Security Operations Centre Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 569 716
Rank change year-on-year -16 +147 -142
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 179 164 135
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.28% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.68% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 151 102 95
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,146 £37,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £62,708
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -12.29% +19.44%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £82,000 £79,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% -10.77% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 24,053 24,125 31,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.59% 40.91% 43.85%
Number of salaries quoted 15,212 11,085 15,793
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
South East -20 54 £41,920 -10.20% 12
South West +10 43 £98,750 +308.97% 5
Midlands +4 39 £42,000 -23.64% 9
West Midlands +27 29 £37,500 -31.82% 6
North of England +51 27 £56,500 -13.08% 15
Yorkshire +92 13 £56,500 +15.31% 13
North West -8 11 £58,750 -9.62% 2
East Midlands -10 10 £59,470 +67.52% 3
East of England +11 9 £54,000 -8.09% 7
Scotland -65 5 £67,500 +85.30%
North East - 3 £32,500 -
Wales -8 2 £52,500 +5.66%
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.12%) Apache
1 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.12%) MS Project Server
1 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (24.58%) Azure
2 37 (20.67%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (17.32%) Azure Sentinel
4 11 (6.15%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (2.23%) AWS
6 4 (2.23%) IaaS
6 4 (2.23%) PaaS
6 4 (2.23%) SaaS
7 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 58 (32.40%) Firewall
2 36 (20.11%) Network Security
3 25 (13.97%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (5.59%) VPN
5 7 (3.91%) LAN
5 7 (3.91%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.91%) WAN
5 7 (3.91%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.68%) DNS
6 3 (1.68%) Internet
7 2 (1.12%) DKIM
7 2 (1.12%) DMARC
7 2 (1.12%) VoIP
8 1 (0.56%) FTP
8 1 (0.56%) HTTP
8 1 (0.56%) SMTP
8 1 (0.56%) Sourcefire
8 1 (0.56%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.12%) Big Data
1 2 (1.12%) Power BI
General
1 52 (29.05%) Social Skills
2 50 (27.93%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (15.08%) Finance
4 22 (12.29%) Retail
5 18 (10.06%) Military
6 9 (5.03%) Marketing
7 7 (3.91%) Games
8 4 (2.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.68%) Law
9 3 (1.68%) Police
10 2 (1.12%) Legal
10 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 72 (40.22%) Analyst
2 37 (20.67%) SOC Analyst
3 34 (18.99%) Security Analyst
4 30 (16.76%) Lead
5 19 (10.61%) Consultant
5 19 (10.61%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 19 (10.61%) Security Engineer
6 18 (10.06%) Security Consultant
6 18 (10.06%) Senior
7 16 (8.94%) Senior Analyst
8 13 (7.26%) Security Manager
9 12 (6.70%) IT Analyst
9 12 (6.70%) IT Security Analyst
10 10 (5.59%) Operations Analyst
10 10 (5.59%) Security Operations Analyst
10 10 (5.59%) Senior Security Analyst
10 10 (5.59%) Team Leader
11 8 (4.47%) Senior IT Security Analyst
12 7 (3.91%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 7 (3.91%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.23%) EDI
2 1 (0.56%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (23.46%) Management Information System
2 40 (22.35%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (11.73%) Cyber Defence
4 13 (7.26%) Client/Server
5 9 (5.03%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (4.47%) Social Media
7 7 (3.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (3.91%) Data Centre
7 7 (3.91%) Security Posture
8 5 (2.79%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (2.79%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (2.79%) SCADA
9 4 (2.23%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (2.23%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.68%) Insider Threat
11 2 (1.12%) CSOC
11 2 (1.12%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.12%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 37 (20.67%) Windows
2 11 (6.15%) Linux
3 7 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.35%) Android
4 6 (3.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 149 (83.24%) Cybersecurity
3 111 (62.01%) SIEM
4 68 (37.99%) Incident Response
5 61 (34.08%) Information Security
6 42 (23.46%) Vulnerability Management
7 32 (17.88%) Agile
7 32 (17.88%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (16.76%) Mentoring
9 25 (13.97%) Coaching
10 24 (13.41%) Computer Science
10 24 (13.41%) SOAR
11 22 (12.29%) Service Delivery
12 21 (11.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 21 (11.73%) Threat Intelligence
13 19 (10.61%) Cloud Security
13 19 (10.61%) Incident Management
13 19 (10.61%) Roadmaps
14 18 (10.06%) Programme Management
14 18 (10.06%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.35%) PowerShell
1 6 (3.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 67 (37.43%) Security Cleared
2 45 (25.14%) CISSP
3 35 (19.55%) Degree
4 29 (16.20%) DV Cleared
5 26 (14.53%) CompTIA Security+
5 26 (14.53%) SC Cleared
6 17 (9.50%) Computer Science Degree
7 15 (8.38%) Master's Degree
8 11 (6.15%) CompTIA CySA+
9 9 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (3.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 7 (3.91%) CCSP
10 7 (3.91%) CEH
11 6 (3.35%) SANS
11 6 (3.35%) SSCP
12 5 (2.79%) CISM
13 3 (1.68%) Azure Certification
14 2 (1.12%) CCNA
14 2 (1.12%) CISA
14 2 (1.12%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (29.61%) NIST
2 24 (13.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (11.73%) PCI DSS
4 19 (10.61%) GDPR
5 18 (10.06%) NIST 800
6 5 (2.79%) NCSC
6 5 (2.79%) SOC 2
7 4 (2.23%) ISO 9001
8 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.56%) QA
9 1 (0.56%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.56%) Snort
3 1 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (6.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (6.15%) CASB
3 6 (3.35%) Nmap
4 2 (1.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 69 (38.55%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.61%) Splunk
3 8 (4.47%) BT
4 7 (3.91%) Qualys
5 6 (3.35%) Rapid7
5 6 (3.35%) Thycotic
6 3 (1.68%) Cisco
7 2 (1.12%) Sun
8 1 (0.56%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.56%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.56%) F5
8 1 (0.56%) IBM
8 1 (0.56%) Juniper
8 1 (0.56%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.56%) TippingPoint
8 1 (0.56%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.56%) Zscaler