Security Operations Centre Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre 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 510 597 598
Rank change year-on-year +87 +1 +120
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 70 179 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.24% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.53% 0.73% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 53 152 101
10th Percentile £35,800 £30,015 £24,146
25th Percentile £46,250 £37,500 £37,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,729 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.21% -1.82% -14.43%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,600 £107,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% -10.77%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 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%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
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 Security Operations Centre 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 East +66 23 £49,000 +16.89% 68
East of England +54 21 £62,000 +14.81% 37
South West +84 10 £51,058 -46.95% 18
Midlands +29 7 £46,344 +8.41% 24
North of England +24 7 £55,000 -2.65% 49
North West +4 7 £55,000 -8.33% 25
West Midlands +34 6 £39,000 +4.00% 13
Wales +46 2 £52,697 +0.37% 5
East Midlands +25 1 £72,500 +21.91% 10
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
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 5 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.71%) AWS
2 10 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (10.00%) Azure
4 5 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (5.71%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (4.29%) SaaS
7 1 (1.43%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.43%) IaaS
7 1 (1.43%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (55.71%) Firewall
2 23 (32.86%) VPN
3 21 (30.00%) TCP/IP
4 20 (28.57%) Network Security
5 12 (17.14%) FTP
5 12 (17.14%) HTTP
5 12 (17.14%) Internet
5 12 (17.14%) LAN
5 12 (17.14%) SMTP
5 12 (17.14%) WAN
6 5 (7.14%) DHCP
6 5 (7.14%) DNS
6 5 (7.14%) NGFW
7 4 (5.71%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.43%) Relational Database
General
1 21 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (22.86%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.57%) Aerospace
3 6 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (8.57%) Retail
4 3 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Law
5 2 (2.86%) Military
5 2 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.86%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.86%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.43%) Automotive
6 1 (1.43%) Finance
6 1 (1.43%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 33 (47.14%) Analyst
2 22 (31.43%) SOC Analyst
3 17 (24.29%) Security Analyst
4 13 (18.57%) Lead
5 9 (12.86%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (12.86%) Senior
5 9 (12.86%) SOC Manager
6 7 (10.00%) Security Engineer
7 6 (8.57%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (7.14%) Security Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Operational Security Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Operations Engineer
9 4 (5.71%) Operations Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Security Operations Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Senior Security Analyst
10 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 3 (4.29%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 3 (4.29%) Incident Analyst
11 2 (2.86%) Head of Operations
11 2 (2.86%) Operations Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (15.71%) LDAP
2 2 (2.86%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.43%) Cyber Threat
2 21 (30.00%) Security Posture
3 12 (17.14%) Client/Server
3 12 (17.14%) Management Information System
4 9 (12.86%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (5.71%) PKI
6 3 (4.29%) Cyberattack
6 3 (4.29%) MISP
7 2 (2.86%) CSOC
7 2 (2.86%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (2.86%) YARA
8 1 (1.43%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.29%) Windows
2 4 (5.71%) Linux
3 2 (2.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 53 (75.71%) SIEM
3 47 (67.14%) Incident Response
4 43 (61.43%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (34.29%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 23 (32.86%) Threat Intelligence
7 21 (30.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 20 (28.57%) Threat Detection
9 16 (22.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (22.86%) Malware Analysis
10 15 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
11 13 (18.57%) Incident Management
11 13 (18.57%) Information Security
12 12 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
12 12 (17.14%) Regulatory Compliance
12 12 (17.14%) SOAR
13 11 (15.71%) Use Case
14 10 (14.29%) Line Management
14 10 (14.29%) Mentoring
14 10 (14.29%) Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.14%) PowerShell
2 10 (14.29%) Bash
2 10 (14.29%) Python
3 7 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (8.57%) C++
4 6 (8.57%) Perl
5 2 (2.86%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (44.29%) Security Cleared
2 19 (27.14%) Degree
3 18 (25.71%) SC Cleared
4 16 (22.86%) CISSP
4 16 (22.86%) DV Cleared
5 13 (18.57%) GCIH
6 12 (17.14%) CISM
7 9 (12.86%) CompTIA Security+
8 8 (11.43%) GIAC
9 7 (10.00%) CEH
10 3 (4.29%) CompTIA CySA+
10 3 (4.29%) GCIA
10 3 (4.29%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (2.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (2.86%) CREST Certified
11 2 (2.86%) CRISC
11 2 (2.86%) ISACA
11 2 (2.86%) OSCP
11 2 (2.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (12.86%) NIST
3 2 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.86%) SLA
4 1 (1.43%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.43%) GDPR
4 1 (1.43%) NCSC
System Software
1 6 (8.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (22.86%) QRadar
2 1 (1.43%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 1 (1.43%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.43%) Nessus
Vendors
1 45 (64.29%) Microsoft
2 27 (38.57%) Splunk
3 5 (7.14%) Google
4 2 (2.86%) AlienVault
4 2 (2.86%) IBM
4 2 (2.86%) Tenable
5 1 (1.43%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.43%) Darktrace
5 1 (1.43%) LogRhythm
5 1 (1.43%) McAfee
5 1 (1.43%) Rapid7