Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Southampton

Security Operations Centre
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Southampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 26 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 67
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.10% - 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.44% - 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £76,500
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £76,500
% change year-on-year +1.85% -29.41% +225.53%

All Generic Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 227 97 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 23.57% 23.21% 32.09%
Number of salaries quoted 168 43 180
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,938 £38,625 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £82,907 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £71,500 £70,250
Hampshire median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% -

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Southampton

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto