Security Operations Centre Jobs

Security Operations Centre
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 663 694
Rank change year-on-year +39 +31 +290
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 99 251 239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.22% 0.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.47% 0.68% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 72 204 163
10th Percentile £40,087 £30,725 £30,350
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,625 £39,294
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,729 £55,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.79% -4.31% -10.77%
75th Percentile £65,313 £70,250 £69,375
90th Percentile £76,025 £100,000 £86,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,058 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% +8.00% -23.08%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 21,118 37,184 39,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.58% 33.30% 43.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,806 23,665 21,923
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £46,298
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £97,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the UK

Security Operations Centre
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 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
England +38 97 £51,729 -5.95% 426
UK excluding London +70 72 £51,058 -5.45% 284
London +74 26 £55,298 -7.84% 177
Work from Home +78 23 £49,279 -10.40% 210
South East +62 23 £49,000 +16.89% 68
East of England +48 21 £62,000 +14.81% 37
South West +81 10 £51,058 -48.94% 31
North of England +42 9 £55,000 - 78
North West +17 9 £55,000 -4.35% 40
Midlands +64 7 £50,000 +23.46% 38
West Midlands +56 6 £44,500 +18.67% 25
Wales +43 2 £52,697 +0.37% 12
East Midlands +47 1 £72,500 +21.91% 13

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (6.06%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.18%) AWS
2 17 (17.17%) Azure
3 16 (16.16%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (8.08%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (5.05%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (5.05%) GCP
6 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (3.03%) Entra ID
7 3 (3.03%) SaaS
8 1 (1.01%) IaaS
8 1 (1.01%) Mimecast
8 1 (1.01%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (50.51%) Firewall
2 26 (26.26%) VPN
3 23 (23.23%) Network Security
4 22 (22.22%) TCP/IP
5 12 (12.12%) FTP
5 12 (12.12%) HTTP
5 12 (12.12%) LAN
5 12 (12.12%) SMTP
5 12 (12.12%) WAN
6 11 (11.11%) Internet
7 10 (10.10%) DNS
8 5 (5.05%) DHCP
8 5 (5.05%) NGFW
9 4 (4.04%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (2.02%) DKIM
10 2 (2.02%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.08%) Relational Database
General
1 33 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 28 (28.28%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (6.06%) Aerospace
4 6 (6.06%) Retail
5 3 (3.03%) Law
5 3 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.02%) Military
6 2 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.02%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.02%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.01%) Automotive
7 1 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.01%) Finance
7 1 (1.01%) Legal
7 1 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 51 (51.52%) Analyst
2 29 (29.29%) Security Analyst
3 27 (27.27%) SOC Analyst
4 16 (16.16%) Senior
5 14 (14.14%) Lead
6 11 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 10 (10.10%) SOC Manager
8 8 (8.08%) IT Analyst
8 8 (8.08%) IT Security Analyst
9 7 (7.07%) Operational Security Manager
9 7 (7.07%) Operations Manager
9 7 (7.07%) Security Engineer
9 7 (7.07%) Security Manager
9 7 (7.07%) Security Operations Manager
9 7 (7.07%) SOC Engineer
10 6 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (5.05%) Incident Engineer
12 4 (4.04%) Operations Engineer
13 3 (3.03%) Incident Analyst
13 3 (3.03%) Security Operations Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (11.11%) LDAP
2 2 (2.02%) EDI
2 2 (2.02%) Leaflet
Miscellaneous
1 31 (31.31%) Security Posture
2 26 (26.26%) Cyber Threat
3 16 (16.16%) Management Information System
4 12 (12.12%) Client/Server
5 11 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (5.05%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (4.04%) PKI
8 3 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (3.03%) MISP
9 2 (2.02%) CSOC
9 2 (2.02%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (2.02%) Cyberattack
9 2 (2.02%) Data Centre
9 2 (2.02%) YARA
10 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (1.01%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 1 (1.01%) Insider Threat
10 1 (1.01%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 13 (13.13%) Windows
2 5 (5.05%) Linux
3 2 (2.02%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.01%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 70 (70.71%) SIEM
3 67 (67.68%) Incident Response
4 63 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
5 33 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 29 (29.29%) Threat Intelligence
7 28 (28.28%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 26 (26.26%) Information Security
9 24 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (24.24%) Threat Detection
10 22 (22.22%) Cloud Security
11 20 (20.20%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (20.20%) SOAR
12 19 (19.19%) Vulnerability Management
13 17 (17.17%) Data Loss Prevention
14 16 (16.16%) Malware Analysis
15 15 (15.15%) Vulnerability Assessment
16 14 (14.14%) Regulatory Compliance
17 13 (13.13%) Penetration Testing
18 12 (12.12%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (14.14%) PowerShell
2 11 (11.11%) Python
3 10 (10.10%) Bash
4 8 (8.08%) Kusto Query Language
5 6 (6.06%) C++
5 6 (6.06%) Perl
6 3 (3.03%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 33 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 27 (27.27%) Degree
3 20 (20.20%) SC Cleared
4 19 (19.19%) CISSP
5 17 (17.17%) DV Cleared
6 14 (14.14%) CISM
6 14 (14.14%) GCIH
7 12 (12.12%) GIAC
8 11 (11.11%) CEH
9 10 (10.10%) CompTIA Security+
10 4 (4.04%) CRISC
10 4 (4.04%) GCIA
11 3 (3.03%) CompTIA CySA+
11 3 (3.03%) OSCP
11 3 (3.03%) SANS
12 2 (2.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (2.02%) CREST Certified
12 2 (2.02%) GISF
12 2 (2.02%) ISACA
12 2 (2.02%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.17%) NIST
2 14 (14.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (6.06%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (5.05%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (4.04%) PCI DSS
6 3 (3.03%) GDPR
7 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (2.02%) SLA
8 1 (1.01%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.01%) GRC
8 1 (1.01%) NCSC
System Software
1 10 (10.10%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 15 (15.15%) QRadar
2 5 (5.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.01%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
4 1 (1.01%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.01%) Nessus
Vendors
1 60 (60.61%) Microsoft
2 29 (29.29%) Splunk
3 4 (4.04%) Google
4 3 (3.03%) Tenable
5 2 (2.02%) AlienVault
5 2 (2.02%) IBM
5 2 (2.02%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.01%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.01%) Darktrace
6 1 (1.01%) LogRhythm
6 1 (1.01%) McAfee
6 1 (1.01%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow