SOC Analyst Job Trends in Bristol

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South West > Bristol

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Bristol is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - +47
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.052% - 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% - 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - £50,000
75th Percentile - - £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,784 1,416 1,490
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 94.78% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,289 848 1,249
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £35,686
25th Percentile £35,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -3.40% +8.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £48,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.90% -2.86% +5.00%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Bristol

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Bristol

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 18 December 2025, 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 Bristol region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Email Filtering
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft