CSOC Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.018% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.076% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £60,000 - £72,500

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

CSOC 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,318 1,370 2,201
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 23.28% 40.38% 33.92%
Number of salaries quoted 859 560 1,482
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,756
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,001 £52,555 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.86% +10.64% -13.64%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £60,798
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +4.08% -13.41%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CSOC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

CSOC job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

CSOC
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CSOC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing CSOC

CSOC
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Berkshire - 1 £60,000 - 2
CSOC
South East

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) GIAC
1 1 (100.00%) SANS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kibana
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk