SOC 2 Job Trends in Hampshire

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring SOC 2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 170 122
Rank change year-on-year +56 -48 +92
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 2 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 0.097% 0.087% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.79% 0.76% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £54,875 - £64,625
25th Percentile £56,563 - £65,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £60,000 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +2.08% -15.79% -
75th Percentile £64,063 - £75,938
90th Percentile £64,625 - £76,875
South East median annual salary £75,000 £60,000 £71,250
% change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% -16.18%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 254 396 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 12.31% 11.45% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 173 248 180
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,625 £44,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £53,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.35% -3.18% +7.84%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £54,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +0.93% +2.86% -

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

SOC 2 job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SOC 2
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SOC 2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing SOC 2

SOC 2
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 October 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
Portsmouth - 2 £61,250 - 2
SOC 2
South East

SOC 2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GRC
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NCSC
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) SOC 3