CSOC Jobs in the UK excluding London

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 769 710
Rank change year-on-year +203 -59 +140
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 2 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.005% 0.007% 0.026%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.015% 0.023% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £51,250 £24,146
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,670 £52,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -19.23% +14.26%
75th Percentile - £60,625 £67,500
90th Percentile - £73,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £61,335 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +16.83% -19.23% +14.04%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,607 25,599 23,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.31% 31.72% 42.84%
Number of salaries quoted 6,065 15,554 10,777
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing CSOC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in the UK excluding London

CSOC
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing CSOC in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for CSOC in the UK excluding London

CSOC
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
South West +116 2 £57,670 - 4
CSOC
UK

CSOC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (100.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Operational Security Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) HNC
1 2 (100.00%) HND
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared