SOC Engineer Jobs in Leeds

Security Operations Centre Engineer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Security Operations Centre Engineer salary in Leeds is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - -
75th Percentile £52,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 735 2,175 2,816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.51% 95.94% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 507 1,578 1,694
10th Percentile £28,300 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £78,699 £69,914 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,056 £87,125
West Yorkshire median annual salary £57,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +14.00% -9.09% +4.76%

SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Engineer in Leeds

SOC Engineer
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer in Leeds.

Salary trend for SOC Engineer in Leeds

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, SOC Engineer 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 Leeds region featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) AlienVault
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) AlienVault
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft