Security Operations Centre Jobs

Security Operations Centre
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 732 959
Rank change year-on-year +66 +227 -200
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 238 251 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.68% 0.58% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 204 169 188
10th Percentile £35,725 £31,750 £38,973
25th Percentile £42,738 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +23.81%
75th Percentile £72,758 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,625 £87,500 £91,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year - -5.17% +10.48%

All Generic Skills
UK

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 requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,065 43,146 75,002
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.34% 42.71% 47.68%
Number of salaries quoted 23,057 23,446 33,908
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,014 £34,513
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
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 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £108,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK

Security Operations Centre
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Security Operations Centre in the UK

Security Operations Centre
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Security Operations Centre in the UK

Security Operations Centre
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 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
England +105 228 £57,500 -4.17% 47
UK excluding London 0 180 £55,000 - 35
Work from Home +55 63 £56,500 +2.73% 19
London +101 56 £65,000 +8.33% 12
South East -18 54 £45,000 -3.60% 5
South West +16 43 £98,750 +308.97% 5
Midlands -2 39 £42,000 -23.64% 10
West Midlands +15 29 £37,500 -31.82% 7
North of England +46 26 £56,500 -13.08% 13
Yorkshire +95 12 £56,500 +15.31% 8
North West -9 11 £58,750 -9.62% 3
East of England +26 10 £54,000 -8.09% 2
East Midlands -17 10 £59,470 +67.52% 3
Scotland -62 5 £67,500 +85.30%
Wales -8 3 £52,500 +42.36%
North East - 3 £32,500 - 2

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.84%) Apache
1 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.84%) MS Project Server
1 2 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 57 (23.95%) Azure
2 47 (19.75%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (17.65%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.88%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (5.88%) Microsoft Purview
5 11 (4.62%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.94%) AWS
7 4 (1.68%) IaaS
7 4 (1.68%) PaaS
7 4 (1.68%) SaaS
8 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 67 (28.15%) Firewall
2 64 (26.89%) Network Security
3 25 (10.50%) Intrusion Detection
4 21 (8.82%) TCP/IP
5 16 (6.72%) LAN
5 16 (6.72%) WAN
6 15 (6.30%) Wireshark
7 11 (4.62%) VPN
8 7 (2.94%) DNS
9 4 (1.68%) HTTP
9 4 (1.68%) Internet
9 4 (1.68%) SMTP
10 2 (0.84%) DHCP
10 2 (0.84%) DKIM
10 2 (0.84%) DMARC
10 2 (0.84%) FTP
10 2 (0.84%) Sourcefire
10 2 (0.84%) VoIP
11 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.84%) Big Data
1 2 (0.84%) Power BI
General
1 65 (27.31%) Social Skills
2 58 (24.37%) Analytical Skills
3 48 (20.17%) Finance
4 33 (13.87%) Military
5 22 (9.24%) Retail
6 10 (4.20%) Marketing
7 9 (3.78%) Law
8 8 (3.36%) Games
9 7 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.26%) Police
12 2 (0.84%) Banking
12 2 (0.84%) Legal
12 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (38.24%) Analyst
2 51 (21.43%) SOC Analyst
3 38 (15.97%) Senior
4 37 (15.55%) Lead
4 37 (15.55%) Security Analyst
5 34 (14.29%) Consultant
6 33 (13.87%) Security Consultant
7 32 (13.45%) Security Engineer
8 27 (11.34%) Senior Analyst
9 19 (7.98%) Security Manager
10 18 (7.56%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 15 (6.30%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 13 (5.46%) Team Leader
13 12 (5.04%) Senior Security Analyst
14 11 (4.62%) Information Security Engineer
14 11 (4.62%) IT Analyst
14 11 (4.62%) IT Security Analyst
15 10 (4.20%) Operations Analyst
15 10 (4.20%) Security Operations Analyst
15 10 (4.20%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.30%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.68%) EDI
3 2 (0.84%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 53 (22.27%) Management Information System
2 44 (18.49%) Cyber Threat
3 36 (15.13%) Cyber Defence
4 22 (9.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 19 (7.98%) Client/Server
6 10 (4.20%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.78%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.36%) Social Media
9 7 (2.94%) Data Centre
10 6 (2.52%) Cyberattack
10 6 (2.52%) Cybercrime
11 5 (2.10%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (2.10%) Industry 4.0
11 5 (2.10%) Onboarding
11 5 (2.10%) SCADA
12 4 (1.68%) Cyber Security Posture
12 4 (1.68%) Insider Threat
12 4 (1.68%) Operational Technology
12 4 (1.68%) Product Ownership
13 3 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 46 (19.33%) Windows
2 14 (5.88%) Android
2 14 (5.88%) Apple iOS
3 13 (5.46%) Linux
4 7 (2.94%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.84%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 189 (79.41%) Cybersecurity
3 152 (63.87%) SIEM
4 97 (40.76%) Information Security
5 83 (34.87%) Incident Response
6 71 (29.83%) Vulnerability Management
7 55 (23.11%) Agile
8 41 (17.23%) Incident Management
9 36 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (14.71%) Security Architecture
11 34 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
12 31 (13.03%) Cloud Security
12 31 (13.03%) Security Management
13 30 (12.61%) Mentoring
14 29 (12.18%) Roadmaps
15 27 (11.34%) Coaching
16 26 (10.92%) SOAR
17 25 (10.50%) Computer Science
17 25 (10.50%) Threat Intelligence
18 24 (10.08%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.30%) Python
2 14 (5.88%) PowerShell
3 5 (2.10%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (0.42%) Bash
Qualifications
1 88 (36.97%) Security Cleared
2 61 (25.63%) CISSP
3 45 (18.91%) DV Cleared
4 37 (15.55%) Degree
5 29 (12.18%) SC Cleared
6 25 (10.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (6.72%) CEH
9 15 (6.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 15 (6.30%) CCSP
9 15 (6.30%) Master's Degree
10 14 (5.88%) SANS
10 14 (5.88%) SSCP
11 11 (4.62%) CISM
11 11 (4.62%) CompTIA CySA+
12 6 (2.52%) CISA
13 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
13 3 (1.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (36.13%) NIST
2 44 (18.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (12.61%) PCI DSS
4 21 (8.82%) GDPR
5 18 (7.56%) NIST 800
6 6 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.52%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.10%) NCSC
8 4 (1.68%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.84%) COBIT
10 1 (0.42%) QA
10 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.30%) vSphere
2 14 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (3.78%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.42%) Snort
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (8.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.88%) Nmap
3 11 (4.62%) CASB
4 6 (2.52%) QRadar
5 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.42%) Computer Incident Response Team
6 1 (0.42%) Nessus
Vendors
1 79 (33.19%) Microsoft
2 37 (15.55%) Splunk
3 15 (6.30%) Qualys
3 15 (6.30%) SolarWinds
3 15 (6.30%) Tanium
3 15 (6.30%) Tripwire
4 14 (5.88%) Rapid7
4 14 (5.88%) Thycotic
5 8 (3.36%) Cisco
5 8 (3.36%) IBM
6 7 (2.94%) BT
7 2 (0.84%) ArcSight
7 2 (0.84%) CheckPoint
7 2 (0.84%) F5
7 2 (0.84%) Juniper
7 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.84%) Sun
7 2 (0.84%) TippingPoint
7 2 (0.84%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.42%) Proofpoint