SOC Analyst Jobs in the Midlands

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > Midlands

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the Midlands is £42,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 324 334
Rank change year-on-year +17 +10 -76
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 7 6 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.061% 0.061% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.069% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 11
10th Percentile £25,500 - £43,750
25th Percentile £31,500 £38,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 -
90th Percentile £49,700 £51,850 £58,750
England median annual salary £51,141 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% -4.55% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,771 8,748 10,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 89.46% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 4,815 7,203
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,551 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the Midlands

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the Midlands

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the Midlands

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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
West Midlands +36 7 £42,000 -1.18% 1
SOC Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Midlands region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
3 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (42.86%) EnCase
4 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 17025
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (42.86%) ISO 9001
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (42.86%) Time Management
4 3 (42.86%) Data Collection
4 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
4 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
5 2 (28.57%) Police
5 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Sun
5 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 2 (28.57%) Firewall
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
General
1 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (42.86%) Driving Licence
3 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
3 2 (28.57%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) SIEM
2 5 (71.43%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (71.43%) Incident Response
3 4 (57.14%) Security Operations
4 3 (42.86%) Data Collection
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (42.86%) Time Management
5 2 (28.57%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 2 (28.57%) Information Security
5 2 (28.57%) Runbook
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
2 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (42.86%) ISO 9001
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) EnCase
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Sun