Security Operations Centre Jobs in England

Security Operations Centre
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 616 678 947
Rank change year-on-year +62 +269 -190
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 241 205 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.77% 0.57% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 199 153 197
10th Percentile £36,100 £31,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% -7.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £72,427 £72,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £59,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -4.24% -9.23% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 31,346 36,060 68,437
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.28% 43.63% 47.60%
Number of salaries quoted 21,105 20,106 30,878
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,125 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,300 £46,900 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £87,480 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £105,000
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 England

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England.

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
London +63 63 £65,000 +8.33% 7
South East -18 57 £41,920 +2.24% 5
South West +9 45 £100,000 +314.15% 5
Midlands -24 36 £40,500 -26.36% 5
North of England +30 32 £55,000 -8.33% 12
West Midlands -1 26 £37,500 -31.82% 3
North West -16 14 £57,500 -11.54% 5
Yorkshire +72 13 £56,500 +15.31% 7
East Midlands -35 10 £59,470 +7.64% 2
East of England -6 8 £54,000 +20.00% 5
North East - 5 £45,000 -
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (0.83%) Apache
1 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 51 (21.16%) Azure
2 46 (19.09%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (17.43%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (5.39%) AWS
5 11 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (4.56%) Cloud Computing
5 11 (4.56%) Microsoft Purview
6 10 (4.15%) Entra ID
6 10 (4.15%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.66%) IaaS
7 4 (1.66%) PaaS
7 4 (1.66%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 68 (28.22%) Firewall
2 55 (22.82%) Network Security
3 32 (13.28%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (5.39%) TCP/IP
5 12 (4.98%) Wireshark
6 11 (4.56%) LAN
6 11 (4.56%) WAN
7 10 (4.15%) VoIP
8 8 (3.32%) VPN
9 3 (1.24%) DNS
10 2 (0.83%) DHCP
10 2 (0.83%) HTTP
10 2 (0.83%) SMTP
11 1 (0.41%) DKIM
11 1 (0.41%) DMARC
11 1 (0.41%) Internet
11 1 (0.41%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.15%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) Big Data
General
1 66 (27.39%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
3 52 (21.58%) Finance
4 34 (14.11%) Military
5 22 (9.13%) Retail
6 9 (3.73%) Law
7 8 (3.32%) Marketing
8 6 (2.49%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.07%) Games
10 4 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.24%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.83%) Banking
12 2 (0.83%) Legal
12 2 (0.83%) Police
12 2 (0.83%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 95 (39.42%) Analyst
2 46 (19.09%) SOC Analyst
3 45 (18.67%) Security Analyst
3 45 (18.67%) Senior
4 40 (16.60%) Consultant
5 38 (15.77%) Security Consultant
6 34 (14.11%) Lead
6 34 (14.11%) Senior Analyst
7 32 (13.28%) Security Engineer
8 20 (8.30%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 19 (7.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 19 (7.88%) Operations Analyst
9 19 (7.88%) Security Operations Analyst
10 18 (7.47%) Senior Security Analyst
11 13 (5.39%) IT Analyst
11 13 (5.39%) IT Security Analyst
12 12 (4.98%) Security Manager
13 11 (4.56%) Team Leader
14 10 (4.15%) Senior Security Engineer
14 10 (4.15%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.64%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.66%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 60 (24.90%) Management Information System
2 45 (18.67%) Cyber Defence
3 38 (15.77%) Cyber Threat
4 23 (9.54%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 19 (7.88%) Client/Server
6 12 (4.98%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.73%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.32%) Social Media
9 7 (2.90%) Onboarding
10 6 (2.49%) Cybercrime
10 6 (2.49%) Data Centre
11 5 (2.07%) Cyberattack
11 5 (2.07%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (2.07%) Industry 4.0
11 5 (2.07%) Insider Threat
11 5 (2.07%) SCADA
12 4 (1.66%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
14 2 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 2 (0.83%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 45 (18.67%) Windows
2 14 (5.81%) Linux
3 11 (4.56%) Android
3 11 (4.56%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.90%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.83%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 187 (77.59%) Cybersecurity
3 143 (59.34%) SIEM
4 105 (43.57%) Information Security
5 94 (39.00%) Incident Response
6 70 (29.05%) Vulnerability Management
7 56 (23.24%) Agile
8 51 (21.16%) Incident Management
9 40 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (16.18%) Security Architecture
11 38 (15.77%) Mentoring
12 35 (14.52%) Data Loss Prevention
13 31 (12.86%) Cloud Security
14 28 (11.62%) Computer Science
15 27 (11.20%) Coaching
16 26 (10.79%) Security Management
17 25 (10.37%) Service Delivery
18 24 (9.96%) Analytics
18 24 (9.96%) Roadmaps
18 24 (9.96%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.56%) PowerShell
1 11 (4.56%) Python
2 5 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 87 (36.10%) Security Cleared
2 71 (29.46%) CISSP
3 46 (19.09%) DV Cleared
4 40 (16.60%) Degree
5 27 (11.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 25 (10.37%) CISM
7 24 (9.96%) SC Cleared
8 19 (7.88%) CompTIA CySA+
9 17 (7.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (6.22%) Master's Degree
11 14 (5.81%) CEH
12 13 (5.39%) CISA
12 13 (5.39%) Cisco Certification
13 12 (4.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 12 (4.98%) CCSP
14 11 (4.56%) SANS
14 11 (4.56%) SSCP
15 5 (2.07%) GIAC
16 3 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (36.51%) NIST
2 41 (17.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (10.79%) PCI DSS
4 19 (7.88%) NIST 800
5 18 (7.47%) GDPR
6 6 (2.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.07%) NCSC
7 5 (2.07%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.66%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.83%) COBIT
10 1 (0.41%) QA
10 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (6.64%) vSphere
2 11 (4.56%) Virtual Desktop
3 8 (3.32%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.41%) Snort
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (7.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (4.56%) Nmap
3 10 (4.15%) CASB
4 6 (2.49%) QRadar
5 2 (0.83%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 82 (34.02%) Microsoft
2 31 (12.86%) Splunk
3 16 (6.64%) SolarWinds
3 16 (6.64%) Tanium
3 16 (6.64%) Tripwire
4 11 (4.56%) Qualys
4 11 (4.56%) Rapid7
4 11 (4.56%) Thycotic
5 10 (4.15%) BT
6 6 (2.49%) IBM
7 5 (2.07%) Cisco
8 2 (0.83%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.41%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.41%) Sun
9 1 (0.41%) Zscaler