Security Operations Centre Jobs in the South West

Security Operations Centre
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 243 261
Rank change year-on-year +72 +18 +49
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 10 43 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.44% 0.10%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 1.47% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 10 36 7
10th Percentile £46,450 - -
25th Percentile £48,165 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £96,250 £24,146
Median % change year-on-year -46.95% +298.62% -62.19%
75th Percentile £54,565 £107,500 £41,418
90th Percentile £57,670 - -
England median annual salary £54,344 £56,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.82% -5.83% -7.69%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,127 2,921 2,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 32.02% 29.91% 40.35%
Number of salaries quoted 566 2,038 1,373
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,983 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,066
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,058 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% -8.90% +4.54%
75th Percentile £68,525 £65,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £86,250
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Wiltshire +48 8 £51,058 -44.80% 3
Devon - 2 £51,729 - 4
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (40.00%) AWS
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 4 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Military
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Operations Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Security Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
2 2 (20.00%) Operational Security Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Operations Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Operations Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Security Operations Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SIEM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (40.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (20.00%) CSOC
2 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (60.00%) Information Security
3 5 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
3 5 (50.00%) Threat Detection
3 5 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 4 (40.00%) API Integration
4 4 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) Data Collection
4 4 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 4 (40.00%) Service Management
4 4 (40.00%) SIEM
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Business Strategy
6 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (20.00%) Runbook
6 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (40.00%) CISSP
3 4 (40.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) CEH
4 2 (20.00%) CISM
4 2 (20.00%) HNC
4 2 (20.00%) HND
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Splunk