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 £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 170 230 275
Rank change year-on-year +60 +45 -37
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 8 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.24% 0.063% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.065% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 3
10th Percentile £44,500 £34,500 £51,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £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 £61,875 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,250 £59,500 -
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,219 4,624 6,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 96.53% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 3,901 5,616
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £53,193 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £110,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

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 25 April 2024.

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 25 April 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 City of London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Security Operations
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 3 (37.50%) Azure
4 3 (37.50%) Python
4 3 (37.50%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (37.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Firewall
5 2 (25.00%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (25.00%) Sun
5 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (25.00%) Network Security
6 1 (12.50%) Communications Security
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Security
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Local Government
6 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (12.50%) Linux
6 1 (12.50%) Open Source

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Local Government
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Anti-Spyware
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) SIEM
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Security Operations
3 4 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 3 (37.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
5 2 (25.00%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
6 1 (12.50%) Communications Security
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Security
6 1 (12.50%) Cryptography
6 1 (12.50%) Dashboard Development
6 1 (12.50%) Information Security
6 1 (12.50%) Inventory Management
6 1 (12.50%) Kalman Filter
6 1 (12.50%) Open Source
6 1 (12.50%) Threat Management
6 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (12.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) GCIA
2 1 (12.50%) GCIH
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Sun
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk