SOC Analyst Jobs in the City of London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Central London > City of London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the City of London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 134 169 227
Rank change year-on-year +35 +58 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 5 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.26% 0.24% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.25% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile - £39,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £44,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +11.11% -16.28%
75th Percentile £105,000 £55,000 £51,250
90th Percentile - £61,500 £58,000
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +36.84% +5.56% -16.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,781 3,214 4,384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.25% 96.14% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 1,351 2,532 3,665
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,444
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £73,210
% change year-on-year - -0.97% +0.98%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the City of London

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the City of London.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the City of London

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the City of London

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 28 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 City of London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (60.00%) Law
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Open Source
1 3 (60.00%) Trend Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) SIEM
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) QRadar
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
1 3 (60.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Use Case
1 3 (60.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (60.00%) CSOC
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (40.00%) Network Security
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) German Language

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (60.00%) Law
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (40.00%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) CSOC
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
1 3 (60.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Architectural Design
1 3 (60.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Open Source
1 3 (60.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Management
1 3 (60.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (60.00%) SIEM
1 3 (60.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Trend Analysis
1 3 (60.00%) Use Case
2 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
2 2 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft