SOC Analyst Job Trends in Southampton

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Southampton is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Southampton 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £36,500 £40,000 -
% change year-on-year -8.75% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 534 566 384
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.70% 97.75% 97.46%
Number of salaries quoted 390 412 315
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,625 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £61,875
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £75,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Southampton

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in Southampton

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Southampton.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Southampton

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, SOC Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Southampton region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CISMP
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ISMS
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Logistics
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CISMP
1 2 (100.00%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft