SOC Engineer Jobs in Milton Keynes

Security Operations Centre Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Security Operations Centre Engineer salary in Milton Keynes is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 58 75
Rank change year-on-year +23 +17 -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Engineer 1 4 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.40% 0.62% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.67% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £36,925 £68,250
25th Percentile - £37,938 £69,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -46.21% -
75th Percentile - £39,500 £74,375
90th Percentile - - £74,750
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £55,000 £39,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +41.03% -46.21% -

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 226 601 700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 93.61% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 116 435 513
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,125 £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 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £78,750 £80,000
Buckinghamshire median annual salary £45,304 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.39% -4.76% -4.55%

SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Engineer in Milton Keynes

SOC Engineer
Salary Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Salary trend for SOC Engineer in Milton Keynes

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

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 Milton Keynes region featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation

SOC Engineer 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python