SOC 2 Job Trends in Surrey

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring SOC 2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 102 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 3 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.18% 0.33% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.59% 1.68% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £65,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -36.84% +5.56%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 189 238 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 11.47% 19.44% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 117 119 72
10th Percentile £27,300 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,250 £36,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £72,500 £64,063
90th Percentile £79,050 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -2.78%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

SOC 2 job vacancy trend in Surrey

SOC 2
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SOC 2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SOC 2

SOC 2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (100.00%) IT Risk Manager
1 3 (100.00%) IT Security Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Manager
1 3 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) BCP
1 3 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 3 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security Management
1 3 (100.00%) ISMS
1 3 (100.00%) IT Audit
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Register
1 3 (100.00%) Security Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001