SOAR Jobs in the North West

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring SOAR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOAR over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 289 333
Rank change year-on-year -6 +44 -66
Permanent jobs citing SOAR 18 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.16% 0.014% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.014% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17 1 9
10th Percentile - - £62,000
25th Percentile £47,000 £48,750 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £71,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -26.06% +29.09%
75th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £83,000
90th Percentile £65,000 - £86,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +12.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

SOAR falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,085 6,941 9,476
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 79.65% 95.62% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 6,603 3,839 5,331
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +7.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing SOAR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in the North West

SOAR
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOAR in the North West.

Salary trend for SOAR in the North West

SOAR
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOAR in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SOAR in the North West

SOAR
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOAR within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Merseyside - 7 £47,000 -
Manchester +19 6 £62,500 +19.05% 2
Lancashire - 4 £50,000 - 1
Cheshire - 1 - - 1
SOAR
England

SOAR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) Azure
2 8 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (16.67%) IaaS
3 3 (16.67%) PaaS
3 3 (16.67%) SaaS
4 1 (5.56%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (55.56%) Firewall
2 7 (38.89%) DKIM
2 7 (38.89%) DMARC
2 7 (38.89%) DNS
2 7 (38.89%) Internet
3 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
General
1 4 (22.22%) Military
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Information Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Information Security Analyst
2 7 (38.89%) Security Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) Senior
3 5 (27.78%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (27.78%) SOC Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Operations Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Senior Operations Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Operations Analyst
5 3 (16.67%) Operations Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Security Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Cyberattack
2 6 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 5 (27.78%) Security Operations Centre
4 4 (22.22%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (22.22%) Security Posture
5 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
1 4 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) SIEM
2 13 (72.22%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 11 (61.11%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (61.11%) Incident Response
4 10 (55.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 10 (55.56%) Threat Intelligence
5 7 (38.89%) Cloud Security
5 7 (38.89%) Information Security
5 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 6 (33.33%) Problem Management
7 5 (27.78%) Security Operations
8 4 (22.22%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
8 4 (22.22%) Data Interpretation
8 4 (22.22%) Tech Ops
8 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (16.67%) Change Management
9 3 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (16.67%) Runbook
9 3 (16.67%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) GIAC
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (16.67%) NIST
1 3 (16.67%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (38.89%) CASB
Vendors
1 5 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Carbon Black