Security Operations Centre Jobs in South Wales

Security Operations Centre
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 106 92
Rank change year-on-year +43 -14 -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 2 2 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.23% 0.13% 1.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.46% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £50,854 - -
25th Percentile £51,545 £51,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,697 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.37% -16.00% -
75th Percentile £53,848 £53,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £54,539 - -
Wales median annual salary £52,697 £52,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.37% -16.00% +66.67%

All Generic Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 235 437 458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 26.86% 28.58% 39.28%
Number of salaries quoted 152 234 231
10th Percentile £31,375 £26,872 £30,630
25th Percentile £47,500 £35,093 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £46,604 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.04% -6.79% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,600 £59,938 £68,624
90th Percentile £79,750 £70,000 £77,500
Wales median annual salary £62,000 £44,886 £45,000
% change year-on-year +38.13% -0.25% -14.29%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in South Wales

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in South Wales

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 27 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
Newport - 1 £55,000 - 3
Gwent - 1 £50,393 -
Security Operations Centre
Wales

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GCIH
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared