SOC 2 Jobs in England

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 751 859 1023
Rank change year-on-year +108 +164 -207
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 85 67 129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.100% 0.074% 0.097%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.72% 0.38% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 73 33 70
10th Percentile £43,750 £41,400 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £99,500 £140,000 £100,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £69,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -20.29% +6.15% -3.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

SOC 2 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,823 17,452 22,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.88% 19.29% 16.55%
Number of salaries quoted 8,333 8,066 11,723
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £70,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,800 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +132 45 £55,000 -20.29% 25
North of England +53 14 £72,500 -29.27% 4
North West +21 12 £72,500 -29.27% 3
South West - 11 £59,500 - 2
Midlands +6 7 £57,500 +76.92% 1
South East +7 5 £47,500 -47.22% 3
East Midlands - 5 £57,500 -
East of England +16 2 £58,750 -
Yorkshire - 2 £49,750 - 1
West Midlands +15 1 £77,500 +138.46% 1
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 32 (37.65%) AWS
2 19 (22.35%) Azure
3 15 (17.65%) SaaS
4 13 (15.29%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (12.94%) Google Workspace
6 4 (4.71%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 4 (4.71%) Amazon S3
6 4 (4.71%) Serverless
7 3 (3.53%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (3.53%) Amazon ECR
7 3 (3.53%) Amazon ELB
7 3 (3.53%) Amazon Kinesis
7 3 (3.53%) Amazon MSK
7 3 (3.53%) AWS CloudFormation
7 3 (3.53%) AWS CloudTrail
7 3 (3.53%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (3.53%) IaaS
7 3 (3.53%) PaaS
7 3 (3.53%) Route 53
7 3 (3.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 52 (61.18%) Firewall
2 20 (23.53%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (16.47%) DNS
4 11 (12.94%) Broadband
4 11 (12.94%) NAS
4 11 (12.94%) Wireless
5 4 (4.71%) Network Security
6 2 (2.35%) VPN
7 1 (1.18%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.53%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (2.35%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.18%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) GitLab
General
1 21 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 20 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.12%) Finance
4 11 (12.94%) Games
5 9 (10.59%) Legal
6 7 (8.24%) Law
7 4 (4.71%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.35%) Banking
8 2 (2.35%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (2.35%) Manufacturing
8 2 (2.35%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.18%) Advertising
9 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (22.35%) Analyst
1 19 (22.35%) Security Analyst
2 13 (15.29%) Consultant
3 12 (14.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 11 (12.94%) IT Consultant
4 11 (12.94%) Security Manager
5 7 (8.24%) IT Manager
5 7 (8.24%) Security Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Compliance Analyst
6 6 (7.06%) Compliance Manager
6 6 (7.06%) Information Analyst
6 6 (7.06%) Information Security Analyst
6 6 (7.06%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 6 (7.06%) IT Security Manager
6 6 (7.06%) Security Compliance Analyst
7 5 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Information Manager
7 5 (5.88%) Information Security Manager
7 5 (5.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.53%) AWS SAM
1 3 (3.53%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (2.35%) OAuth
2 2 (2.35%) OpenID
2 2 (2.35%) SAML
3 1 (1.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.35%) Security Posture
2 16 (18.82%) Cyber Threat
3 11 (12.94%) Onboarding
3 11 (12.94%) Video Conferencing
4 8 (9.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 6 (7.06%) Data Centre
5 6 (7.06%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (5.88%) Clustering
6 5 (5.88%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (5.88%) Private Cloud
6 5 (5.88%) Public Cloud
7 4 (4.71%) Cyberattack
8 3 (3.53%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (3.53%) Management Information System
9 2 (2.35%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (2.35%) Life Science
9 2 (2.35%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.18%) Operational Technology
10 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.00%) Windows
2 12 (14.12%) Windows Server
3 11 (12.94%) Mac OS
4 4 (4.71%) Linux
5 1 (1.18%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (65.88%) Cybersecurity
2 35 (41.18%) Information Security
3 29 (34.12%) SIEM
4 26 (30.59%) Penetration Testing
5 25 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (25.88%) Security Operations
7 19 (22.35%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 17 (20.00%) Computer Science
8 17 (20.00%) Data Protection
9 15 (17.65%) Application Security
10 13 (15.29%) Identity Management
10 13 (15.29%) IT Audit
11 12 (14.12%) Business Continuity
11 12 (14.12%) Data Security
11 12 (14.12%) Runbook
11 12 (14.12%) Security Monitoring
11 12 (14.12%) Use Case
12 11 (12.94%) Asset Management
12 11 (12.94%) Identity Access Management
12 11 (12.94%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (14.12%) Bash
2 5 (5.88%) Python
3 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 24 (28.24%) CISSP
2 15 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 14 (16.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 14 (16.47%) CCSP
4 12 (14.12%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 12 (14.12%) CompTIA CySA+
4 12 (14.12%) CompTIA Security+
4 12 (14.12%) Network+ Certification
5 9 (10.59%) Degree
6 7 (8.24%) CISA
7 5 (5.88%) AWS Certification
8 3 (3.53%) CISM
8 3 (3.53%) Security Cleared
9 2 (2.35%) CCA
9 2 (2.35%) CRISC
9 2 (2.35%) SC Cleared
10 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.18%) ISACA
10 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.18%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (77.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (30.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 26 (30.59%) NIST
3 13 (15.29%) GRC
4 12 (14.12%) GDPR
5 11 (12.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 11 (12.94%) PCI DSS
6 7 (8.24%) SOC 1
7 4 (4.71%) HIPAA
7 4 (4.71%) ISO 9001
8 3 (3.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (2.35%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (2.35%) ITGC
10 1 (1.18%) COBIT
10 1 (1.18%) ISO 31000
10 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (1.18%) NCSC
10 1 (1.18%) NIST 800
10 1 (1.18%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (18.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (14.12%) Active Directory
3 3 (3.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (12.94%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (8.24%) Nessus
3 4 (4.71%) Kubernetes
4 3 (3.53%) Terraform
5 2 (2.35%) QRadar
6 1 (1.18%) CASB
Vendors
1 26 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 16 (18.82%) VMware
3 12 (14.12%) Google
4 11 (12.94%) Apple
5 6 (7.06%) Cisco
6 2 (2.35%) IBM
6 2 (2.35%) Splunk
7 1 (1.18%) Kenna
7 1 (1.18%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.18%) Qualys
7 1 (1.18%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.18%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.18%) Tripwire