SOC 3 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 3
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SOC 3 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 608 -
Rank change year-on-year +70 - -
Permanent jobs citing SOC 3 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.004% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.022% 0.031% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

SOC 3 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,602 6,534 4,607
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.52% 13.38% 14.26%
Number of salaries quoted 2,454 2,755 3,337
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,750 £35,901 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.95% -1.25% +7.12%

SOC 3
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 3 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SOC 3 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SOC 3
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SOC 3.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SOC 3

SOC 3
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 3 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 October 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
South East - 1 £65,000 - 1
SOC 3
UK

SOC 3
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Assurance Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Security Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) SOC 2