Security Operations Centre Jobs in Reading

Security Operations Centre
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 107 118
Rank change year-on-year +46 +11 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 2 7 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.37% 0.44% 0.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.91% 1.38% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £58,000 - -
25th Percentile £58,750 £38,880 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £41,920 -
Median % change year-on-year +49.09% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £44,960 -
90th Percentile £67,000 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £62,500 £41,920 £40,975
% change year-on-year +49.09% +2.31% -21.95%

All Generic Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 220 507 621
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 41.20% 31.79% 40.17%
Number of salaries quoted 123 246 312
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,803 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -16.00% -
75th Percentile £68,352 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £83,500 £75,000 £88,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,550 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.85% -8.61% -4.17%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Reading

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in Reading

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) GCIA
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001