Security Operations Centre Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Security Operations Centre
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 84 46
Rank change year-on-year +16 -38 +35
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.13% 0.20% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 1.00% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £30,575 -
25th Percentile - £30,688 £60,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £31,750 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year - -49.60% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £33,188 £65,500
90th Percentile - £33,525 -
North East median annual salary - £45,000 £63,000
% change year-on-year - -28.57% -3.08%

All Generic Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 242 200 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 31.63% 20.37% 34.90%
Number of salaries quoted 129 80 99
10th Percentile £24,900 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £60,750 £75,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £70,250 £100,000 £81,138
North East median annual salary £42,875 £50,309 £55,000
% change year-on-year -14.78% -8.53% +10.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 November 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +10 1 - -
Security Operations Centre
North East

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Change Advisory Board
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SABSA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (100.00%) NIST