SOC 1 Job Trends in the Thames Valley

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SOC 1 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOC 1 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.013% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.13% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
South East median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

SOC 1 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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 794 651 541
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.58% 16.94% 11.59%
Number of salaries quoted 530 246 240
10th Percentile £35,000 £28,500 £31,175
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,563 £40,009
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £72,188 £69,840 £75,313
90th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £83,750
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -

SOC 1
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 1 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

SOC 1 job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SOC 1
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SOC 1.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SOC 1

SOC 1
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 1 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 8 October 2026. 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
Oxfordshire - 1 - - 2
SOC 1
South East

SOC 1
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2