Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Security Operations Centre
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stoke-on-Trent 0.25% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - -
75th Percentile £51,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £47,500 - £37,500
% change year-on-year - - -37.50%

All Generic Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 57 31 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 14.21% 26.96% 28.00%
Number of salaries quoted 36 20 82
10th Percentile £29,575 £32,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,938 £32,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £38,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -3.75% -11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £46,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,894 £68,750 £62,500
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £36,925 £43,500
% change year-on-year +35.41% -15.11% -3.33%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared