SOAR Jobs in the South East

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East requiring SOAR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOAR over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 360 363
Rank change year-on-year +76 +3 +89
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 9 30 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.096% 0.18% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.21% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 5 14 18
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £30,000 - £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £47,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +53.19% -14.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,000 £71,000 £67,188
90th Percentile £73,600 £85,475 £72,500
England median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% -1.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

SOAR falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,617 14,216 13,669
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 91.72% 84.52% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 4,300 9,913 7,957
10th Percentile £29,975 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in the South East

SOAR
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOAR in the South East.

Salary trend for SOAR in the South East

SOAR
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAR in the South East over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOAR in the South East

SOAR
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 SOAR within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 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 +58 7 £72,000 +2.49% 5
Sussex +20 2 - - 1
SOAR
England

SOAR
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 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
2 2 (22.22%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Security Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) SOC Manager
4 2 (22.22%) Senior
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Security Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Operations Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Security Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (44.44%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
3 3 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (22.22%) Cyber Security Posture
5 1 (11.11%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (100.00%) SIEM
2 8 (88.89%) Incident Response
2 8 (88.89%) Security Operations
3 6 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 6 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (44.44%) Information Security
4 4 (44.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 4 (44.44%) Performance Metrics
5 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
5 3 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (33.33%) Threat Detection
6 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
6 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
7 1 (11.11%) Digital Forensics
7 1 (11.11%) Security Architecture
7 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CISSP
1 4 (44.44%) GIAC
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) CISM
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) GCIH
3 2 (22.22%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (22.22%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CASP
4 1 (11.11%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (44.44%) NIST
3 2 (22.22%) GDPR
3 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (22.22%) NCSC
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Tenable
3 1 (11.11%) Darktrace
3 1 (11.11%) McAfee