SOAR Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SOAR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOAR over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 553 675 676
Rank change year-on-year +122 +1 +82
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 22 88 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.055% 0.12% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.15% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 14 62 35
10th Percentile £37,500 £46,325 £22,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £47,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% - -28.57%
75th Percentile £75,688 £61,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,875 £72,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £50,000 £69,412
% change year-on-year +45.00% -27.97% -2.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

SOAR falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,988 59,840 56,366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.92% 83.56% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 18,070 41,306 29,083
10th Percentile £26,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in the UK excluding London

SOAR
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for SOAR in the UK excluding London

SOAR
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAR in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOAR in the UK excluding London

SOAR
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 SOAR within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 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 +76 10 £72,000 +53.19% 27
North of England +20 4 £80,000 +60.00% 17
North West -21 4 £80,000 +64.95% 7
Midlands +70 3 - - 4
West Midlands +43 3 - - 3
Scotland +109 2 £62,500 +32.98% 1
East of England +40 2 £72,500 +7.41% 9
Wales - 1 £55,000 - 1
SOAR
UK

SOAR
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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) AWS
2 6 (27.27%) Azure
3 4 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (36.36%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
3 2 (9.09%) Internet
General
1 14 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Automotive
3 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) SOC Manager
2 7 (31.82%) Analyst
3 5 (22.73%) Security Analyst
4 4 (18.18%) SOC Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Presales Consultant
5 3 (13.64%) Security Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Operational Security Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Operations Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Senior
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (4.55%) Azure Architect
7 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Security Presales Consultant
7 1 (4.55%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) Security Operations Centre
2 7 (31.82%) Cyber Threat
2 7 (31.82%) Security Posture
3 5 (22.73%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (22.73%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 3 (13.64%) PKI
5 2 (9.09%) Blog
5 2 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
6 1 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
6 1 (4.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Linux
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) SIEM
2 17 (77.27%) Cybersecurity
3 15 (68.18%) Incident Response
4 14 (63.64%) Security Operations
5 10 (45.45%) Threat Intelligence
6 8 (36.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 8 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
6 8 (36.36%) Information Security
6 8 (36.36%) Threat Detection
6 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
7 7 (31.82%) Regulatory Compliance
8 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
8 6 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (27.27%) Incident Management
8 6 (27.27%) Use Case
9 5 (22.73%) Data Loss Prevention
9 5 (22.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 5 (22.73%) Performance Metrics
10 4 (18.18%) Collaborative Culture
10 4 (18.18%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) CISSP
1 5 (22.73%) GIAC
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) CISM
2 4 (18.18%) GCIH
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Degree
4 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (9.09%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.55%) CASP
5 1 (4.55%) CEH
5 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (31.82%) NIST
3 4 (18.18%) NCSC
4 2 (9.09%) GDPR
4 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (9.09%) SOC 2
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) QRadar
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) Splunk
3 4 (18.18%) Google
4 2 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 2 (9.09%) Tenable
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco
5 1 (4.55%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.55%) Darktrace
5 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.55%) Juniper
5 1 (4.55%) LogRhythm
5 1 (4.55%) McAfee
5 1 (4.55%) Netskope
5 1 (4.55%) Zscaler