SOC Analyst Jobs in Leeds

Security Operations Centre Analyst
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Leeds is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 - 209
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 10 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.44% - 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £66,250 - -
90th Percentile £68,500 - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,160 2,882 3,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 95.21% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 1,729 2,549
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,429 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,056 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Leeds

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Leeds

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Leeds over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Leeds region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Azure
1 8 (80.00%) AWS
2 7 (70.00%) Splunk
2 7 (70.00%) SIEM
2 7 (70.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (60.00%) Internet
3 6 (60.00%) Linux
3 6 (60.00%) Python
4 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
4 5 (50.00%) Security Architecture
4 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (50.00%) SOAR
4 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 5 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 4 (40.00%) Protective Monitoring
5 4 (40.00%) Cyberattack
5 4 (40.00%) Windows
5 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X
6 3 (30.00%) Use Case
6 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
6 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
6 3 (30.00%) Content Development
6 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (30.00%) Coaching
7 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
7 2 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
7 2 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) AWS
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
2 6 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Internet
2 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (20.00%) DMZ
3 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 2 (20.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) HTTP
3 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (20.00%) Network Security
3 2 (20.00%) SMTP
3 2 (20.00%) tcpdump
3 2 (20.00%) VPN
3 2 (20.00%) Wireshark
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Cyberattack
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Mac OS X
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) SIEM
1 7 (70.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 5 (50.00%) SOAR
3 4 (40.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 3 (30.00%) Coaching
4 3 (30.00%) Content Development
4 3 (30.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (30.00%) Software Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (30.00%) Use Case
5 2 (20.00%) Blue Team
5 2 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (20.00%) Network Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Network Design
5 2 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (20.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (20.00%) CASP
2 2 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (20.00%) CREST Certified
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Linux+ Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Splunk
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft