SOC 2 Job Trends in Somerset

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring SOC 2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 0.17% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £97,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year - +19.15% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Somerset

SOC 2 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 83 29 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 13.97% 6.84% 17.06%
Number of salaries quoted 12 19 56
10th Percentile - £29,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £32,760 £36,375 £36,919
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,096 £55,000 £58,600
Median % change year-on-year -10.73% -6.14% +17.20%
75th Percentile £88,650 £59,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £115,500 £73,750 £70,750
South West median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.00%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

SOC 2 job vacancy trend in Somerset

SOC 2
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing SOC 2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing SOC 2

SOC 2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CEH
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) COBIT
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Tenable