SOC Analyst Jobs in Edinburgh

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Edinburgh is £36,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 114 - 149
Rank change year-on-year - - -27
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 2 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.13% - 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £35,575 - -
25th Percentile £35,688 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,500 - -
75th Percentile £37,938 - -
90th Percentile £38,425 - -
Scotland median annual salary £36,500 £42,500 -
% change year-on-year -14.12% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,474 2,053 2,262
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 95.53% 97.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,040 1,209 1,406
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,938 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Edinburgh

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Edinburgh region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) CSIRT
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) CASB
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CASB
1 1 (50.00%) CSIRT
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft