SOC Analyst Job Trends in Aylesbury

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Aylesbury

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Aylesbury is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Aylesbury 4.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.24% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £31,500 - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £42,500 £32,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +30.77% -35.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Aylesbury

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Aylesbury. 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 Aylesbury with a recognized job title 118 14 46
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.33% 93.33% 93.88%
Number of salaries quoted 97 5 39
10th Percentile £28,700 - £22,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £25,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,197 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +24.39% +7.19% -11.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £68,500 £57,500
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in Aylesbury

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Aylesbury over the 6 months to 30 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in Aylesbury

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aylesbury

For the 6 months to 30 July 2026, SOC Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Aylesbury region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (80.00%) Python
2 4 (80.00%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (80.00%) Sumo Logic
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Detection
3 3 (60.00%) HTTP
3 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Use Case
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) QRadar
4 1 (20.00%) Splunk

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Aylesbury by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) DNS
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (60.00%) HTTP
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Security Posture
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Security Monitoring
2 4 (80.00%) Threat Detection
3 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Use Case
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (20.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (20.00%) SSCP
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) CrowdStrike
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Splunk