SOC 2 Jobs in England

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SOC 2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOC 2 over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 573 736 882
Rank change year-on-year +163 +146 +130
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 75 86 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.10% 0.075%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.96% 0.72% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 54 72 35
10th Percentile £53,750 £44,000 £41,550
25th Percentile £61,563 £47,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% -17.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £96,250 £77,500 £98,750
90th Percentile £111,000 £99,750 £135,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £55,000 £69,000
% change year-on-year +45.45% -20.29% +6.15%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,844 11,884 18,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 17.03% 13.95% 19.54%
Number of salaries quoted 4,203 8,387 8,321
10th Percentile £30,580 £27,030 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SOC 2 in England

SOC 2
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC 2 in England.

Salary trend for SOC 2 in England

SOC 2
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOC 2 in England

SOC 2
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +101 39 £92,500 +68.18% 74
South East +121 17 £62,500 +31.58% 22
North of England +83 11 £72,500 - 6
North West +26 6 £77,500 +6.90% 2
North East - 5 £57,500 - 2
Midlands +79 4 £56,250 -2.17% 7
West Midlands +52 3 £55,000 -29.03% 5
South West +98 2 £80,000 +34.45% 6
East of England +56 1 £62,500 +6.38% 3
East Midlands +46 1 £57,500 - 2
SOC 2
UK

SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 2 (2.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 47 (62.67%) Azure
2 20 (26.67%) AWS
3 17 (22.67%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (16.00%) Azure Monitor
4 12 (16.00%) SaaS
5 9 (12.00%) GCP
6 8 (10.67%) GitHub
7 5 (6.67%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (6.67%) Serverless
8 4 (5.33%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (4.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (4.00%) Entra ID
9 3 (4.00%) Miro
9 3 (4.00%) Power Platform
9 3 (4.00%) Snowflake
9 3 (4.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (13.33%) Firewall
2 8 (10.67%) VPN
3 5 (6.67%) Network Security
4 2 (2.67%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (1.33%) NAS
5 1 (1.33%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (1.33%) SAN
5 1 (1.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.67%) Data Lake
1 5 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (5.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (5.33%) MongoDB
3 3 (4.00%) Big Data
3 3 (4.00%) Parquet
3 3 (4.00%) Power BI
3 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 12 (16.00%) Jenkins
2 4 (5.33%) JIRA
3 1 (1.33%) Git
General
1 40 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 25 (33.33%) Finance
3 13 (17.33%) Legal
4 10 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.00%) Law
6 3 (4.00%) Banking
6 3 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.00%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.33%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 14 (18.67%) Architect
2 11 (14.67%) Security Manager
3 8 (10.67%) Analyst
3 8 (10.67%) Security Architect
4 6 (8.00%) Security Analyst
4 6 (8.00%) Senior
5 5 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Cloud Architect
5 5 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Lead
5 5 (6.67%) Risk Manager
5 5 (6.67%) Security Engineer
5 5 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.33%) Administrator
6 4 (5.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Information Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Information Security Manager
6 4 (5.33%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.00%) ARM Templates
2 6 (8.00%) RESTful
3 5 (6.67%) .NET
4 4 (5.33%) AngularJS
4 4 (5.33%) Node.js
5 3 (4.00%) JSON
6 2 (2.67%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (2.67%) Kafka
7 1 (1.33%) CSS
7 1 (1.33%) HTML
7 1 (1.33%) HTML5
7 1 (1.33%) ModSecurity
7 1 (1.33%) Next.js
7 1 (1.33%) React
7 1 (1.33%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 18 (24.00%) Management Information System
2 12 (16.00%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (10.67%) Cloud Native
3 8 (10.67%) Cyber Threat
4 7 (9.33%) Security Posture
5 4 (5.33%) Wiki
6 3 (4.00%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (4.00%) Hedge funds
6 3 (4.00%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (4.00%) Machine to Machine
7 2 (2.67%) Cyberattack
7 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.67%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.33%) Biopharmaceutical
8 1 (1.33%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (1.33%) Life Science
8 1 (1.33%) PKI
8 1 (1.33%) Replication
8 1 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (1.33%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.00%) Linux
2 8 (10.67%) Windows
2 8 (10.67%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (42.67%) Agile
2 31 (41.33%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (40.00%) Information Security
4 24 (32.00%) DevOps
5 23 (30.67%) Mentoring
5 23 (30.67%) Risk Management
6 22 (29.33%) CI/CD
7 21 (28.00%) Cloud Security
8 18 (24.00%) SDLC
9 17 (22.67%) Creative Thinking
10 16 (21.33%) Analytics
10 16 (21.33%) Containerisation
10 16 (21.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (21.33%) Microservices
11 15 (20.00%) OWASP
11 15 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
11 15 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (18.67%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (18.67%) Infrastructure as Code
12 14 (18.67%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.33%) PowerShell
2 10 (13.33%) SQL
3 7 (9.33%) Python
4 6 (8.00%) R
5 5 (6.67%) C#
6 4 (5.33%) Bash
6 4 (5.33%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.67%) Java
8 1 (1.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (37.33%) CISSP
2 21 (28.00%) CISM
3 19 (25.33%) Degree
4 15 (20.00%) Azure Certification
5 12 (16.00%) CRISC
6 6 (8.00%) AWS Certification
7 5 (6.67%) CEH
8 4 (5.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (5.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.33%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (5.33%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (4.00%) CCSP
9 3 (4.00%) ISSAP
9 3 (4.00%) SnowPro
10 2 (2.67%) CISA
10 2 (2.67%) GIAC
10 2 (2.67%) OSCP
10 2 (2.67%) SANS
10 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
11 1 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (74.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (44.00%) GDPR
3 25 (33.33%) NIST
4 17 (22.67%) HIPAA
5 9 (12.00%) PCI DSS
6 7 (9.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (5.33%) NCSC
9 3 (4.00%) GRC
10 2 (2.67%) COBIT
10 2 (2.67%) ISO 22301
10 2 (2.67%) ISO 9001
11 1 (1.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (1.33%) GLP
11 1 (1.33%) GMP
11 1 (1.33%) GxP
11 1 (1.33%) ISO 14001
11 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (1.33%) ITGC
11 1 (1.33%) QA
System Software
1 15 (20.00%) Docker
2 12 (16.00%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (4.00%) vSphere
4 2 (2.67%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 24 (32.00%) Terraform
2 19 (25.33%) Kubernetes
3 10 (13.33%) Ansible
4 4 (5.33%) Graylog
4 4 (5.33%) Nagios
4 4 (5.33%) Opsgenie
5 3 (4.00%) Progress Chef
5 3 (4.00%) Puppet
6 2 (2.67%) Grafana
6 2 (2.67%) Nessus
6 2 (2.67%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.33%) cPanel
7 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (28.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.33%) Google
3 6 (8.00%) Palo Alto
4 4 (5.33%) Cisco
4 4 (5.33%) IBM
4 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.00%) Alibaba
5 3 (4.00%) NetApp
6 2 (2.67%) FireEye
6 2 (2.67%) OneTrust
6 2 (2.67%) Splunk
7 1 (1.33%) Juniper
7 1 (1.33%) Qualys
7 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.33%) Tenable
7 1 (1.33%) Veeam
7 1 (1.33%) VMware