SOC Analyst Job Trends in Reading

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Reading is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 - 110
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.25% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £52,000
25th Percentile £48,750 - £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £60,000
75th Percentile £56,250 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - £64,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 - £60,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,091 434 1,624
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 84.44% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 721 233 1,132
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £29,754
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £38,098
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +14.18% -12.42%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,750 £80,000
Berkshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -8.70%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Reading.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Reading

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Reading.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Reading

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 10 June 2026, SOC Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Reading region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) ArcSight
2 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) FTP
2 2 (66.67%) HTTP
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Internet
2 2 (66.67%) LAN
2 2 (66.67%) LDAP
2 2 (66.67%) QRadar
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SMTP
2 2 (66.67%) SOAR
2 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Swim Lanes
2 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (66.67%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) FTP
1 2 (66.67%) HTTP
1 2 (66.67%) Internet
1 2 (66.67%) LAN
1 2 (66.67%) SMTP
1 2 (66.67%) TCP/IP
1 2 (66.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) SOAR
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (66.67%) Swim Lanes
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 1 (33.33%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ArcSight
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft