SOC Specialist Jobs in the South East

Security Operations Centre Specialist
England > South East

The median Security Operations Centre Specialist salary in the South East is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 413 -
Rank change year-on-year +29 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Specialist 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.006% 0.007% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.007% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - -
75th Percentile £53,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £50,950 £92,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -44.92% +85.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 15,620 13,675 18,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.89% 90.62% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 11,331 8,566 12,620
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

SOC Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Specialist in the South East

SOC Specialist
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for SOC Specialist in the South East

SOC Specialist
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 Specialist within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
West Sussex - 1 £52,500 -
SOC Specialist
England

SOC Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, SOC Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Varonis
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation

SOC Specialist 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Forcepoint
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Qualys
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Varonis