SOC 1 Job Trends in London

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring SOC 1 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 428 452
Rank change year-on-year +57 +24 +217
Permanent jobs citing SOC 1 6 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.042% 0.026% 0.011%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.24% 0.15% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £52,350 £47,150 £76,750
25th Percentile £54,000 £47,375 £83,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £51,250 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.15% -46.05% +58.33%
75th Percentile £83,875 £56,250 £105,625
90th Percentile £98,050 £60,750 £111,250
England median annual salary £58,500 £52,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +11.43% -34.38% +33.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

SOC 1 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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,464 2,600 2,848
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 17.26% 16.78% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,596 1,245 2,254
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,028 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,125 £118,750 £112,500
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +4.35% -

SOC 1
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 1 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in London.

SOC 1 job vacancy trend in London

SOC 1
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOC 1.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOC 1

SOC 1
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC 1 in London over the 6 months to 17 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SOC 1 in London

SOC 1
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 1 within the London region over the 6 months to 17 January 2026. 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
Central London +36 2 £55,500 +13.27% 2
East London - 1 £105,000 -
SOC 1
England

SOC 1
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) GCP
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
General
1 4 (66.67%) Banking
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Law
2 3 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Assistant IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Audit Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) IT Assistant
2 1 (16.67%) IT Audit Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Auditor
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
1 1 (16.67%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Internal Audit
2 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (66.67%) Information Security
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
3 3 (50.00%) Fintech
3 3 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) Attestation
4 2 (33.33%) IT Audit
5 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (16.67%) Change Control
5 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Register
5 1 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) CRISC
2 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) SOC 2
2 3 (50.00%) GDPR
2 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (50.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (33.33%) NIST
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (16.67%) COBIT
4 1 (16.67%) GRC
4 1 (16.67%) ITGC
4 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle
1 1 (16.67%) Sage
1 1 (16.67%) SAP
1 1 (16.67%) Xero