SOC Analyst Jobs in Glasgow

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Glasgow is £39,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 - 126
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.41% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £33,000 - -
25th Percentile £34,500 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 - £42,500
75th Percentile £43,500 - £45,375
90th Percentile £45,000 - £46,350
Scotland median annual salary £44,500 £35,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +25.35% -16.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 432 3,916 1,337
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.80% 98.12% 85.87%
Number of salaries quoted 257 856 666
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £69,424
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -6.25% +6.67%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Glasgow

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Glasgow

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 17 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 Glasgow region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Service-Level Objective
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) ArcSight

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (50.00%) OSINT
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service-Level Objective
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ArcSight