SOC Analyst Jobs in London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in London is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 479 610 819
Rank change year-on-year +131 +209 -244
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 33 34 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.094% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.099% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 32 31 26
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £49,125 £49,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £58,750 £63,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £66,000 £68,750 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,570 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.68% -4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,108 34,442 62,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 95.06% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,669 25,177 34,949
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in London over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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 +64 9 £50,000 +11.11% 2
SOC Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, 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 London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 27 (81.82%) SIEM
1 27 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
2 22 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 18 (54.55%) Incident Response
4 17 (51.52%) QRadar
4 17 (51.52%) Splunk
5 14 (42.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 14 (42.42%) IBM
6 13 (39.39%) Security Management
6 13 (39.39%) Azure
6 13 (39.39%) Security Operations Centre
7 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
8 11 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
8 11 (33.33%) Finance
9 9 (27.27%) Incident Management
9 9 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
9 9 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
11 6 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 6 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
11 6 (18.18%) Law
11 6 (18.18%) Information Security
11 6 (18.18%) Firewall
11 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
11 6 (18.18%) Client/Server
11 6 (18.18%) Windows
12 5 (15.15%) Linux
12 5 (15.15%) Risk Assessment

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 13 (39.39%) Azure
2 9 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
4 3 (9.09%) IaaS
4 3 (9.09%) PaaS
4 3 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (3.03%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) Network Security
3 2 (6.06%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.03%) DHCP
4 1 (3.03%) DNS
4 1 (3.03%) HTTP
4 1 (3.03%) SD-WAN
4 1 (3.03%) SMTP
4 1 (3.03%) WAN
General
1 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Finance
3 8 (24.24%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (18.18%) Law
4 6 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (12.12%) Legal
6 2 (6.06%) Banking
6 2 (6.06%) Retail
7 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.03%) Local Government
7 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (18.18%) Client/Server
3 5 (15.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (12.12%) Cyberattack
5 3 (9.09%) Management Information System
6 2 (6.06%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (3.03%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (3.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 6 (18.18%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Linux
3 1 (3.03%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (81.82%) Cybersecurity
1 27 (81.82%) SIEM
2 22 (66.67%) Security Operations
3 18 (54.55%) Incident Response
4 13 (39.39%) Security Management
5 11 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
6 9 (27.27%) Incident Management
6 9 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
7 6 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 6 (18.18%) Information Security
7 6 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
8 5 (15.15%) Cloud Security
8 5 (15.15%) Risk Assessment
9 4 (12.12%) Kalman Filter
9 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (12.12%) Security Architecture
9 4 (12.12%) Threat Detection
10 3 (9.09%) Runbook
10 3 (9.09%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 3 (9.09%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (6.06%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (6.06%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.03%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) CISSP
1 4 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 3 (9.09%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) GCIA
2 3 (9.09%) GCIH
3 2 (6.06%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (6.06%) GCED
3 2 (6.06%) GCFA
3 2 (6.06%) GIAC
3 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (42.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (9.09%) NIST
3 2 (6.06%) ISO 31000
4 1 (3.03%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 17 (51.52%) QRadar
2 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Splunk
2 14 (42.42%) IBM
3 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.09%) Cisco
4 3 (9.09%) LogRhythm
5 2 (6.06%) Sun
6 1 (3.03%) Forcepoint
6 1 (3.03%) Fortinet