SOC 1 Job Trends in the South East

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SOC 1 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOC 1 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.005% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.049% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £90,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -55.56% +111.76% -43.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

SOC 1 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,028 1,412 1,480
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 10.74% 15.70% 11.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,388 708 726
10th Percentile £31,000 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,188 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,600 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,625 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £58,465
% change year-on-year -2.65% -3.36% -2.56%

SOC 1
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 1 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

SOC 1 job vacancy trend in the South East

SOC 1
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOC 1.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SOC 1

SOC 1
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 1 within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 October 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 2
Thames Valley - 1 - - 2
SOC 1
England

SOC 1
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2