SOC 2 Jobs in the UK excluding London

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 712 730 823
Rank change year-on-year +18 +93 -173
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 46 34 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.066% 0.055% 0.040%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.48% 0.26% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 42 14 16
10th Percentile £35,750 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,438 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £66,250 £94,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £117,375 £85,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +7.69% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

SOC 2 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,556 13,062 11,956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.64% 21.05% 16.96%
Number of salaries quoted 6,352 4,770 6,904
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,750 £26,691
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SOC 2 in the UK excluding London

SOC 2
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC 2 in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SOC 2 in the UK excluding London

SOC 2
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC 2 in the UK excluding London

SOC 2
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 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
North of England +49 13 £72,500 -29.27% 3
North West +19 12 £72,500 -29.27% 1
South West - 10 £59,500 - 4
Scotland - 9 £50,000 - 1
Midlands +12 7 £57,500 +76.92% 1
South East +5 5 £47,500 -47.22% 5
East Midlands - 5 £57,500 -
East of England +28 2 £58,750 -
West Midlands +17 1 £77,500 +138.46% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £47,500 - 2
SOC 2
UK

SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 19 (41.30%) Azure
2 13 (28.26%) SaaS
3 10 (21.74%) AWS
4 5 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (8.70%) Google Workspace
6 3 (6.52%) IaaS
6 3 (6.52%) PaaS
7 2 (4.35%) AWS CloudTrail
7 2 (4.35%) Entra ID
7 2 (4.35%) WhatsApp
8 1 (2.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.17%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (2.17%) Amazon S3
8 1 (2.17%) AWS Control Tower
8 1 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.17%) GCP
8 1 (2.17%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 24 (52.17%) Firewall
2 10 (21.74%) Intrusion Detection
3 6 (13.04%) Network Security
4 5 (10.87%) VPN
5 3 (6.52%) LAN
5 3 (6.52%) WAN
5 3 (6.52%) Wireless
5 3 (6.52%) WLAN
6 1 (2.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.17%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (2.17%) GitLab
General
1 8 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (13.04%) Finance
3 3 (6.52%) Legal
4 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.17%) Advertising
5 1 (2.17%) Banking
5 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Law
5 1 (2.17%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (19.57%) Security Engineer
2 6 (13.04%) Compliance Manager
2 6 (13.04%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 6 (13.04%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 6 (13.04%) IT Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 5 (10.87%) Security Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) IT Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Risk Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Security Analyst
4 4 (8.70%) Technical Manager
5 3 (6.52%) IT Security Manager
6 2 (4.35%) Information Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Information Security Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) Information Security Consultant
6 2 (4.35%) Information Security Officer
6 2 (4.35%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (4.35%) Security Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) OAuth
1 1 (2.17%) OpenID
1 1 (2.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Security Posture
2 6 (13.04%) Cyber Threat
2 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 6 (13.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 6 (13.04%) Public Cloud
2 6 (13.04%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (10.87%) Clustering
3 5 (10.87%) Enterprise Storage
3 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
3 5 (10.87%) Private Cloud
4 4 (8.70%) Cyberattack
5 3 (6.52%) Onboarding
5 3 (6.52%) Renewable Energy
6 2 (4.35%) Life Science
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Native
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (2.17%) Mobile App
7 1 (2.17%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (21.74%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Linux
2 4 (8.70%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.35%) Android
3 2 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (60.87%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (41.30%) Information Security
3 17 (36.96%) SIEM
4 16 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (32.61%) Security Operations
6 13 (28.26%) Identity Access Management
7 11 (23.91%) Data Security
7 11 (23.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (23.91%) Vulnerability Management
8 9 (19.57%) Data Protection
8 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 8 (17.39%) Application Security
9 8 (17.39%) Computer Science
9 8 (17.39%) ITIL
10 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
11 6 (13.04%) Project Management
11 6 (13.04%) Release Management
11 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (13.04%) Threat Modelling
11 6 (13.04%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (23.91%) CISSP
2 9 (19.57%) Degree
3 6 (13.04%) CISA
4 4 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (6.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (6.52%) CCSP
6 2 (4.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 2 (4.35%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (4.35%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.17%) AWS Certification
7 1 (2.17%) CCA
7 1 (2.17%) CCNP
7 1 (2.17%) CISM
7 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.17%) CRISC
7 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (89.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (21.74%) NIST
3 9 (19.57%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (19.57%) GDPR
3 9 (19.57%) PCI DSS
4 6 (13.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 5 (10.87%) GRC
5 5 (10.87%) SOC 1
6 4 (8.70%) ISO 9001
7 3 (6.52%) HIPAA
7 3 (6.52%) NCSC
8 2 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (2.17%) COBIT
9 1 (2.17%) ISO 31000
9 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
9 1 (2.17%) SLA
9 1 (2.17%) SOC 3
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (15.22%) Nessus
2 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.87%) Cisco
2 5 (10.87%) Google
2 5 (10.87%) VMware
3 3 (6.52%) Atlassian