Security Operations Centre Jobs in the North West

Security Operations Centre
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 283 279 288
Rank change year-on-year -4 +9 -48
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 12 22 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.12% 0.28% 0.41%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.39% 0.66% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 23
10th Percentile £41,750 - £37,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £62,750 £85,500 £79,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
North West

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,103 3,337 4,569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 31.95% 42.25% 48.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,273 1,492 2,188
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,606 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,548 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the North West

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North West.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the North West

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the North West

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Manchester +12 5 £58,750 -9.62% 4
Merseyside - 4 £43,500 - 1
Lancashire - 3 £60,000 -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) IaaS
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (25.00%) PaaS
2 3 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) DKIM
2 2 (16.67%) DMARC
2 2 (16.67%) DNS
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
2 2 (16.67%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (8.33%) Network Security
3 1 (8.33%) tcpdump
3 1 (8.33%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (8.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Operations Engineer
2 3 (25.00%) Security Engineer
3 2 (16.67%) Information Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Security Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Information Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Information Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Operational Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Operations Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (25.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (16.67%) Cyberattack
4 1 (8.33%) CSOC
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 8 (66.67%) SIEM
3 6 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 6 (50.00%) Information Security
4 5 (41.67%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 5 (41.67%) SOAR
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (25.00%) Analytics
6 3 (25.00%) Change Management
6 3 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (25.00%) Impact Assessments
6 3 (25.00%) Problem Management
6 3 (25.00%) Runbook
6 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (25.00%) Threat Detection
6 3 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 2 (16.67%) Cloud Security
7 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
7 2 (16.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Degree
3 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (8.33%) CEH
4 1 (8.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (8.33%) GCIA
4 1 (8.33%) GCIH
4 1 (8.33%) GSEC
4 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (33.33%) NIST
2 4 (33.33%) PCI DSS
3 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) CASB
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Microsoft