Security Operations Centre Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Security Operations Centre
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in South Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.73% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
75th Percentile £67,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £65,000 £41,250 £64,380
% change year-on-year +57.58% -35.93% +83.94%

All Generic Skills
South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 137 220 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 21.04% 34.76% 32.64%
Number of salaries quoted 92 87 127
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,925 £30,875
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,500 £31,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £59,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +24.21% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,485 £70,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +4.55%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Doncaster - 1 £65,000 - 1
Security Operations Centre
Yorkshire

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Process Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft