SOC Analyst Jobs in Reading

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Reading is £56,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 124 119
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 2 12 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.12% 0.74% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.79% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile £51,875 - -
25th Percentile £52,813 - £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,250 - £33,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.57%
75th Percentile £60,313 - £41,938
90th Percentile £61,625 - £63,375
Berkshire median annual salary £56,250 - £36,250
% change year-on-year - - +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,618 1,523 1,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.72% 97.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,032 811 1,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Reading

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in Reading

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Reading region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Malware Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Proactive Maintenance
1 2 (100.00%) Reverse Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 2 (100.00%) McAfee
33 SOC Analyst jobs in England