Security Operations Centre Jobs in the South East

Security Operations Centre
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 344 333
Rank change year-on-year +66 -11 +134
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 23 56 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 0.32% 0.50%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.95% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 15 42 47
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £22,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £41,920 £46,680
Median % change year-on-year +16.89% -10.20% -25.31%
75th Percentile £73,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £74,000 - £85,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.65% -5.83% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,703 5,882 5,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 38.84% 33.79% 42.55%
Number of salaries quoted 1,839 3,779 3,067
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £34,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £63,750 £73,963
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South East.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the South East

Security Operations Centre
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 Security Operations Centre within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Hampshire +75 14 £49,000 +15.98% 6
Thames Valley +40 6 £52,500 +31.25% 5
Berkshire +39 3 £62,500 +49.09% 3
Buckinghamshire +17 3 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Middlesex -13 2 - -
Sussex - 1 - -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 5 (21.74%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (8.70%) SaaS
5 1 (4.35%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (56.52%) Firewall
2 6 (26.09%) VPN
3 4 (17.39%) TCP/IP
4 3 (13.04%) Network Security
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 8 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (17.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.70%) Law
4 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.35%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Analyst
2 11 (47.83%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (43.48%) Security Analyst
4 8 (34.78%) Senior
5 6 (26.09%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (21.74%) SOC Manager
7 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 4 (17.39%) Senior Security Analyst
8 2 (8.70%) Operational Security Manager
8 2 (8.70%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (8.70%) Operations Manager
8 2 (8.70%) Security Manager
8 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Analyst
8 2 (8.70%) Security Operations Manager
8 2 (8.70%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
9 1 (4.35%) Coordinator
9 1 (4.35%) Head of Operations
9 1 (4.35%) Head of Security
9 1 (4.35%) Incident Analyst
9 1 (4.35%) Incident Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 14 (60.87%) Cyber Threat
2 8 (34.78%) Security Posture
3 4 (17.39%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (8.70%) Cyber Security Posture
4 2 (8.70%) Cyberattack
4 2 (8.70%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.70%) Linux
1 2 (8.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 19 (82.61%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (82.61%) Incident Response
2 19 (82.61%) SIEM
3 16 (69.57%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 16 (69.57%) Threat Intelligence
4 11 (47.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 9 (39.13%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (39.13%) Threat Detection
6 8 (34.78%) SOAR
7 7 (30.43%) Collaborative Culture
8 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
9 5 (21.74%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (21.74%) Vulnerability Management
10 4 (17.39%) Cloud Security
10 4 (17.39%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (17.39%) Regulatory Compliance
10 4 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
11 3 (13.04%) Forensic Analysis
11 3 (13.04%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (21.74%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (13.04%) Bash
2 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.04%) Python
3 2 (8.70%) Search Processing Language
4 1 (4.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) GCIH
2 7 (30.43%) CISM
2 7 (30.43%) CISSP
2 7 (30.43%) Degree
2 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (17.39%) GIAC
4 4 (17.39%) SC Cleared
5 3 (13.04%) CEH
5 3 (13.04%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (8.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 2 (8.70%) CCSP
6 2 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (8.70%) DV Cleared
6 2 (8.70%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (8.70%) OSCP
7 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
7 1 (4.35%) CREST Certified
7 1 (4.35%) GCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (30.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 7 (30.43%) NIST
2 2 (8.70%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (4.35%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (69.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (26.09%) Splunk
3 2 (8.70%) Google
3 2 (8.70%) Tenable
4 1 (4.35%) AlienVault
4 1 (4.35%) Darktrace
4 1 (4.35%) IBM
4 1 (4.35%) McAfee