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 advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 246 269 305
Rank change year-on-year +23 +36 -20
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 45 8 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.49% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.54% 0.29% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 36 8 9
10th Percentile £45,000 - £45,800
25th Percentile £47,044 £24,146 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £28,323 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +226.59% -56.43% +30.00%
75th Percentile £107,500 £41,418 £67,500
90th Percentile - - £74,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
South West

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,920 2,766 3,197
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 31.78% 40.09% 40.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,033 1,397 1,743
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.15% +11.81%
75th Percentile £66,250 £71,250 £72,875
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

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 29 April 2024.

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 29 April 2024. 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
Bristol +23 20 £105,000 +160.18% 5
Dorset - 10 £45,000 - 1
Wiltshire - 9 £77,500 -
Gloucestershire -16 4 £77,500 +138.46%
Devon -14 2 £50,950 +111.01%
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.44%) Apache
1 2 (4.44%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.67%) Azure
2 1 (2.22%) IaaS
2 1 (2.22%) PaaS
2 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (44.44%) Network Security
2 2 (4.44%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (2.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Big Data
General
1 21 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 18 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (40.00%) Military
3 10 (22.22%) Retail
4 7 (15.56%) Games
5 2 (4.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (42.22%) Consultant
2 18 (40.00%) Security Consultant
3 14 (31.11%) Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) IT Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) IT Security Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) Security Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) Senior
5 9 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (17.78%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (17.78%) Senior IT Security Analyst
6 8 (17.78%) Senior Security Analyst
7 7 (15.56%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
8 4 (8.89%) Lead
8 4 (8.89%) SOC Manager
8 4 (8.89%) Team Leader
9 3 (6.67%) SOC Engineer
10 2 (4.44%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
10 2 (4.44%) Security Operations Specialist
10 2 (4.44%) SOC Specialist
10 2 (4.44%) Technical Operations Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Cyber Defence
2 9 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (6.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (4.44%) Mainframe
5 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Linux
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
1 2 (4.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 43 (95.56%) Cybersecurity
3 39 (86.67%) SIEM
4 29 (64.44%) Information Security
5 23 (51.11%) Mentoring
6 22 (48.89%) Agile
7 20 (44.44%) Coaching
8 18 (40.00%) Programme Management
8 18 (40.00%) Resource Management
8 18 (40.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 18 (40.00%) Security Architecture
9 14 (31.11%) Vulnerability Management
10 12 (26.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 12 (26.67%) Threat Intelligence
11 10 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
12 9 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (20.00%) Cloud Security
12 9 (20.00%) Cyber Intelligence
12 9 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
12 9 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 32 (71.11%) Security Cleared
2 29 (64.44%) DV Cleared
3 10 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 9 (20.00%) CISSP
4 9 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 9 (20.00%) Degree
4 9 (20.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.22%) CCNA
5 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (66.67%) NIST
2 18 (40.00%) NIST 800
3 10 (22.22%) PCI DSS
4 9 (20.00%) GDPR
5 5 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (8.89%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.22%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 12 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.44%) Splunk
3 1 (2.22%) Cisco