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 £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 634 789
Rank change year-on-year +92 +155 -254
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 35 27 65
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.10% 0.065% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.068% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 34 24 49
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,625 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,375 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £51,250 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,688 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,375 £67,250 £66,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,750
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.98% +7.50%

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 32,351 39,695 67,533
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 96.00% 97.37%
Number of salaries quoted 24,813 28,246 42,069
10th Percentile £33,036 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,318 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 13 May 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 13 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 jobs with remote work options featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 33 (94.29%) Security Operations
2 32 (91.43%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (91.43%) SIEM
3 27 (77.14%) Incident Response
4 19 (54.29%) Security Operations Centre
5 16 (45.71%) Splunk
6 15 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (40.00%) QRadar
7 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
7 14 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 14 (40.00%) IBM
8 12 (34.29%) Firewall
8 12 (34.29%) Security Management
9 11 (31.43%) CISSP
9 11 (31.43%) Security Monitoring
10 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (25.71%) Finance
10 9 (25.71%) Azure
11 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
11 8 (22.86%) Client/Server
12 7 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (20.00%) Threat Detection
12 7 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (20.00%) Degree
13 6 (17.14%) Incident Management
13 6 (17.14%) Risk Assessment
13 6 (17.14%) Information Security
13 6 (17.14%) Law
13 6 (17.14%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (17.14%) Microsoft 365

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 12 (34.29%) 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%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Finance
4 6 (17.14%) Law
4 6 (17.14%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (14.29%) 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 6 (17.14%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (14.29%) Management Information System
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 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (94.29%) Security Operations
2 32 (91.43%) Cybersecurity
2 32 (91.43%) SIEM
3 27 (77.14%) Incident Response
4 12 (34.29%) Security Management
5 11 (31.43%) Security Monitoring
6 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (20.00%) Threat Detection
8 6 (17.14%) Incident Management
8 6 (17.14%) Information Security
8 6 (17.14%) Risk Assessment
9 5 (14.29%) Computer Science
9 5 (14.29%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 5 (14.29%) Security Architecture
9 5 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence
10 4 (11.43%) ITIL
10 4 (11.43%) Malware Analysis
10 4 (11.43%) Risk Management
10 4 (11.43%) Vulnerability Management
11 3 (8.57%) Use Case
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 7 (20.00%) 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%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 2 (5.71%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (5.71%) ISO 31000
2 2 (5.71%) NIST
2 2 (5.71%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.86%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 14 (40.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (45.71%) Splunk
2 14 (40.00%) IBM
3 8 (22.86%) 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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