SOC Analyst Jobs in England

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in England is £51,141 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 727 862 965
Rank change year-on-year +135 +103 -206
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 110 85 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.091% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.099% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 97 67 107
10th Percentile £37,500 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,141 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £63,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,250 85,781 125,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.57% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,143 54,189 75,436
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,375 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in England.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in England over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +23 36 £50,000 -4.76% 3
London +125 33 £52,500 -12.50% 7
North of England +58 21 £60,000 +84.62% 5
Yorkshire +101 17 £60,000 +84.62% 3
East of England +36 11 £54,000 +20.00% 1
West Midlands +22 7 £42,000 - 3
Midlands +10 7 £42,000 - 4
North West +14 3 £48,750 -18.75% 2
South West -21 2 - - 3
North East - 1 £45,000 -
SOC Analyst
UK

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, SOC Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 87 (79.09%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (78.18%) SIEM
3 72 (65.45%) Security Operations
4 58 (52.73%) Incident Response
5 49 (44.55%) Security Operations Centre
6 41 (37.27%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (36.36%) Security Cleared
8 39 (35.45%) Azure
9 37 (33.64%) Splunk
9 37 (33.64%) Social Skills
10 36 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
10 36 (32.73%) Firewall
10 36 (32.73%) Microsoft
11 32 (29.09%) Windows
12 29 (26.36%) CISSP
13 28 (25.45%) Microsoft 365
13 28 (25.45%) Azure Sentinel
14 26 (23.64%) Cyber Threat
15 25 (22.73%) CompTIA Security+
15 25 (22.73%) Threat Intelligence
15 25 (22.73%) Degree
16 23 (20.91%) SC Cleared
17 22 (20.00%) Management Information System
17 22 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 20 (18.18%) Linux
18 20 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
18 20 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
19 19 (17.27%) Client/Server
20 17 (15.45%) QRadar
21 16 (14.55%) Computer Science Degree

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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 (1.82%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 39 (35.45%) Azure
2 28 (25.45%) Azure Sentinel
2 28 (25.45%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (8.18%) AWS
4 3 (2.73%) IaaS
4 3 (2.73%) PaaS
4 3 (2.73%) SaaS
5 2 (1.82%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (32.73%) Firewall
2 20 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (8.18%) TCP/IP
4 6 (5.45%) Internet
5 5 (4.55%) Network Security
6 4 (3.64%) VPN
7 3 (2.73%) DNS
7 3 (2.73%) HTTP
7 3 (2.73%) SMTP
7 3 (2.73%) WAN
8 2 (1.82%) DMZ
8 2 (1.82%) LAN
8 2 (1.82%) tcpdump
8 2 (1.82%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.91%) DHCP
9 1 (0.91%) SD-WAN
General
1 37 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 36 (32.73%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (10.00%) Finance
4 7 (6.36%) Law
4 7 (6.36%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.45%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (4.55%) Telecoms
7 4 (3.64%) Legal
8 2 (1.82%) Banking
8 2 (1.82%) Games
8 2 (1.82%) Police
8 2 (1.82%) Retail
9 1 (0.91%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.91%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.91%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 49 (44.55%) Security Operations Centre
2 26 (23.64%) Cyber Threat
3 22 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 19 (17.27%) Client/Server
5 8 (7.27%) Cyberattack
6 5 (4.55%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (4.55%) Security Posture
7 4 (3.64%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.73%) Driving Licence
9 2 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.82%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.91%) Anti-Spyware
10 1 (0.91%) CSOC
10 1 (0.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 32 (29.09%) Windows
2 20 (18.18%) Linux
3 5 (4.55%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (79.09%) Cybersecurity
2 86 (78.18%) SIEM
3 72 (65.45%) Security Operations
4 58 (52.73%) Incident Response
5 41 (37.27%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (22.73%) Threat Intelligence
7 22 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 16 (14.55%) Computer Science
8 16 (14.55%) Information Security
8 16 (14.55%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (13.64%) Incident Management
10 13 (11.82%) Security Management
10 13 (11.82%) SOAR
10 13 (11.82%) Use Case
11 12 (10.91%) Security Monitoring
12 11 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 9 (8.18%) Security Architecture
14 8 (7.27%) Cloud Security
14 8 (7.27%) Threat Detection
15 7 (6.36%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (1.82%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.82%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.82%) SQL
3 1 (0.91%) Bash
Qualifications
1 40 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 29 (26.36%) CISSP
3 25 (22.73%) CompTIA Security+
3 25 (22.73%) Degree
4 23 (20.91%) SC Cleared
5 16 (14.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.64%) CompTIA CySA+
6 4 (3.64%) GCFA
6 4 (3.64%) GCFE
6 4 (3.64%) GIAC
6 4 (3.64%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (2.73%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.73%) GCIA
7 3 (2.73%) GCIH
8 2 (1.82%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.82%) CASP
8 2 (1.82%) CEH
8 2 (1.82%) GCED
8 2 (1.82%) GISP
8 2 (1.82%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (6.36%) NIST
3 4 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.73%) ISO 9001
4 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.82%) ISO 31000
5 2 (1.82%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.82%) QA
6 1 (0.91%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (15.45%) QRadar
2 3 (2.73%) EnCase
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.82%) Host Intrusion Detection System
4 1 (0.91%) CASB
4 1 (0.91%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 37 (33.64%) Splunk
2 36 (32.73%) Microsoft
3 14 (12.73%) IBM
4 5 (4.55%) LogRhythm
5 4 (3.64%) Sun
6 3 (2.73%) Cisco
7 2 (1.82%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.82%) McAfee
8 1 (0.91%) Forcepoint
8 1 (0.91%) Fortinet