Security Operations Center Manager Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Operations Center Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 149,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Operations Center Manager salary lies between USD 104,475 and USD 167,160 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Security Operations Center Manager
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 167,160
Top 25%
$ 167,160
Median
$ 149,700
Bottom 25%
$ 104,475
Bottom 10%
$ 104,475

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Security Operations Center Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Operations Center Manager job listings are Incident response, SOC and SIEM. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Incident response | 18 jobs SOC | 18 jobs SIEM | 15 jobs Monitoring | 15 jobs Threat intelligence | 13 jobs Threat detection | 11 jobs Cloud | 11 jobs Firewalls | 9 jobs CISSP | 8 jobs Python | 8 jobs Compliance | 8 jobs Scripting | 8 jobs IDS | 7 jobs IPS | 7 jobs AWS | 7 jobs Azure | 7 jobs Automation | 7 jobs CISM | 7 jobs Splunk | 6 jobs SaaS | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Operations Center Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Operations Center Manager job listings are Health care, Career development and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Health care | 12 jobs Career development | 12 jobs Team events | 12 jobs Equity / stock options | 8 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs

Related salaries

Security Operations Center Manager @ $ 135,817 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Operations Center Manager @ $ 135,817 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Operations Center Manager @ $ 149,700 (United States) Details

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