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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 655 645 927
Rank change year-on-year -10 +282 -105
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 188 246 350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.30% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.74% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 146 166 268
10th Percentile £30,875 £31,750 £41,800
25th Percentile £41,813 £41,063 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,404 £58,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.37% -10.77% +23.81%
75th Percentile £66,188 £70,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,309 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.53% -15.38% +23.81%

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 30,081 33,205 84,438
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.28% 41.15% 48.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 20,787 36,075
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,416 £34,500
25th Percentile £40,013 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +2.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the UK

Security Operations Centre
Top 17 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 26 July 2024. 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 +2 176 £53,250 -11.25% 25
UK excluding London -60 145 £50,309 -8.53% 25
Work from Home +35 57 £50,309 -8.53% 23
South East -7 45 £41,920 +2.31% 4
London +59 40 £60,000 - 8
South West +15 32 £63,250 +56.73% 4
North of England +9 28 £51,404 -14.33% 5
Midlands -31 28 £44,488 -25.85% 3
West Midlands -7 23 £37,500 -37.50% 3
North West -15 14 £55,000 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +58 7 £52,500 -18.60% 1
North East - 7 £45,000 - 1
East Midlands -34 5 £57,500 +4.07%
Scotland -45 4 £50,309 +24.66% 3
Wales +2 3 £50,309 - 1
East of England -7 3 £54,000 -36.47% 1
Northern Ireland +21 2 £50,309 - 4

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 2 (1.06%) Apache
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.06%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (25.53%) Azure
2 38 (20.21%) Azure Sentinel
3 31 (16.49%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (15.43%) AWS
5 14 (7.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 14 (7.45%) Amazon GuardDuty
5 14 (7.45%) AWS CloudTrail
5 14 (7.45%) dbt
6 10 (5.32%) Power Platform
7 7 (3.72%) Entra ID
8 5 (2.66%) IaaS
9 4 (2.13%) PaaS
9 4 (2.13%) SaaS
10 1 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.53%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 54 (28.72%) Firewall
2 27 (14.36%) Intrusion Detection
3 26 (13.83%) Network Security
4 10 (5.32%) VoIP
5 7 (3.72%) VPN
6 3 (1.60%) DNS
7 2 (1.06%) DHCP
7 2 (1.06%) HTTP
7 2 (1.06%) SMTP
7 2 (1.06%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.53%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.32%) Power BI
2 2 (1.06%) Big Data
General
1 60 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 42 (22.34%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (17.55%) Finance
4 18 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (9.04%) Retail
6 15 (7.98%) Military
7 8 (4.26%) Marketing
8 6 (3.19%) Law
9 4 (2.13%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.60%) Legal
10 3 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.60%) Public Sector
11 2 (1.06%) Banking
12 1 (0.53%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.53%) Police
12 1 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (39.89%) Analyst
2 40 (21.28%) Security Analyst
3 34 (18.09%) Security Engineer
3 34 (18.09%) SOC Analyst
4 32 (17.02%) Senior
5 27 (14.36%) Senior Analyst
6 23 (12.23%) Consultant
7 22 (11.70%) Security Consultant
8 19 (10.11%) Operations Analyst
8 19 (10.11%) Security Operations Analyst
9 18 (9.57%) Lead
10 17 (9.04%) Senior Security Analyst
11 16 (8.51%) Cybersecurity Analyst
12 15 (7.98%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 14 (7.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
14 12 (6.38%) IT Analyst
14 12 (6.38%) IT Security Analyst
15 10 (5.32%) Security Manager
15 10 (5.32%) Senior Operations Analyst
16 8 (4.26%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.45%) Django
2 8 (4.26%) Elastic Stack
3 4 (2.13%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 40 (21.28%) Management Information System
2 27 (14.36%) Cyber Threat
3 26 (13.83%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (8.51%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 13 (6.91%) Client/Server
5 13 (6.91%) Security Posture
6 11 (5.85%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (4.26%) Social Media
8 6 (3.19%) Cyberattack
8 6 (3.19%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.66%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.66%) Enterprise Storage
9 5 (2.66%) Insider Threat
10 4 (2.13%) CSOC
10 4 (2.13%) Cybercrime
11 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (1.06%) Cyber Security Posture
11 2 (1.06%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 2 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.49%) Windows
2 17 (9.04%) Linux
3 5 (2.66%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.06%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 149 (79.26%) Cybersecurity
3 115 (61.17%) SIEM
4 85 (45.21%) Incident Response
5 69 (36.70%) Information Security
6 48 (25.53%) Vulnerability Management
7 38 (20.21%) Incident Management
8 36 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
9 27 (14.36%) Agile
9 27 (14.36%) Threat Intelligence
10 26 (13.83%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 26 (13.83%) Mentoring
10 26 (13.83%) Roadmaps
11 24 (12.77%) SOAR
12 22 (11.70%) Data Loss Prevention
13 20 (10.64%) Security Architecture
13 20 (10.64%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
14 19 (10.11%) Analytics
14 19 (10.11%) Change Management
14 19 (10.11%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.11%) Kusto Query Language
2 14 (7.45%) Python
2 14 (7.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (36.70%) Security Cleared
2 53 (28.19%) CISSP
3 34 (18.09%) SC Cleared
4 31 (16.49%) Degree
5 29 (15.43%) CISM
6 23 (12.23%) DV Cleared
7 19 (10.11%) CompTIA CySA+
8 18 (9.57%) CompTIA Security+
9 13 (6.91%) CISA
9 13 (6.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (5.32%) Master's Degree
11 5 (2.66%) CEH
12 4 (2.13%) GIAC
13 3 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (1.06%) CCNA
14 2 (1.06%) CEPT
14 2 (1.06%) GCIA
14 2 (1.06%) GCIH
14 2 (1.06%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (30.85%) NIST
2 27 (14.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (10.11%) GDPR
4 18 (9.57%) PCI DSS
5 9 (4.79%) NIST 800
6 6 (3.19%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.66%) SOC 2
8 2 (1.06%) COBIT
9 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.53%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (4.26%) Active Directory
1 8 (4.26%) vSphere
2 1 (0.53%) Snort
2 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.79%) CASB
2 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.60%) FortiGate
4 2 (1.06%) QRadar
5 1 (0.53%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 1 (0.53%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 79 (42.02%) Microsoft
2 26 (13.83%) Splunk
3 8 (4.26%) SolarWinds
3 8 (4.26%) Tanium
3 8 (4.26%) Tripwire
4 5 (2.66%) BT
5 3 (1.60%) Cisco
6 2 (1.06%) IBM
6 2 (1.06%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.53%) Carbon Black
7 1 (0.53%) Google
7 1 (0.53%) Proofpoint
7 1 (0.53%) Zscaler