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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 577 770 738
Rank change year-on-year +193 -32 +103
Permanent jobs citing CSOC 3 5 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.007% 0.029%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.023% 0.021% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 16
10th Percentile - - £24,146
25th Percentile - £51,250 £35,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,670 £52,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% +23.53% -22.21%
75th Percentile - £60,625 £67,500
90th Percentile - £73,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +23.81% -19.23% +14.49%

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 13,329 24,370 24,539
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.18% 32.93% 42.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5,816 15,263 10,953
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,793 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% -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 29 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
South West - 2 £57,670 -
East of England - 1 - -
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) NGFW
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (66.67%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Aviation
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Operational Security Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Operations Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Security Manager
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
2 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Security
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CISM
1 2 (66.67%) CISSP
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) HNC
1 2 (66.67%) HND
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (33.33%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft