SOC 2 Jobs in the South West

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring SOC 2 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SOC 2 over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 179 281 -
Rank change year-on-year +102 - -
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 2 11 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.056% 0.12% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.34% 0.86% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 0
10th Percentile - £52,500 -
25th Percentile £77,500 £57,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £59,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.45% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £61,750 -
90th Percentile - £67,500 -
England median annual salary £80,000 £57,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +39.13% -17.86% +7.69%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 586 1,272 1,226
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 16.35% 13.72% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 268 849 617
10th Percentile £29,750 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,188 £32,500 £38,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,716 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% -1.49% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,208 £68,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £79,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for SOC 2 in the South West

SOC 2
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC 2 in the South West.

Salary trend for SOC 2 in the South West

SOC 2
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Bristol +51 2 £80,000 +34.45% 1
SOC 2
England

SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Architect
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CEH
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) GIAC
1 2 (100.00%) ISSAP
1 2 (100.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) COBIT
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (100.00%) NIST
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS