Security Operations Centre Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 223 219
Rank change year-on-year +44 -4 +59
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 5 26 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.39% 0.75%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.36% 1.16% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 5 25 21
10th Percentile £34,750 £29,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £40,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £44,960 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,500 £57,500 £97,500
South East median annual salary £49,000 £41,920 £46,680
% change year-on-year +16.89% -10.20% -33.31%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,384 2,233 2,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 40.21% 33.25% 41.42%
Number of salaries quoted 556 1,473 1,130
10th Percentile £26,688 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £35,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.47% -13.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £73,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +12.24% -13.27% +2.73%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre
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 Security Operations Centre within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Buckinghamshire +17 4 £41,250 +3.13% 4
Berkshire +28 1 £62,500 +49.09% 10
Security Operations Centre
South East

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Institution
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Operations
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support
2 1 (20.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Security Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SOC Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Inventory Management
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CISM
1 2 (40.00%) CISSP
2 1 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (20.00%) CCSP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) AlienVault
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft