SOC Analyst Jobs in Peterborough

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Peterborough is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 May 2025.

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

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Peterborough 1.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £66,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £35,000 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 89 216 162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.74% 86.40% 85.26%
Number of salaries quoted 65 169 99
10th Percentile £32,500 £24,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £31,000 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £63,749 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,100 £65,000 £70,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Peterborough

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Peterborough

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Peterborough

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 Peterborough region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Peterborough 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%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management