SOC Analyst Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 640 769
Rank change year-on-year +89 +129 -250
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 35 27 70
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.063% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.066% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 34 25 49
10th Percentile £36,625 £41,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £56,563 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £58,750 £63,750 £66,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,398 41,102 65,163
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 96.07% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 24,874 29,219 41,983
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,033
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOC Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC Analyst
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 Analyst.

SOC Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SOC Analyst over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

SOC Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 28 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 jobs with remote work options featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 33 (94.29%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (94.29%) Security Operations
2 32 (91.43%) SIEM
3 28 (80.00%) Incident Response
4 19 (54.29%) Security Operations Centre
5 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
6 14 (40.00%) Splunk
6 14 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (40.00%) Firewall
7 12 (34.29%) IBM
7 12 (34.29%) QRadar
8 11 (31.43%) CISSP
9 10 (28.57%) Security Management
9 10 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
10 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (25.71%) Finance
10 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
10 9 (25.71%) Degree
10 9 (25.71%) Azure
11 8 (22.86%) Information Security
11 8 (22.86%) Client/Server
12 7 (20.00%) Windows
12 7 (20.00%) Management Information System
12 7 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (20.00%) Incident Management
12 7 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (17.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 6 (17.14%) Threat Detection
13 6 (17.14%) Threat Intelligence

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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 9 (25.71%) Azure
2 7 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (17.14%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.86%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (40.00%) Firewall
2 7 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (8.57%) Network Security
4 1 (2.86%) DHCP
4 1 (2.86%) DNS
4 1 (2.86%) HTTP
4 1 (2.86%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.86%) SMTP
4 1 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.86%) WAN
General
1 15 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Finance
4 6 (17.14%) Law
4 6 (17.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (11.43%) Legal
6 1 (2.86%) Banking
6 1 (2.86%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.86%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 19 (54.29%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (22.86%) Client/Server
3 7 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (8.57%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (8.57%) Security Posture
6 2 (5.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
6 2 (5.71%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.86%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.86%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.00%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Linux
3 1 (2.86%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (94.29%) Cybersecurity
1 33 (94.29%) Security Operations
2 32 (91.43%) SIEM
3 28 (80.00%) Incident Response
4 10 (28.57%) Security Management
4 10 (28.57%) Security Monitoring
5 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (22.86%) Information Security
7 7 (20.00%) Incident Management
8 6 (17.14%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 6 (17.14%) Threat Detection
8 6 (17.14%) Threat Intelligence
9 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 5 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (14.29%) Use Case
10 4 (11.43%) ITIL
10 4 (11.43%) Malware Analysis
10 4 (11.43%) Risk Management
10 4 (11.43%) Security Architecture
10 4 (11.43%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (5.71%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.71%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) CISSP
2 9 (25.71%) Degree
3 5 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.43%) GIAC
5 2 (5.71%) CEH
5 2 (5.71%) CompTIA CySA+
5 2 (5.71%) GCED
5 2 (5.71%) GCFA
5 2 (5.71%) GCFE
5 2 (5.71%) GCIA
5 2 (5.71%) GCIH
5 2 (5.71%) GISP
5 2 (5.71%) GSEC
5 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.71%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (5.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (11.43%) NIST
3 2 (5.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (5.71%) ISO 31000
3 2 (5.71%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (5.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (34.29%) QRadar
2 2 (5.71%) CASB
2 2 (5.71%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 14 (40.00%) Splunk
2 12 (34.29%) IBM
3 9 (25.71%) Microsoft
4 4 (11.43%) Sun
5 2 (5.71%) Darktrace
5 2 (5.71%) LogRhythm
5 2 (5.71%) McAfee
6 1 (2.86%) Forcepoint
6 1 (2.86%) Fortinet
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