Security Operations Centre Jobs in Portsmouth

Security Operations Centre
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 53 56
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 6 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 1.50% 0.19% 2.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.72% 0.60% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile - - £43,700
25th Percentile £49,000 - £44,118
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £24,500 £46,680
Median % change year-on-year +146.94% -47.51% -
75th Percentile £73,000 - £58,338
90th Percentile £73,500 - £58,612
Hampshire median annual salary £49,000 £42,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year +15.98% +20.71% +7.69%

All Generic Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 127 168 170
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 31.83% 32.25% 40.87%
Number of salaries quoted 46 148 87
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,500 £29,400
25th Percentile £40,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -3.23% -19.83%
75th Percentile £63,625 £63,750 £59,022
90th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £67,500
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -6.54% -2.73%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Portsmouth

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Portsmouth.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in Portsmouth

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in Portsmouth

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) SOC Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Operations Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 6 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
1 6 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Regulatory Compliance
2 3 (50.00%) SOAR
2 3 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Bash
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) GCIH
2 3 (50.00%) CEH
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 3 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft