Security Operations Centre Job Trends 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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 184 196
Rank change year-on-year +15 +12 +80
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 8 5 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.16% 0.12% 0.46%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.63% 0.31% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 11
10th Percentile - £44,016 £44,538
25th Percentile - £48,165 £46,131
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,058 £50,950
Median % change year-on-year -2.07% +0.21% +1.90%
75th Percentile - £53,951 £54,650
90th Percentile - £56,182 £55,250
England median annual salary £65,000 £51,058 £60,500
% change year-on-year +27.31% -15.61% -3.20%

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 1,272 1,588 1,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.03% 38.29% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 820 755 1,219
10th Percentile £27,250 £10,258 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -5.21% +0.48%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,000 £84,056
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Security Operations Centre

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 14 January 2026. 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 +9 4 £50,000 -2.07%
Devon - 3 - -
Cornwall - 1 - -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (37.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 3 (37.50%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (37.50%) Business Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Change Advisory Board
3 3 (37.50%) Coaching
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) ITIL
3 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
3 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
3 3 (37.50%) SABSA
3 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (37.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (37.50%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (12.50%) CREST Certified
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
2 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27005