SOC Manager Jobs in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre Manager
England > West Midlands

As of 31 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Manager salary in the West Midlands.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 249 255
Rank change year-on-year +55 +6 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 3 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.072% 0.051% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.054% 0.037%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £90,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £92,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +23.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile - £97,500 £80,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,250 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.67% -6.25% +3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,788 7,459 5,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.50% 89.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,684 5,519 3,228
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured SOC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Manager in the West Midlands

SOC Manager
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Manager in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SOC Manager in the West Midlands

SOC Manager
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Manager within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
Warwickshire +3 3 - -
SOC Manager
England

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, SOC Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) QRadar
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) SOAR
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Web Filtering
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Automotive
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security

SOC Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
General
1 3 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) PKI
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) SOAR
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Kalman Filter
2 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Web Filtering
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk