Security Operations Centre Engineer
UK
The median Security Operations Centre Engineer salary in the UK is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 885 | 958 | 1184 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | +226 | -309 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Engineer | 25 | 21 | 53 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.020% | 0.034% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.027% | 0.022% | 0.035% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 19 | 44 |
| 10th Percentile | £38,500 | £48,500 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £46,875 | £55,000 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £57,500 | £48,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +19.79% | -2.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,625 | £66,250 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £86,000 | £73,000 | £49,400 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £57,500 | £57,500 | £48,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.79% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 93,479 | 94,643 | 151,222 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.63% | 91.52% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,031 | 59,595 | 85,375 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,611 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,508 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.49% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £96,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured SOC Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer.
SOC Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
SOC Engineer
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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 |
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| England | +110 | 24 | £57,500 | - | 8 |
| UK excluding London | 0 | 18 | £57,500 | - | 5 |
| Work from Home | +77 | 9 | £56,250 | -2.17% | 2 |
| South East | +22 | 8 | £42,000 | -40.00% | |
| London | +119 | 6 | £76,250 | +32.61% | 5 |
| North of England | - | 6 | £65,000 | - | 2 |
| North West | - | 5 | £65,000 | - | 1 |
| South West | - | 3 | £62,500 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, SOC Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.
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SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: