SOC Consultant Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Centre Consultant salary in the UK excluding London is £88,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 April 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 560 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Consultant 4 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £49,325 - -
25th Percentile £73,063 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 - -
75th Percentile £90,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £88,750 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 59,451 23,663 63,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 88.46% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 37,824 14,715 46,813
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £76,990
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%

SOC Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Consultant' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SOC Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SOC Consultant
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for SOC Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SOC Consultant
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Salary histogram for SOC Consultant in the UK excluding London

SOC Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 April 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
South West - 3 £90,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £39,000 -
SOC Consultant
UK

SOC Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 April 2026, SOC Consultant 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 UK excluding London region featuring SOC Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) Blue Team
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (25.00%) ECIH
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) GCFA
3 1 (25.00%) GCIA
3 1 (25.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) GIAC
3 1 (25.00%) IISP

SOC Consultant Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) AI
1 1 (25.00%) Blue Team
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Forensics
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (25.00%) Offensive Security
1 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (25.00%) Security Management
1 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (25.00%) SIEM
1 1 (25.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CEH
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA CySA+
3 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (25.00%) ECIH
3 1 (25.00%) GCFA
3 1 (25.00%) GCIA
3 1 (25.00%) GCIH
3 1 (25.00%) GIAC
3 1 (25.00%) IISP
3 1 (25.00%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
1 1 (25.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (25.00%) Splunk