SOC Analyst Jobs in the South East

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the South East is £44,000 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 290 360 364
Rank change year-on-year +70 +4 +89
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 22 36 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.21% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.23% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 17 34 21
10th Percentile £30,750 - -
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £22,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £50,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +53.85% -23.53%
75th Percentile £49,000 £56,563 £57,500
90th Percentile £49,400 £65,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £45,750 £52,500 £51,250
% change year-on-year -12.86% +2.44% -4.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,348 15,844 12,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.97% 94.01% 90.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,552 11,341 8,137
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the South East

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South East.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the South East

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the South East

SOC Analyst
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 Analyst within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +82 15 £44,000 -26.67% 19
Thames Valley +33 4 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Buckinghamshire +14 4 £47,500 -5.00%
Sussex - 3 - -
SOC Analyst
England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 20 (90.91%) SIEM
2 15 (68.18%) Security Cleared
2 15 (68.18%) Incident Response
3 14 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (59.09%) Security Operations
5 11 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (40.91%) DV Cleared
6 9 (40.91%) Splunk
6 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
6 9 (40.91%) Security Operations Centre
7 8 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
7 8 (36.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
9 6 (27.27%) CompTIA Security+
9 6 (27.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 5 (22.73%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
10 5 (22.73%) Security Posture
10 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
10 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (22.73%) Firewall
10 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (22.73%) Python
10 5 (22.73%) Windows
10 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
10 5 (22.73%) Azure
11 4 (18.18%) CEH
11 4 (18.18%) Linux
11 4 (18.18%) Degree

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (9.09%) Cloudflare
3 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) DNS
2 2 (9.09%) Internet
2 2 (9.09%) SSL
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.09%) VPN
General
1 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 11 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 9 (40.91%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (22.73%) Security Posture
4 3 (13.64%) Client/Server
5 2 (9.09%) Cyber Security Posture
5 2 (9.09%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 5 (22.73%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
3 2 (9.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (90.91%) SIEM
2 15 (68.18%) Incident Response
3 14 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (59.09%) Security Operations
5 8 (36.36%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 8 (36.36%) Threat Intelligence
6 6 (27.27%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (18.18%) Forensic Analysis
8 4 (18.18%) SOAR
9 3 (13.64%) Analytics
9 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Culture
9 3 (13.64%) ITIL
10 2 (9.09%) Data Loss Prevention
10 2 (9.09%) Information Security
10 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
10 2 (9.09%) Open Source
10 2 (9.09%) Vulnerability Assessment
11 1 (4.55%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
1 5 (22.73%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) Bash
3 2 (9.09%) C#
3 2 (9.09%) Go
4 1 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 15 (68.18%) Security Cleared
2 9 (40.91%) DV Cleared
3 6 (27.27%) CompTIA Security+
3 6 (27.27%) SC Cleared
4 4 (18.18%) CEH
4 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 4 (18.18%) GCIH
5 3 (13.64%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.55%) CASP
6 1 (4.55%) CISSP
6 1 (4.55%) GCIA
6 1 (4.55%) GIAC
6 1 (4.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (18.18%) NIST
3 2 (9.09%) GDPR
3 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 2 (9.09%) NCSC
4 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Graylog
2 1 (4.55%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (4.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
1 9 (40.91%) Splunk
2 2 (9.09%) Apple
2 2 (9.09%) Darktrace
2 2 (9.09%) McAfee
2 2 (9.09%) Tenable
3 1 (4.55%) IBM