SOC Manager Job Trends in Surrey

Security Operations Centre Manager
South East > Surrey

As of 6 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Manager salary in Surrey.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 104 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 3 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.18% 0.082% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.092% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £70,000 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Surrey with a recognized job title 1,461 1,083 944
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.38% 89.06% 92.82%
Number of salaries quoted 912 553 649
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,061 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,813 £44,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £62,500 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,625 £85,000 £73,190
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

SOC Manager job vacancy trend in Surrey

SOC Manager
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in Surrey

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 6 January 2026, SOC Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Surrey region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow

SOC Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST