SOC Analyst Jobs in Milton Keynes

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Milton Keynes is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 43 74
Rank change year-on-year +9 +31 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 2 17 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.81% 2.68% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 2.86% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 3
10th Percentile £31,625 - £51,000
25th Percentile £32,188 £37,500 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £34,688 £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £34,875 £57,500 £64,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £33,750 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -32.50% -16.67% +60.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 225 594 687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.09% 93.69% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 115 431 508
10th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £71,063
90th Percentile £84,000 £80,000 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Milton Keynes

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Milton Keynes

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 15 August 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 Milton Keynes region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (50.00%) IBM Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) IBM Storwize
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) ZABBIX
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Flash
2 1 (50.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) IBM

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 (50.00%) IBM Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) IBM Storwize
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) IBM