62,050 - £45,800
25th Percentile £62,500 £40,000 £55,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -18.70% -5.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £53,904 £69,612
90th Percentile £71,555 - £87,375
England median annual salary £65,000 £50,683 £60,750
% change year-on-year +28.25% -16.57% -2.80%

All Generic Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,108 2,831 2,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 38.42% 30.64% 34.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,612 1,289 2,133
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,241 £80,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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
North West +14 13 £65,000 +30.00% 1
Yorkshire -3 12 £65,000 +57.58% 4
North East +7 4 - - 1
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 (6.90%) AWS
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.45%) dbt
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Network Security
2 1 (3.45%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
General
1 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
2 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 23 (79.31%) Lead
2 3 (10.34%) SOC Manager
3 2 (6.90%) Analyst
3 2 (6.90%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 2 (6.90%) Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Operations Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Security Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Senior
4 1 (3.45%) Senior Security Engineer
4 1 (3.45%) SOC Analyst
4 1 (3.45%) Threat Hunter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 25 (86.21%) Cyber Threat
2 22 (75.86%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 22 (75.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (3.45%) Smart Energy
3 1 (3.45%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 25 (86.21%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 25 (86.21%) Mentoring
2 25 (86.21%) Threat Intelligence
3 24 (82.76%) Cyber Intelligence
4 23 (79.31%) ITIL
4 23 (79.31%) Roadmaps
5 22 (75.86%) Business Strategy
5 22 (75.86%) Change Advisory Board
5 22 (75.86%) Coaching
5 22 (75.86%) Risk Management
5 22 (75.86%) SABSA
5 22 (75.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 22 (75.86%) Technology Roadmap
5 22 (75.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 22 (75.86%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (17.24%) Incident Response
7 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (10.34%) SIEM
9 2 (6.90%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) CISSP
1 3 (10.34%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (6.90%) CISM
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) CCNP
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) GCIA
3 1 (3.45%) SANS
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (82.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (79.31%) NIST
3 22 (75.86%) ISO/IEC 27005
4 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (3.45%) NCSC
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) CrowdStrike