Security Operations Centre Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 403 405
Rank change year-on-year +35 +2 -41
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 29 27 58
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.15% 0.17% 0.31%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.41% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 26 24 40
10th Percentile £35,625 £43,450 £42,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.60% -3.85% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61,250 £78,750 £76,563
90th Percentile £62,500 £86,875 £79,500
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% -7.69% +23.81%

All Generic Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,644 6,597 8,290
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 29.93% 40.88% 44.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,013 3,000 4,343
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England 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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the North of England

Security Operations Centre
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Yorkshire +72 13 £56,500 +15.31% 9
North West -16 11 £58,750 -9.62% 7
North East - 5 £45,000 -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 (6.90%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (6.90%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (51.72%) Azure
2 11 (37.93%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (34.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 6 (20.69%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (20.69%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (10.34%) IaaS
5 3 (10.34%) PaaS
5 3 (10.34%) SaaS
6 1 (3.45%) AWS
6 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 14 (48.28%) Firewall
2 7 (24.14%) Network Security
2 7 (24.14%) Wireshark
3 6 (20.69%) LAN
3 6 (20.69%) TCP/IP
3 6 (20.69%) WAN
4 2 (6.90%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (3.45%) DKIM
5 1 (3.45%) DMARC
5 1 (3.45%) DNS
5 1 (3.45%) Internet
5 1 (3.45%) tcpdump
General
1 6 (20.69%) Finance
2 5 (17.24%) Social Skills
3 4 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Law
5 2 (6.90%) Legal
5 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (44.83%) Lead
2 10 (34.48%) Analyst
2 10 (34.48%) Security Engineer
3 8 (27.59%) Team Leader
4 7 (24.14%) Security Analyst
5 6 (20.69%) Information Security Engineer
6 4 (13.79%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 3 (10.34%) Operations Engineer
7 3 (10.34%) SOC Analyst
8 2 (6.90%) SOC Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Azure Engineer
9 1 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 1 (3.45%) Information Security Analyst
9 1 (3.45%) IT Analyst
9 1 (3.45%) IT Security Analyst
9 1 (3.45%) Operational Security Manager
9 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Analyst
9 1 (3.45%) Security Operations Manager
9 1 (3.45%) Service Desk Team Leader
9 1 (3.45%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (31.03%) Management Information System
2 6 (20.69%) Security Posture
3 3 (10.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 3 (10.34%) Cyberattack
3 3 (10.34%) Onboarding
4 2 (6.90%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.45%) CSOC
5 1 (3.45%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 7 (24.14%) Windows
2 6 (20.69%) Android
2 6 (20.69%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 25 (86.21%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (79.31%) SIEM
4 13 (44.83%) Incident Response
4 13 (44.83%) Information Security
5 10 (34.48%) Cloud Security
5 10 (34.48%) Vulnerability Management
6 7 (24.14%) Data Loss Prevention
6 7 (24.14%) Ethical Hacking
6 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (20.69%) Agile
7 6 (20.69%) Cryptography
7 6 (20.69%) Information Security Management
7 6 (20.69%) Key Management
7 6 (20.69%) Project Roadmap
7 6 (20.69%) Roadmaps
7 6 (20.69%) Secrets Management
7 6 (20.69%) Security Management
7 6 (20.69%) Validation
7 6 (20.69%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.69%) PowerShell
1 6 (20.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) CEH
1 7 (24.14%) CISSP
2 6 (20.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 6 (20.69%) CCSP
2 6 (20.69%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (20.69%) SANS
2 6 (20.69%) SSCP
3 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
4 2 (6.90%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (6.90%) Degree
4 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.45%) CISM
5 1 (3.45%) GCIA
5 1 (3.45%) GCIH
5 1 (3.45%) GSEC
5 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
5 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (41.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (37.93%) NIST
3 10 (34.48%) PCI DSS
4 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (3.45%) QA
System Software
1 6 (20.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.45%) Snort
Systems Management
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (20.69%) Nmap
2 1 (3.45%) CASB
2 1 (3.45%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 17 (58.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (27.59%) Splunk
3 6 (20.69%) Qualys
3 6 (20.69%) Rapid7
3 6 (20.69%) Thycotic