SOC Manager Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Security Operations Centre Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Operations Centre Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 458 594 631
Rank change year-on-year +136 +37 +257
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Manager 2 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.003% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.003% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 £95,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -57.50% +17.65% +9.68%
75th Percentile £43,750 £105,000 £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £72,250 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -3.67% -9.09% +6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 17,526 33,958 36,557
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 96.27% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 9,719 25,759 26,556
10th Percentile £26,500 £33,500 £36,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.60% -11.20% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

SOC Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured SOC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOC Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SOC Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SOC Manager.

SOC Manager salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 8 June 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills

SOC Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
2 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA