SOC Analyst Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Cambridgeshire is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - 118
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 5 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 0.99% - 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% - 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £30,500 - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +50.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £47,500
90th Percentile £55,250 - -
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% +20.00% +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 471 1,469 1,251
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.75% 86.57%
Number of salaries quoted 315 1,136 583
10th Percentile £29,400 £27,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,813 £70,600
90th Percentile £78,650 £80,001 £86,250
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Cambridgeshire

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in Cambridgeshire.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Cambridgeshire

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in Cambridgeshire

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge - 4 £35,000 -
Peterborough - 1 £62,500 -
SOC Analyst
East of England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, 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 job ads across the Cambridgeshire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) Information Security
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
5 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Firewall
5 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
5 1 (20.00%) VPN
5 1 (20.00%) Retail
5 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 1 (20.00%) Network Security

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (60.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft