SOC Analyst Jobs in Hertfordshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Hertfordshire is £41,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 110 -
Rank change year-on-year +24 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.34% 0.50% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.54% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 0
10th Percentile £36,125 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £37,813 £43,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,250 £54,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.61% - -
75th Percentile £45,313 £57,000 -
90th Percentile £47,375 - -
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £54,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -30.56% +20.00% +16.13%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 785 1,843 1,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.30% 92.89% 85.95%
Number of salaries quoted 449 1,462 786
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £27,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £31,833 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,750
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.31% +7.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
East of England median annual salary £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Hertfordshire

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Hertfordshire

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Hemel Hempstead +9 1 - - 7
Stevenage - 1 £35,000 -
Watford - 1 £47,500 -
SOC Analyst
East of England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 13 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 Hertfordshire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Client/Server
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) LDAP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) SMTP
3 1 (33.33%) FTP
3 1 (33.33%) HTTP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) DNS

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (33.33%) Cloudflare
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) FTP
2 1 (33.33%) HTTP
2 1 (33.33%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) SMTP
2 1 (33.33%) SSL
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Client/Server
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (66.67%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) MISP
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) Reverse Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Go
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) GCIA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Graylog
1 1 (33.33%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Apple
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk