SOC Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 682 681 749
Rank change year-on-year -1 +68 -130
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 77 69 103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.13% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 64 38 65
10th Percentile - £22,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £30,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,625 £60,625 £60,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,288 53,426 67,910
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.15% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 47,613 30,415 42,495
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 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
South East +11 35 £50,000 +48.15% 1
North of England +66 20 £60,000 +84.62% 5
Yorkshire +102 16 £60,000 +84.62% 4
East of England +28 11 £54,000 +20.00% 2
West Midlands +3 6 £43,500 +2.35% 5
Midlands -15 6 £43,500 +2.35% 5
North West - 3 £61,250 - 1
Wales -5 2 - -
South West - 2 - - 3
Scotland -63 1 £35,500 -16.47% 1
North East - 1 £45,000 -
SOC Analyst
UK

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 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 UK excluding London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 61 (79.22%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (74.03%) SIEM
3 51 (66.23%) Security Operations
4 38 (49.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 37 (48.05%) Incident Response
6 36 (46.75%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (46.75%) Security Cleared
7 30 (38.96%) Firewall
8 29 (37.66%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (35.06%) Cyber Threat
9 27 (35.06%) Microsoft
10 26 (33.77%) Azure
11 25 (32.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (32.47%) CISSP
11 25 (32.47%) Windows
12 23 (29.87%) SC Cleared
13 22 (28.57%) Splunk
14 21 (27.27%) Degree
14 21 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
15 19 (24.68%) Intrusion Detection
16 18 (23.38%) Management Information System
16 18 (23.38%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (20.78%) Threat Intelligence
17 16 (20.78%) Computer Science Degree
17 16 (20.78%) Computer Science
18 13 (16.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
18 13 (16.88%) Linux
18 13 (16.88%) Client/Server
19 11 (14.29%) SOAR

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.60%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 4 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 26 (33.77%) Azure
2 21 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (23.38%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (10.39%) AWS
5 2 (2.60%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 30 (38.96%) Firewall
2 19 (24.68%) Intrusion Detection
3 9 (11.69%) TCP/IP
4 8 (10.39%) Internet
5 6 (7.79%) VPN
6 4 (5.19%) HTTP
6 4 (5.19%) LAN
6 4 (5.19%) Network Security
6 4 (5.19%) SMTP
6 4 (5.19%) WAN
7 2 (2.60%) DMZ
7 2 (2.60%) DNS
7 2 (2.60%) FTP
7 2 (2.60%) Sourcefire
7 2 (2.60%) tcpdump
7 2 (2.60%) Wireshark
General
1 29 (37.66%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 5 (6.49%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.19%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.90%) Games
6 2 (2.60%) Law
6 2 (2.60%) Police
7 1 (1.30%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.30%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 38 (49.35%) Security Operations Centre
2 27 (35.06%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (23.38%) Management Information System
4 13 (16.88%) Client/Server
5 4 (5.19%) Cyberattack
5 4 (5.19%) Onboarding
5 4 (5.19%) Security Posture
6 3 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 2 (2.60%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.60%) Driving Licence
7 2 (2.60%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.30%) CSOC
8 1 (1.30%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (1.30%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (32.47%) Windows
2 13 (16.88%) Linux
3 4 (5.19%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (79.22%) Cybersecurity
2 57 (74.03%) SIEM
3 51 (66.23%) Security Operations
4 37 (48.05%) Incident Response
5 36 (46.75%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (20.78%) Computer Science
6 16 (20.78%) Threat Intelligence
7 13 (16.88%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 11 (14.29%) SOAR
9 9 (11.69%) Information Security
9 9 (11.69%) Use Case
10 7 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 7 (9.09%) Vulnerability Management
11 6 (7.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (7.79%) Customer Service
11 6 (7.79%) Incident Management
12 5 (6.49%) Mentoring
12 5 (6.49%) Security Architecture
12 5 (6.49%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 4 (5.19%) Malware Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.39%) Python
2 2 (2.60%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (46.75%) Security Cleared
2 25 (32.47%) CISSP
2 25 (32.47%) CompTIA Security+
3 23 (29.87%) SC Cleared
4 21 (27.27%) Degree
5 16 (20.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (5.19%) GCFE
6 4 (5.19%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (3.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.60%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.60%) CASP
8 2 (2.60%) CEH
8 2 (2.60%) CREST Certified
8 2 (2.60%) GCFA
8 2 (2.60%) GIAC
8 2 (2.60%) GISP
8 2 (2.60%) GSEC
8 2 (2.60%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (2.60%) OSCP
8 2 (2.60%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.90%) NIST
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.60%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 17025
3 2 (2.60%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.60%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.60%) EnCase
1 2 (2.60%) FortiGate
1 2 (2.60%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 27 (35.06%) Microsoft
2 22 (28.57%) Splunk
3 2 (2.60%) ArcSight
3 2 (2.60%) CheckPoint
3 2 (2.60%) Cisco
3 2 (2.60%) Darktrace
3 2 (2.60%) F5
3 2 (2.60%) IBM
3 2 (2.60%) Juniper
3 2 (2.60%) LogRhythm
3 2 (2.60%) McAfee
3 2 (2.60%) Sun
3 2 (2.60%) TippingPoint
3 2 (2.60%) Trend Micro