SOC Manager Job Trends in the North of England

Security Operations Centre Manager
England > North of England

The median Security Operations Centre Manager salary in the North of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 - 262
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.019% - 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £54,000
25th Percentile £62,500 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £70,000
75th Percentile £67,500 - £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £67,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.41% -6.90% -4.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 9,287 9,163 6,484
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.85% 94.42% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5,269 4,433 5,087
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% -4.66% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 North of England.

SOC Manager job vacancy trend in the North of England

SOC Manager
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in the North of England

SOC Manager
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 SOC Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Yorkshire - 1 £65,000 - 3
North West - 1 - -
SOC Manager
England

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 North of England region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) CISM
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence

SOC Manager Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Process Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft