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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 657 736 1001
Rank change year-on-year +79 +265 -247
Permanent jobs citing Security Operations Centre 237 244 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.25% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.67% 0.58% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 204 164 186
10th Percentile £35,725 £30,525 £40,000
25th Percentile £42,313 £40,574 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -10.77% +23.81%
75th Percentile £72,758 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,625 £82,675 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £62,708
% change year-on-year -1.82% -12.29% +19.44%

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 35,145 42,330 76,975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.18% 42.69% 47.89%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,098 33,984
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,427 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,719
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 £109,865 £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 18 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 18 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 +102 229 £56,500 -5.83% 60
UK excluding London -16 179 £54,000 -1.82% 47
Work from Home +67 62 £56,500 +2.73% 18
London +98 57 £68,750 +14.58% 14
South East -20 54 £41,920 -10.20% 12
South West +10 43 £98,750 +308.97% 5
Midlands +4 39 £42,000 -23.64% 9
West Midlands +27 29 £37,500 -31.82% 6
North of England +51 27 £56,500 -13.08% 15
Yorkshire +92 13 £56,500 +15.31% 13
North West -8 11 £58,750 -9.62% 2
East Midlands -10 10 £59,470 +67.52% 3
East of England +11 9 £54,000 -8.09% 7
Scotland -65 5 £67,500 +85.30%
North East - 3 £32,500 -
Wales -8 2 £52,500 +5.66%

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 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 55 (23.21%) Azure
2 47 (19.83%) Microsoft 365
3 41 (17.30%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.91%) Cloud Computing
4 14 (5.91%) Microsoft Purview
5 11 (4.64%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.53%) AWS
7 4 (1.69%) IaaS
7 4 (1.69%) PaaS
7 4 (1.69%) SaaS
8 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 67 (28.27%) Firewall
2 61 (25.74%) Network Security
3 25 (10.55%) Intrusion Detection
4 18 (7.59%) TCP/IP
5 15 (6.33%) LAN
5 15 (6.33%) WAN
5 15 (6.33%) Wireshark
6 10 (4.22%) VPN
7 6 (2.53%) DNS
8 3 (1.27%) HTTP
8 3 (1.27%) Internet
8 3 (1.27%) SMTP
9 2 (0.84%) DHCP
9 2 (0.84%) DKIM
9 2 (0.84%) DMARC
9 2 (0.84%) VoIP
10 1 (0.42%) FTP
10 1 (0.42%) Sourcefire
10 1 (0.42%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.84%) Big Data
1 2 (0.84%) Power BI
General
1 65 (27.43%) Social Skills
2 59 (24.89%) Analytical Skills
3 47 (19.83%) Finance
4 33 (13.92%) Military
5 22 (9.28%) Retail
6 10 (4.22%) Marketing
7 9 (3.80%) Law
8 7 (2.95%) Games
8 7 (2.95%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.27%) Police
11 2 (0.84%) Banking
11 2 (0.84%) Legal
11 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 91 (38.40%) Analyst
2 49 (20.68%) SOC Analyst
3 38 (16.03%) Senior
4 37 (15.61%) Security Analyst
5 36 (15.19%) Lead
6 34 (14.35%) Consultant
7 33 (13.92%) Security Consultant
8 32 (13.50%) Security Engineer
9 27 (11.39%) Senior Analyst
10 19 (8.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
11 18 (7.59%) Security Manager
12 15 (6.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 13 (5.49%) Team Leader
14 12 (5.06%) IT Analyst
14 12 (5.06%) IT Security Analyst
15 11 (4.64%) Information Security Engineer
15 11 (4.64%) Senior Security Analyst
16 10 (4.22%) Operations Analyst
16 10 (4.22%) Security Operations Analyst
16 10 (4.22%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.33%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.69%) EDI
3 1 (0.42%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 54 (22.78%) Management Information System
2 43 (18.14%) Cyber Threat
3 36 (15.19%) Cyber Defence
4 22 (9.28%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 19 (8.02%) Client/Server
6 9 (3.80%) Data Protection Act
6 9 (3.80%) Security Posture
7 8 (3.38%) Social Media
8 7 (2.95%) Data Centre
9 6 (2.53%) Cyberattack
9 6 (2.53%) Cybercrime
10 5 (2.11%) Enterprise Storage
10 5 (2.11%) Industry 4.0
10 5 (2.11%) Onboarding
10 5 (2.11%) SCADA
11 4 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
11 4 (1.69%) Insider Threat
11 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
12 3 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.27%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 47 (19.83%) Windows
2 14 (5.91%) Android
2 14 (5.91%) Apple iOS
3 13 (5.49%) Linux
4 7 (2.95%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.84%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 188 (79.32%) Cybersecurity
3 150 (63.29%) SIEM
4 96 (40.51%) Information Security
5 83 (35.02%) Incident Response
6 69 (29.11%) Vulnerability Management
7 55 (23.21%) Agile
8 41 (17.30%) Incident Management
9 36 (15.19%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (15.19%) Security Architecture
10 31 (13.08%) Data Loss Prevention
11 30 (12.66%) Cloud Security
11 30 (12.66%) Mentoring
11 30 (12.66%) Security Management
12 28 (11.81%) Roadmaps
13 27 (11.39%) Coaching
13 27 (11.39%) Computer Science
14 26 (10.97%) SOAR
15 25 (10.55%) Threat Intelligence
16 24 (10.13%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 14 (5.91%) PowerShell
1 14 (5.91%) Python
2 5 (2.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 87 (36.71%) Security Cleared
2 64 (27.00%) CISSP
3 44 (18.57%) DV Cleared
4 39 (16.46%) Degree
5 28 (11.81%) SC Cleared
6 26 (10.97%) CompTIA Security+
7 17 (7.17%) CEH
7 17 (7.17%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (6.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 15 (6.33%) CCSP
8 15 (6.33%) Master's Degree
9 14 (5.91%) CISM
9 14 (5.91%) SANS
9 14 (5.91%) SSCP
10 11 (4.64%) CompTIA CySA+
11 6 (2.53%) CISA
12 3 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 3 (1.27%) GIAC
12 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (35.86%) NIST
2 43 (18.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 30 (12.66%) PCI DSS
4 19 (8.02%) GDPR
5 18 (7.59%) NIST 800
6 6 (2.53%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (2.11%) NCSC
7 5 (2.11%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.69%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.84%) COBIT
10 1 (0.42%) QA
10 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (6.33%) vSphere
2 14 (5.91%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (3.80%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.42%) Snort
4 1 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.91%) Nmap
3 11 (4.64%) CASB
4 6 (2.53%) QRadar
5 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 1 (0.42%) Computer Incident Response Team
Vendors
1 79 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 35 (14.77%) Splunk
3 15 (6.33%) Qualys
3 15 (6.33%) SolarWinds
3 15 (6.33%) Tanium
3 15 (6.33%) Tripwire
4 14 (5.91%) Rapid7
4 14 (5.91%) Thycotic
5 8 (3.38%) BT
6 7 (2.95%) Cisco
6 7 (2.95%) IBM
7 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.84%) Sun
8 1 (0.42%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.42%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.42%) F5
8 1 (0.42%) Juniper
8 1 (0.42%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.42%) Trend Micro
8 1 (0.42%) Zscaler