SOAR Jobs in the Thames Valley

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for SOAR skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOAR over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 251 261
Rank change year-on-year +23 +10 -34
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 16 15 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.24% 0.24% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.26% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13 5 12
10th Percentile - £60,850 -
25th Percentile - £66,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £70,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.86% +55.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £71,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,200 - £82,500
South East median annual salary £47,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -14.55% -15.38% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

SOAR is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,732 5,801 6,443
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.12% 94.68% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,012 3,152 3,917
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in the Thames Valley

SOAR
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOAR in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for SOAR in the Thames Valley

SOAR
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAR in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOAR in the Thames Valley

SOAR
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 SOAR within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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 +34 12 £47,000 -18.26% 4
Buckinghamshire - 4 £69,000 -
SOAR
South East

SOAR
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 12 (75.00%) Azure
2 8 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (25.00%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 12 (75.00%) Internet
2 8 (50.00%) DKIM
2 8 (50.00%) DMARC
2 8 (50.00%) DNS
3 5 (31.25%) Firewall
4 4 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (25.00%) Network Security
4 4 (25.00%) VPN
5 1 (6.25%) SD-WAN
General
1 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Information Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 8 (50.00%) Security Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Lead
3 3 (18.75%) SOC Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Principal Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Solutions Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Cyberattack
2 7 (43.75%) Management Information System
3 4 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 4 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (18.75%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) SIEM
2 12 (75.00%) Information Security
3 11 (68.75%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 8 (50.00%) Cloud Security
4 8 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 8 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
5 7 (43.75%) Security Operations
5 7 (43.75%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (31.25%) Zero Trust
7 4 (25.00%) Application Security
7 4 (25.00%) Dashboard Development
7 4 (25.00%) Data Encryption
7 4 (25.00%) Database Security
7 4 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (25.00%) Patch Management
7 4 (25.00%) Secure Coding
7 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
7 4 (25.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 4 (25.00%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 4 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (25.00%) CISSP
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) NIST
2 5 (31.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 4 (25.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (6.25%) IASME
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) CASB
2 4 (25.00%) Suricata
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
1 5 (31.25%) Splunk
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) Juniper
2 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto