SOC Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > North of England

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the North of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 371 438 437
Rank change year-on-year +67 -1 -84
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 20 4 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.12% 0.023% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.026% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 13 4 10
10th Percentile £37,000 - £20,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% -18.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile - £40,313 £47,500
90th Percentile £64,500 £52,125 £58,825
England median annual salary £51,141 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.59% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,395 15,661 17,312
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 89.48% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 12,676 8,279 11,110
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,649 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the North of England

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the North of England

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the North of England

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Yorkshire +106 16 £60,000 +84.62% 2
North West +14 3 £48,750 -18.75% 1
North East - 1 £45,000 -
SOC Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 North of England region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) SIEM
2 14 (70.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (55.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 9 (45.00%) Firewall
4 9 (45.00%) Linux
4 9 (45.00%) Incident Response
5 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 8 (40.00%) Azure
5 8 (40.00%) AWS
6 7 (35.00%) Splunk
6 7 (35.00%) Python
6 7 (35.00%) TCP/IP
6 7 (35.00%) Windows
7 6 (30.00%) Internet
7 6 (30.00%) Customer Service
7 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (25.00%) SOAR
8 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
8 5 (25.00%) Security Architecture
8 5 (25.00%) Use Case
8 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
8 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
8 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 5 (25.00%) Security Operations
9 4 (20.00%) Cyberattack
9 4 (20.00%) Protective Monitoring
9 4 (20.00%) Incident Management

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) AWS
1 8 (40.00%) Azure
2 6 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (45.00%) Firewall
2 7 (35.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (30.00%) Internet
4 4 (20.00%) VPN
5 2 (10.00%) DMZ
5 2 (10.00%) DNS
5 2 (10.00%) HTTP
5 2 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (10.00%) LAN
5 2 (10.00%) Network Security
5 2 (10.00%) SMTP
5 2 (10.00%) tcpdump
5 2 (10.00%) WAN
5 2 (10.00%) Wireshark
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.00%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Cyberattack
2 3 (15.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (5.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (5.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (45.00%) Linux
2 7 (35.00%) Windows
3 4 (20.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) SIEM
2 14 (70.00%) Threat Intelligence
3 11 (55.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 11 (55.00%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (45.00%) Incident Response
5 6 (30.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (25.00%) Security Architecture
6 5 (25.00%) Security Operations
6 5 (25.00%) SOAR
6 5 (25.00%) Use Case
6 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 5 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 4 (20.00%) Protective Monitoring
8 3 (15.00%) Coaching
8 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (15.00%) Software Engineering
8 3 (15.00%) Software Testing
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (35.00%) Python
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 2 (10.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 2 (10.00%) CASP
3 2 (10.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (10.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (10.00%) CREST Certified
3 2 (10.00%) Linux+ Certification
3 2 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (15.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (5.00%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (5.00%) CASB
2 1 (5.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 7 (35.00%) Splunk
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft