SOC Analyst Jobs in the East of England

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > East of England

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the East of England is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 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
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 217 232
Rank change year-on-year +38 +15 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 6 10 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.18% 0.16% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.17% 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 1
10th Percentile £30,375 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £30,938 £51,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +20.00% +16.13%
75th Percentile £42,813 £57,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £56,875 £58,425 -
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 3,187 5,802 4,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.43% 93.93% 84.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 4,432 2,204
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,356
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,000 £63,071 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the East of England

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the East of England.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the East of England

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the East of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the East of England

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the East of England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Hertfordshire +26 3 £35,000 -35.19% 7
Cambridgeshire - 3 £32,500 - 1
SOC Analyst
England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 21 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 East of England region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 5 (83.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) Firewall
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) VPN
4 3 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (33.33%) QRadar
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) Coaching
5 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
5 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (33.33%) MISP
5 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
5 2 (33.33%) Azure
5 2 (33.33%) Splunk
5 2 (33.33%) LDAP
5 2 (33.33%) Internet

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
1 3 (50.00%) VPN
2 2 (33.33%) FTP
2 2 (33.33%) HTTP
2 2 (33.33%) Internet
2 2 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 2 (33.33%) SMTP
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) MISP
3 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Malware Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
3 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Information Security
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Threat Detection
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) CISSP
3 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (16.67%) GCIA
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Splunk