SOC 2 Jobs with Work from Home Options

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 622 756
Rank change year-on-year +79 +134 -199
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 46 32 117
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.079% 0.17%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.07% 0.54% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 43 28 49
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,100 £55,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -5.80%
75th Percentile £76,250 £92,813 £87,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £97,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -2.99%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,303 5,909 11,310
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.72% 14.56% 16.04%
Number of salaries quoted 3,240 4,009 6,078
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +7.14% +6.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

SOC 2
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOC 2 trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC 2
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOC 2.

SOC 2 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC 2
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

SOC 2 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 17 (36.96%) AWS
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (23.91%) Google Workspace
3 10 (21.74%) Azure
4 7 (15.22%) SaaS
5 4 (8.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 4 (8.70%) Amazon S3
5 4 (8.70%) Serverless
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon ELB
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon Kinesis
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon MSK
6 3 (6.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (6.52%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (6.52%) Route 53
6 3 (6.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 3 (6.52%) WhatsApp
7 2 (4.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (56.52%) Firewall
2 14 (30.43%) DNS
3 11 (23.91%) Broadband
3 11 (23.91%) NAS
3 11 (23.91%) Wireless
4 7 (15.22%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (4.35%) Network Security
6 1 (2.17%) SAN
6 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (4.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) GitLab
General
1 16 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Games
2 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
3 6 (13.04%) Finance
4 3 (6.52%) Legal
5 2 (4.35%) Banking
5 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.17%) Advertising
6 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Consultant
2 11 (23.91%) IT Consultant
3 10 (21.74%) Analyst
3 10 (21.74%) Security Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Compliance Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Compliance Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Information Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Security Compliance Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) AWS DevOps
5 3 (6.52%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) CISSP Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Monitoring Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) Security Monitoring Analyst
5 3 (6.52%) SIEM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) AWS SAM
1 3 (6.52%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (4.35%) OAuth
2 2 (4.35%) OpenID
2 2 (4.35%) SAML
3 1 (2.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Onboarding
1 11 (23.91%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (15.22%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.52%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (6.52%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.35%) Life Science
5 2 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.09%) Windows
1 12 (26.09%) Windows Server
2 11 (23.91%) Mac OS
3 4 (8.70%) Linux
4 1 (2.17%) Mac OS X
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (43.48%) Information Security
2 20 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (41.30%) SIEM
4 17 (36.96%) Penetration Testing
4 17 (36.96%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 14 (30.43%) Data Protection
6 13 (28.26%) Identity Management
7 11 (23.91%) Asset Management
7 11 (23.91%) Business Continuity
7 11 (23.91%) IT Audit
7 11 (23.91%) Mobile Device Management
7 11 (23.91%) Security Operations
8 9 (19.57%) Application Security
8 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Management
9 8 (17.39%) Identity Access Management
9 8 (17.39%) Risk Management
10 7 (15.22%) DevOps
10 7 (15.22%) Use Case
11 6 (13.04%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) Bash
2 4 (8.70%) Python
3 2 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) CISSP
2 5 (10.87%) Degree
3 3 (6.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification
3 3 (6.52%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 3 (6.52%) CCSP
3 3 (6.52%) CISA
3 3 (6.52%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.52%) CompTIA CySA+
3 3 (6.52%) CompTIA Security+
3 3 (6.52%) Network+ Certification
4 2 (4.35%) CISM
4 2 (4.35%) CRISC
5 1 (2.17%) GIAC
5 1 (2.17%) ISACA
5 1 (2.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (82.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (32.61%) NIST
4 9 (19.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 6 (13.04%) GDPR
5 6 (13.04%) GRC
5 6 (13.04%) PCI DSS
6 4 (8.70%) ISO 9001
7 3 (6.52%) HIPAA
7 3 (6.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (4.35%) NCSC
9 1 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (2.17%) COBIT
9 1 (2.17%) ISO 31000
9 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (23.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (6.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (8.70%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.52%) Terraform
4 2 (4.35%) Nessus
4 2 (4.35%) QRadar
5 1 (2.17%) CASB
Vendors
1 17 (36.96%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.91%) Apple
2 11 (23.91%) Google
2 11 (23.91%) VMware
3 2 (4.35%) IBM
3 2 (4.35%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco
4 1 (2.17%) Kenna
4 1 (2.17%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.17%) Qualys
4 1 (2.17%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Tripwire