SOC Analyst Jobs in England

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in England is £51,820 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 836 1005
Rank change year-on-year +110 +169 -222
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 110 90 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.099% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.11% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 98 72 107
10th Percentile £37,500 £28,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,820 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.29% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £58,438 £62,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £65,375 £68,750 £62,500
UK median annual salary £51,141 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.28% -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 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 7 May 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 7 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
London +120 36 £55,000 -8.33% 15
South East +21 35 £50,000 +25.00% 3
North of England +61 20 £60,000 +84.62% 4
Yorkshire +95 16 £60,000 +84.62% 3
East of England +25 11 £54,000 +20.00% 2
West Midlands +19 6 £43,500 +3.57% 5
Midlands +1 6 £43,500 +3.57% 5
North West +16 3 £61,250 +2.08% 1
South West -30 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 7 May 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 86 (78.18%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (76.36%) SIEM
3 72 (65.45%) Security Operations
4 56 (50.91%) Incident Response
5 48 (43.64%) Security Operations Centre
6 40 (36.36%) Security Cleared
7 39 (35.45%) Azure
7 39 (35.45%) Splunk
7 39 (35.45%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (33.64%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (31.82%) Microsoft
9 35 (31.82%) Social Skills
10 34 (30.91%) Firewall
11 31 (28.18%) Windows
12 29 (26.36%) CISSP
13 27 (24.55%) Microsoft 365
13 27 (24.55%) Azure Sentinel
14 26 (23.64%) Cyber Threat
15 25 (22.73%) CompTIA Security+
16 24 (21.82%) SC Cleared
16 24 (21.82%) Degree
17 23 (20.91%) Threat Intelligence
18 21 (19.09%) Management Information System
19 20 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
19 20 (18.18%) Intrusion Detection
19 20 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
20 19 (17.27%) QRadar
20 19 (17.27%) Client/Server
21 18 (16.36%) Linux
22 16 (14.55%) IBM

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 4 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 39 (35.45%) Azure
2 27 (24.55%) Azure Sentinel
2 27 (24.55%) 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 34 (30.91%) 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%) Analytical Skills
2 35 (31.82%) Social Skills
3 11 (10.00%) Finance
4 8 (7.27%) Law
5 6 (5.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (5.45%) Public Sector
6 5 (4.55%) Legal
7 4 (3.64%) Telecoms
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 48 (43.64%) Security Operations Centre
2 26 (23.64%) Cyber Threat
3 21 (19.09%) Management Information System
4 19 (17.27%) Client/Server
5 8 (7.27%) Cyberattack
6 6 (5.45%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (4.55%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (4.55%) Security Posture
8 4 (3.64%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (1.82%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.82%) Driving Licence
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 31 (28.18%) Windows
2 18 (16.36%) Linux
3 5 (4.55%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (78.18%) Cybersecurity
2 84 (76.36%) SIEM
3 72 (65.45%) Security Operations
4 56 (50.91%) Incident Response
5 39 (35.45%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (20.91%) Threat Intelligence
7 20 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 16 (14.55%) Computer Science
8 16 (14.55%) Incident Management
8 16 (14.55%) Vulnerability Management
9 15 (13.64%) Information Security
9 15 (13.64%) Security Management
10 13 (11.82%) Security Monitoring
11 12 (10.91%) SOAR
11 12 (10.91%) Use Case
12 10 (9.09%) Security Architecture
13 9 (8.18%) Threat Detection
14 8 (7.27%) Cloud Security
14 8 (7.27%) Vulnerability Assessment
15 7 (6.36%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.00%) 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+
4 24 (21.82%) Degree
4 24 (21.82%) 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
7 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.82%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.82%) GCED
8 2 (1.82%) GISP
8 2 (1.82%) OSCP
8 2 (1.82%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.45%) NIST
3 3 (2.73%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.73%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.82%) ISO 31000
4 2 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 2 (1.82%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.82%) QA
5 1 (0.91%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (3.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.91%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (17.27%) QRadar
2 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.82%) EnCase
3 2 (1.82%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 39 (35.45%) Splunk
2 35 (31.82%) Microsoft
3 16 (14.55%) 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