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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 585 569 707
Rank change year-on-year -16 +138 -102
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 185 161 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.24% 0.29% 0.22%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.74% 0.69% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 156 103 120
10th Percentile £30,075 £24,146 £39,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,463 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -15.38% +23.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £75,790
90th Percentile £107,500 £81,500 £80,375
UK median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% -7.69% +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 25,110 23,253 33,743
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 31.90% 41.73% 44.51%
Number of salaries quoted 15,461 10,820 16,178
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £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 £78,750 £85,000 £82,750
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 8 June 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 8 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
South East -16 57 £41,920 -6.84% 5
South West +5 45 £100,000 +314.15% 7
Midlands -30 36 £40,500 -26.36% 5
North of England +18 32 £55,000 -12.00% 12
West Midlands +5 26 £37,500 -31.82% 3
North West -16 14 £57,500 -11.54% 5
Yorkshire +77 13 £56,500 +15.31% 7
East Midlands -34 10 £59,470 +7.64% 2
East of England -6 8 £54,000 +20.00% 5
Scotland -60 5 £67,500 +85.30% 1
North East - 5 £45,000 -
Wales -10 2 £52,500 -16.00%
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 (1.08%) Apache
1 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 44 (23.78%) Azure
2 38 (20.54%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (18.38%) Azure Sentinel
4 10 (5.41%) Entra ID
5 5 (2.70%) AWS
5 5 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (2.16%) IaaS
6 4 (2.16%) PaaS
6 4 (2.16%) SaaS
7 2 (1.08%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.54%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 56 (30.27%) Firewall
2 36 (19.46%) Network Security
3 25 (13.51%) Intrusion Detection
4 10 (5.41%) VPN
5 6 (3.24%) LAN
5 6 (3.24%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.24%) WAN
5 6 (3.24%) Wireshark
6 2 (1.08%) DNS
6 2 (1.08%) Internet
6 2 (1.08%) VoIP
7 1 (0.54%) DKIM
7 1 (0.54%) DMARC
7 1 (0.54%) FTP
7 1 (0.54%) HTTP
7 1 (0.54%) SMTP
7 1 (0.54%) Sourcefire
7 1 (0.54%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.08%) Big Data
1 2 (1.08%) Power BI
General
1 54 (29.19%) Analytical Skills
2 53 (28.65%) Social Skills
3 26 (14.05%) Finance
4 22 (11.89%) Retail
5 19 (10.27%) Military
6 8 (4.32%) Marketing
7 5 (2.70%) Games
8 4 (2.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.62%) Law
9 3 (1.62%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.08%) Legal
10 2 (1.08%) Police
10 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.54%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 71 (38.38%) Analyst
2 36 (19.46%) SOC Analyst
3 35 (18.92%) Security Analyst
4 29 (15.68%) Lead
5 25 (13.51%) Consultant
6 23 (12.43%) Security Consultant
7 22 (11.89%) Security Engineer
8 19 (10.27%) Cybersecurity Analyst
9 18 (9.73%) Senior
10 16 (8.65%) Senior Analyst
11 13 (7.03%) IT Analyst
11 13 (7.03%) IT Security Analyst
12 12 (6.49%) Security Manager
13 11 (5.95%) Operations Analyst
13 11 (5.95%) Security Operations Analyst
14 10 (5.41%) Senior Security Analyst
15 9 (4.86%) Team Leader
16 8 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 8 (4.32%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
16 8 (4.32%) Senior IT Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.16%) EDI
2 1 (0.54%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.54%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (22.70%) Management Information System
2 39 (21.08%) Cyber Threat
3 22 (11.89%) Cyber Defence
4 13 (7.03%) Client/Server
5 9 (4.86%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (4.86%) Security Posture
6 8 (4.32%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (4.32%) Social Media
7 6 (3.24%) Data Centre
8 5 (2.70%) Enterprise Storage
8 5 (2.70%) Industry 4.0
8 5 (2.70%) Insider Threat
8 5 (2.70%) SCADA
9 4 (2.16%) Cyber Security Posture
9 4 (2.16%) Onboarding
10 3 (1.62%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (1.08%) CSOC
12 1 (0.54%) Cybercrime
12 1 (0.54%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 37 (20.00%) Windows
2 12 (6.49%) Linux
3 7 (3.78%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.70%) Android
4 5 (2.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 156 (84.32%) Cybersecurity
3 108 (58.38%) SIEM
4 77 (41.62%) Incident Response
5 62 (33.51%) Information Security
6 44 (23.78%) Vulnerability Management
7 36 (19.46%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (18.92%) Agile
9 30 (16.22%) Mentoring
10 25 (13.51%) Coaching
11 23 (12.43%) Cloud Security
11 23 (12.43%) Computer Science
11 23 (12.43%) Service Delivery
12 22 (11.89%) Incident Management
13 21 (11.35%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 21 (11.35%) SOAR
13 21 (11.35%) Threat Intelligence
14 19 (10.27%) Security Architecture
15 18 (9.73%) Programme Management
15 18 (9.73%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 5 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 69 (37.30%) Security Cleared
2 46 (24.86%) CISSP
3 35 (18.92%) Degree
4 31 (16.76%) DV Cleared
5 27 (14.59%) CompTIA Security+
6 23 (12.43%) SC Cleared
7 17 (9.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (8.11%) Master's Degree
9 11 (5.95%) CompTIA CySA+
10 8 (4.32%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (3.78%) CISM
12 6 (3.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 6 (3.24%) CCSP
12 6 (3.24%) CEH
13 5 (2.70%) SANS
13 5 (2.70%) SSCP
14 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 2 (1.08%) CISA
14 2 (1.08%) DBS Check
14 2 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (30.81%) NIST
2 24 (12.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (11.35%) PCI DSS
4 19 (10.27%) GDPR
4 19 (10.27%) NIST 800
5 5 (2.70%) NCSC
5 5 (2.70%) SOC 2
6 4 (2.16%) ISO 9001
7 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.54%) QA
8 1 (0.54%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (4.32%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.54%) Snort
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (5.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (5.41%) CASB
3 5 (2.70%) Nmap
4 3 (1.62%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 66 (35.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.27%) Splunk
3 10 (5.41%) BT
4 5 (2.70%) Qualys
4 5 (2.70%) Rapid7
4 5 (2.70%) Thycotic
5 3 (1.62%) Cisco
6 1 (0.54%) ArcSight
6 1 (0.54%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.54%) F5
6 1 (0.54%) IBM
6 1 (0.54%) Juniper
6 1 (0.54%) Proofpoint
6 1 (0.54%) SolarWinds
6 1 (0.54%) Sun
6 1 (0.54%) Tanium
6 1 (0.54%) TippingPoint
6 1 (0.54%) Trend Micro
6 1 (0.54%) Tripwire
6 1 (0.54%) Zscaler