CSOC Job Trends in the South East

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 290 - 380
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.007% - 0.006%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.030% - 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £72,500
75th Percentile £62,500 - £81,250
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.23% +23.81% -19.23%

All Generic Skills
South East

CSOC 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,376 3,036 5,703
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 23.40% 38.93% 34.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,125 1,447 3,743
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% +4.08% -13.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSOC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

CSOC job vacancy trend in the South East

CSOC
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSOC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing CSOC

CSOC
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Berkshire - 1 £60,000 - 2
Thames Valley - 1 £60,000 - 3
CSOC
England

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk