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 in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre 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 621 690 938
Rank change year-on-year +69 +248 -170
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 245 205 250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.26% 0.25% 0.17%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.77% 0.57% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 199 153 194
10th Percentile £34,650 £31,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,125 £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 £78,438
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 falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 31,616 35,808 68,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.08% 43.63% 47.75%
Number of salaries quoted 21,236 20,076 30,814
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,125 £34,750
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,872 £46,000
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 £87,419 £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 12 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 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
London +88 62 £62,500 +4.17% 7
South East -37 58 £41,920 +2.24% 5
South West 0 47 £100,000 +314.15% 7
Midlands -29 36 £40,500 -26.36% 4
North of England +18 34 £55,000 -8.33% 12
West Midlands 0 26 £37,500 -31.82% 2
North West -30 15 £57,500 -11.54% 5
Yorkshire +75 14 £54,500 +11.22% 7
East Midlands -31 10 £59,470 +7.64% 2
East of England -5 8 £54,000 +20.00% 4
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 (0.82%) Apache
1 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 50 (20.41%) Azure
2 45 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (16.73%) Azure Sentinel
4 13 (5.31%) AWS
5 10 (4.08%) Entra ID
5 10 (4.08%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.67%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
6 9 (3.67%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (1.63%) IaaS
7 4 (1.63%) PaaS
7 4 (1.63%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 68 (27.76%) Firewall
2 54 (22.04%) Network Security
3 33 (13.47%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (4.49%) TCP/IP
5 10 (4.08%) VoIP
5 10 (4.08%) Wireshark
6 9 (3.67%) LAN
6 9 (3.67%) WAN
7 8 (3.27%) VPN
8 3 (1.22%) DNS
9 2 (0.82%) DHCP
9 2 (0.82%) HTTP
9 2 (0.82%) SMTP
10 1 (0.41%) DKIM
10 1 (0.41%) DMARC
10 1 (0.41%) Internet
10 1 (0.41%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.08%) Power BI
2 2 (0.82%) Big Data
General
1 68 (27.76%) Social Skills
2 62 (25.31%) Analytical Skills
3 50 (20.41%) Finance
4 35 (14.29%) Military
5 22 (8.98%) Retail
6 9 (3.67%) Law
7 8 (3.27%) Marketing
8 6 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.04%) Games
10 4 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.22%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.82%) Banking
12 2 (0.82%) Legal
12 2 (0.82%) Police
12 2 (0.82%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.41%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 98 (40.00%) Analyst
2 47 (19.18%) Security Analyst
2 47 (19.18%) SOC Analyst
3 46 (18.78%) Senior
4 43 (17.55%) Consultant
5 41 (16.73%) Security Consultant
6 35 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
7 32 (13.06%) Lead
8 30 (12.24%) Security Engineer
9 23 (9.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 19 (7.76%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 19 (7.76%) Operations Analyst
10 19 (7.76%) Security Operations Analyst
11 18 (7.35%) Senior Security Analyst
12 14 (5.71%) IT Analyst
12 14 (5.71%) IT Security Analyst
13 12 (4.90%) Security Manager
14 10 (4.08%) Senior Operations Analyst
14 10 (4.08%) Senior Security Engineer
14 10 (4.08%) SOC Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.94%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.63%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 58 (23.67%) Management Information System
2 46 (18.78%) Cyber Defence
3 40 (16.33%) Cyber Threat
4 24 (9.80%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 19 (7.76%) Client/Server
6 12 (4.90%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.67%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (3.27%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.27%) Social Media
9 6 (2.45%) Cyberattack
9 6 (2.45%) Cybercrime
9 6 (2.45%) Data Centre
10 5 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (2.04%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.04%) Insider Threat
10 5 (2.04%) SCADA
11 4 (1.63%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
13 2 (0.82%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 44 (17.96%) Windows
2 15 (6.12%) Linux
3 9 (3.67%) Android
3 9 (3.67%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.82%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 191 (77.96%) Cybersecurity
3 145 (59.18%) SIEM
4 104 (42.45%) Information Security
5 98 (40.00%) Incident Response
6 71 (28.98%) Vulnerability Management
7 56 (22.86%) Agile
8 52 (21.22%) Incident Management
9 42 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (16.33%) Security Architecture
11 38 (15.51%) Mentoring
12 33 (13.47%) Data Loss Prevention
13 29 (11.84%) Cloud Security
14 28 (11.43%) Computer Science
15 27 (11.02%) Coaching
16 26 (10.61%) Threat Intelligence
17 25 (10.20%) Analytics
17 25 (10.20%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
17 25 (10.20%) Service Delivery
17 25 (10.20%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.67%) PowerShell
1 9 (3.67%) Python
2 6 (2.45%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 90 (36.73%) Security Cleared
2 71 (28.98%) CISSP
3 48 (19.59%) DV Cleared
4 40 (16.33%) Degree
5 28 (11.43%) CompTIA Security+
6 27 (11.02%) CISM
7 25 (10.20%) SC Cleared
8 19 (7.76%) CompTIA CySA+
9 17 (6.94%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (6.12%) Master's Degree
11 13 (5.31%) CISA
12 12 (4.90%) CEH
13 11 (4.49%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (4.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 10 (4.08%) CCSP
15 9 (3.67%) SANS
15 9 (3.67%) SSCP
16 6 (2.45%) GIAC
17 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
18 3 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (36.73%) NIST
2 40 (16.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (10.20%) PCI DSS
4 20 (8.16%) NIST 800
5 18 (7.35%) GDPR
6 6 (2.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.04%) NCSC
7 5 (2.04%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.63%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.82%) COBIT
10 1 (0.41%) QA
10 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (6.94%) vSphere
2 9 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.67%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.41%) Snort
3 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (4.08%) CASB
3 9 (3.67%) Nmap
4 6 (2.45%) QRadar
5 3 (1.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 82 (33.47%) Microsoft
2 29 (11.84%) Splunk
3 17 (6.94%) SolarWinds
3 17 (6.94%) Tanium
3 17 (6.94%) Tripwire
4 10 (4.08%) BT
5 9 (3.67%) Qualys
5 9 (3.67%) Rapid7
5 9 (3.67%) Thycotic
6 6 (2.45%) IBM
7 5 (2.04%) Cisco
8 2 (0.82%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.41%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.41%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.41%) Sun
9 1 (0.41%) Zscaler