SOC Manager Jobs in the South East

Security Operations Centre Manager
England > South East

The median Security Operations Centre Manager salary in the South East is £72,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 288 387 -
Rank change year-on-year +99 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 5 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.053% 0.018% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.019% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £51,750 £66,400 -
25th Percentile £67,500 £66,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £69,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -
75th Percentile £73,000 £71,000 -
90th Percentile £73,600 - -
England median annual salary £72,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% -6.25% +3.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 8,134 15,805 13,069
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.58% 93.97% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,548 11,356 8,239
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured SOC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Manager in the South East

SOC Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SOC Manager in the South East

SOC Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for SOC Manager in the South East

SOC Manager
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 SOC Manager 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 - 3 £72,000 - 4
Thames Valley +63 1 £42,500 -38.41% 1
Surrey +49 1 £70,000 +3.70% 1
Buckinghamshire +36 1 £42,500 -38.41%
SOC Manager
England

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, SOC Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South East region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Detection
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 3 (60.00%) GIAC
3 3 (60.00%) GCIH
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) CISM
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (60.00%) SOAR
3 3 (60.00%) NIST
3 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (60.00%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (40.00%) SLA
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) Line Management
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills

SOC Manager Skill Set
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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Defence
2 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (80.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Detection
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (60.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (60.00%) SOAR
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) Line Management
5 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CISM
1 3 (60.00%) CISSP
1 3 (60.00%) GCIH
1 3 (60.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft