SOC Analyst Jobs in Central London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
London > Central London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Central London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 238 300
Rank change year-on-year +53 +62 -40
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 10 4 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.26% 0.076% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.079% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 3
10th Percentile £42,000 £35,500 £51,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £63,750 £51,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,000 £58,000 -
London median annual salary £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.42% +4.35% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,598 5,042 7,714
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.21% 96.06% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,818 4,204 6,465
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Central London

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Central London

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in Central London

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
City of London +58 8 £50,000 +11.11% 3
West End of London - 1 £40,000 - 1
City of Westminster - 1 £40,000 - 1
SOC Analyst
London

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 job ads across the Central London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) SIEM
2 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (30.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (30.00%) Python
5 3 (30.00%) Azure
6 2 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
6 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (20.00%) Network Security
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
6 2 (20.00%) Sun
6 2 (20.00%) Firewall
6 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
7 1 (10.00%) Linux
7 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
7 1 (10.00%) QRadar
7 1 (10.00%) Web Filtering
7 1 (10.00%) Data Loss Prevention

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 3 (30.00%) Azure
1 3 (30.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Firewall
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) SIEM
2 6 (60.00%) Security Operations
3 5 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (40.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (30.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 2 (20.00%) Incident Response
6 2 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
7 1 (10.00%) Communications Security
7 1 (10.00%) Computer Security
7 1 (10.00%) Cryptography
7 1 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
7 1 (10.00%) Information Security
7 1 (10.00%) Kalman Filter
7 1 (10.00%) Open Source
7 1 (10.00%) Threat Management
7 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 1 (10.00%) Web Filtering
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) GCIA
2 1 (10.00%) GCIH
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) Sun
2 1 (10.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk