SOC Analyst Job Trends in Hemel Hempstead

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Hertfordshire > Hemel Hempstead

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Hemel Hempstead is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 29
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 2 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Hemel Hempstead 0.89% - 4.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% - 4.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile £46,000 - £43,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £54,000
75th Percentile £54,000 - £57,000
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £41,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year +21.21% -23.61% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Hemel Hempstead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hemel Hempstead. 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 Hemel Hempstead with a recognized job title 203 49 206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 79.03% 93.21%
Number of salaries quoted 140 42 163
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £38,750 £52,313 £25,809
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £61,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% +23.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £68,750
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hemel Hempstead.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Hemel Hempstead

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Hemel Hempstead

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Hemel Hempstead.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Hemel Hempstead

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hemel Hempstead

For the 6 months to 29 April 2026, SOC Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hemel Hempstead region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) FTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) QRadar
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hemel Hempstead 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) FTP
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) SMTP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Client/Server
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Bash
1 2 (100.00%) C++
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (100.00%) CREST Certified
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk