Security Operations Centre Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Operations Centre
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 593 726
Rank change year-on-year +74 +133 -246
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 65 91 112
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.21% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.54% 0.54% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 58 71 101
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,294 £38,973
25th Percentile £50,313 £42,500 £53,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -28.57% +47.37%
75th Percentile £65,375 £61,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,750 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.77% -8.08% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,933 16,951 30,231
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.36% 38.57% 45.71%
Number of salaries quoted 9,192 12,089 16,670
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,999 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.23% - +13.04%
75th Percentile £78,025 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Operations Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Operations Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre.

Security Operations Centre salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Security Operations Centre salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (43.08%) Azure
2 23 (35.38%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (27.69%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
4 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (10.77%) AWS
6 3 (4.62%) IaaS
6 3 (4.62%) PaaS
6 3 (4.62%) SaaS
7 2 (3.08%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (46.15%) Firewall
2 19 (29.23%) Network Security
3 18 (27.69%) TCP/IP
4 14 (21.54%) Wireshark
5 13 (20.00%) LAN
5 13 (20.00%) WAN
6 7 (10.77%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (9.23%) DNS
8 2 (3.08%) DHCP
8 2 (3.08%) HTTP
8 2 (3.08%) SMTP
9 1 (1.54%) tcpdump
9 1 (1.54%) VPN
General
1 27 (41.54%) Finance
2 14 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (13.85%) Social Skills
4 8 (12.31%) Law
5 6 (9.23%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.08%) Banking
6 2 (3.08%) Marketing
6 2 (3.08%) Retail
7 1 (1.54%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.54%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (41.54%) Analyst
2 25 (38.46%) Security Engineer
3 21 (32.31%) SOC Analyst
4 18 (27.69%) Senior
5 14 (21.54%) Lead
6 11 (16.92%) Information Security Engineer
6 11 (16.92%) Security Manager
7 10 (15.38%) Senior Security Engineer
8 9 (13.85%) Team Leader
9 8 (12.31%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (9.23%) Information Security Manager
10 6 (9.23%) Security Analyst
11 4 (6.15%) Information Security Project Manager
11 4 (6.15%) Operations Engineer
11 4 (6.15%) Project Manager
11 4 (6.15%) Security Project Manager
11 4 (6.15%) SOC Engineer
12 3 (4.62%) Operational Security Manager
12 3 (4.62%) Security Operations Manager
12 3 (4.62%) SIEM Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 21 (32.31%) Management Information System
2 8 (12.31%) Client/Server
3 7 (10.77%) Cyber Threat
4 6 (9.23%) Cybercrime
5 4 (6.15%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 4 (6.15%) Data Centre
5 4 (6.15%) Security Posture
6 3 (4.62%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (4.62%) Insider Threat
7 2 (3.08%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (3.08%) Cyberattack
7 2 (3.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 2 (3.08%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.54%) CSOC
8 1 (1.54%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 19 (29.23%) Windows
2 13 (20.00%) Android
2 13 (20.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (6.15%) Linux
4 2 (3.08%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 53 (81.54%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (75.38%) SIEM
4 30 (46.15%) Incident Response
5 25 (38.46%) Information Security
6 24 (36.92%) Security Management
7 21 (32.31%) Data Loss Prevention
8 19 (29.23%) Cloud Security
8 19 (29.23%) Vulnerability Management
9 17 (26.15%) Roadmaps
10 15 (23.08%) Information Security Management
11 14 (21.54%) Ethical Hacking
11 14 (21.54%) Threat Intelligence
12 13 (20.00%) Agile
12 13 (20.00%) Cryptography
12 13 (20.00%) DevOps
12 13 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
12 13 (20.00%) Process Improvement
12 13 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 13 (20.00%) Python
2 5 (7.69%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 26 (40.00%) CISSP
2 15 (23.08%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (21.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 14 (21.54%) CCSP
3 14 (21.54%) CEH
4 13 (20.00%) SANS
4 13 (20.00%) SSCP
5 10 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 7 (10.77%) CompTIA Security+
6 7 (10.77%) Degree
7 6 (9.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (9.23%) SC Cleared
8 4 (6.15%) CISM
9 2 (3.08%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (3.08%) CISMP
9 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
9 2 (3.08%) GIAC
9 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.54%) CRISC
10 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (29.23%) NIST
3 18 (27.69%) PCI DSS
4 4 (6.15%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (3.08%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.54%) Snort
Systems Management
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (20.00%) Nmap
2 6 (9.23%) QRadar
3 2 (3.08%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 25 (38.46%) Microsoft
1 25 (38.46%) Splunk
2 13 (20.00%) Qualys
2 13 (20.00%) Rapid7
2 13 (20.00%) Thycotic
3 6 (9.23%) IBM
4 5 (7.69%) Cisco
5 2 (3.08%) Intel
5 2 (3.08%) McAfee
5 2 (3.08%) SolarWinds
5 2 (3.08%) Sun
5 2 (3.08%) Tripwire
6 1 (1.54%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.54%) Infoblox