SOC 2 Job Trends in Cheshire

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring SOC 2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - -12
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.058% - 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.50% - 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -70.83%
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - £67,250
North West median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year - - -29.27%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Cheshire

SOC 2 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 200 171 168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 11.57% 23.30% 12.29%
Number of salaries quoted 148 30 108
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,925 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,625 £36,379 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% -7.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £85,625 £71,250 £71,915
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

SOC 2 job vacancy trend in Cheshire

SOC 2
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing SOC 2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing SOC 2

SOC 2
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 5 August 2026. 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
Knutsford - 1 £37,500 -
SOC 2
North West

SOC 2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Services Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) IT Services Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
1 1 (100.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001