System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 802 897 1053
Rank change year-on-year +95 +156 -211
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 94 73 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.070% 0.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.70% 0.36% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 80 39 80
10th Percentile £43,625 £41,850 £45,950
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £98,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £97,750 £130,000 £93,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

SOC 2 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,490 20,156 25,732
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.76% 19.26% 16.69%
Number of salaries quoted 9,233 9,268 13,209
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SOC 2 in the UK

SOC 2
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC 2.

Salary trend for SOC 2 in the UK

SOC 2
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC 2 in the UK

SOC 2
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the UK 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
England +128 84 £57,500 -17.86% 39
Work from Home +113 48 £55,000 -21.43% 19
London +143 47 £55,000 -20.29% 28
UK excluding London +26 46 £57,500 +4.55% 11
North of England +59 13 £72,500 -29.27% 2
North West +19 12 £72,500 -29.27% 1
South West - 10 £59,500 - 3
Scotland - 9 £50,000 - 1
Midlands +12 7 £57,500 +76.92% 1
South East +15 5 £47,500 -47.22% 4
East Midlands - 5 £57,500 -
East of England +13 2 £58,750 -
West Midlands +24 1 £77,500 +138.46% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £47,500 - 1

SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 34 (36.17%) AWS
2 23 (24.47%) Azure
3 16 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (14.89%) Google Workspace
4 14 (14.89%) SaaS
5 4 (4.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (4.26%) Amazon S3
5 4 (4.26%) Serverless
6 3 (3.19%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (3.19%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (3.19%) Amazon ELB
6 3 (3.19%) Amazon Kinesis
6 3 (3.19%) Amazon MSK
6 3 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.19%) IaaS
6 3 (3.19%) PaaS
6 3 (3.19%) Route 53
6 3 (3.19%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 56 (59.57%) Firewall
2 22 (23.40%) Intrusion Detection
3 13 (13.83%) DNS
3 13 (13.83%) Wireless
4 10 (10.64%) Broadband
4 10 (10.64%) NAS
5 6 (6.38%) Network Security
6 5 (5.32%) VPN
7 3 (3.19%) LAN
7 3 (3.19%) WAN
7 3 (3.19%) WLAN
8 1 (1.06%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.19%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.06%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.06%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (4.26%) GitLab
2 2 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 19 (20.21%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.15%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (15.96%) Finance
4 10 (10.64%) Games
5 9 (9.57%) Legal
6 7 (7.45%) Law
7 2 (2.13%) Banking
7 2 (2.13%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (2.13%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.13%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Advertising
8 1 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (24.47%) Analyst
1 23 (24.47%) Security Analyst
2 16 (17.02%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 13 (13.83%) Consultant
4 11 (11.70%) Security Engineer
4 11 (11.70%) Security Manager
5 10 (10.64%) IT Consultant
6 7 (7.45%) Compliance Manager
6 7 (7.45%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) IT Engineer
6 7 (7.45%) IT Manager
7 6 (6.38%) CISSP Analyst
7 6 (6.38%) Compliance Analyst
7 6 (6.38%) Information Analyst
7 6 (6.38%) Information Security Analyst
7 6 (6.38%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 6 (6.38%) IT Security Manager
7 6 (6.38%) Monitoring Analyst
7 6 (6.38%) Security Monitoring Analyst
7 6 (6.38%) SIEM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.19%) AWS SAM
1 3 (3.19%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.06%) Node.js
2 1 (1.06%) OAuth
2 1 (1.06%) OpenID
2 1 (1.06%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (21.28%) Cyber Threat
2 17 (18.09%) Security Posture
3 14 (14.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 13 (13.83%) Onboarding
5 10 (10.64%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (6.38%) Data Centre
6 6 (6.38%) Public Cloud
6 6 (6.38%) Security Operations Centre
7 5 (5.32%) Clustering
7 5 (5.32%) Enterprise Storage
7 5 (5.32%) Management Information System
7 5 (5.32%) Private Cloud
8 4 (4.26%) Cyberattack
9 3 (3.19%) Cloud Native
9 3 (3.19%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (3.19%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (2.13%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (2.13%) Life Science
11 1 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 1 (1.06%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 20 (21.28%) Windows
2 14 (14.89%) Mac OS
3 11 (11.70%) Windows Server
4 8 (8.51%) Linux
5 2 (2.13%) Android
5 2 (2.13%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.06%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (70.21%) Cybersecurity
2 39 (41.49%) Information Security
3 38 (40.43%) SIEM
4 29 (30.85%) Security Operations
5 28 (29.79%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (28.72%) Penetration Testing
7 23 (24.47%) Application Security
8 21 (22.34%) Data Protection
9 20 (21.28%) Use Case
10 19 (20.21%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 18 (19.15%) Computer Science
12 16 (17.02%) Runbook
12 16 (17.02%) Security Monitoring
13 15 (15.96%) Identity Access Management
14 14 (14.89%) Vulnerability Management
15 12 (12.77%) Business Continuity
15 12 (12.77%) Data Security
16 11 (11.70%) Identity Management
16 11 (11.70%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 11 (11.70%) IT Audit
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.70%) Bash
2 5 (5.32%) Python
3 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.06%) Java
Qualifications
1 27 (28.72%) CISSP
2 19 (20.21%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (19.15%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 18 (19.15%) CCSP
4 16 (17.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 16 (17.02%) CompTIA CySA+
4 16 (17.02%) CompTIA Security+
4 16 (17.02%) Network+ Certification
5 9 (9.57%) Degree
6 6 (6.38%) CISA
7 5 (5.32%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.19%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.13%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.13%) CCA
9 2 (2.13%) CISM
9 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (2.13%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.06%) CCNP
10 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (74.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (35.11%) NIST
3 24 (25.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 13 (13.83%) GDPR
5 11 (11.70%) GRC
5 11 (11.70%) PCI DSS
6 10 (10.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 6 (6.38%) SOC 1
8 5 (5.32%) ISO 9001
9 4 (4.26%) HIPAA
10 3 (3.19%) NCSC
11 2 (2.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 2 (2.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (1.06%) COBIT
12 1 (1.06%) ISO 31000
12 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (1.06%) ITGC
12 1 (1.06%) NIST 800
12 1 (1.06%) SLA
12 1 (1.06%) SOC 3
System Software
1 15 (15.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (11.70%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (10.64%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (7.45%) Nessus
3 4 (4.26%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.19%) Terraform
5 2 (2.13%) QRadar
6 1 (1.06%) CASB
Vendors
1 30 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 15 (15.96%) Google
2 15 (15.96%) VMware
3 10 (10.64%) Apple
4 6 (6.38%) Cisco
5 3 (3.19%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.13%) IBM
6 2 (2.13%) Splunk
7 1 (1.06%) Kenna
7 1 (1.06%) Qualys
7 1 (1.06%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.06%) Tripwire