Security Operations Centre Engineer
UK
The median Security Operations Centre Engineer salary in the UK is £56,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 21 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 692 | 859 | 958 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +167 | +99 | +232 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Engineer | 26 | 25 | 18 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.047% | 0.025% | 0.018% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.051% | 0.026% | 0.020% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 23 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £47,500 | £38,500 | £52,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £46,875 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,250 | £57,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.17% | - | +19.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £67,500 | £65,625 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £86,000 | £72,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £57,500 | £63,750 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | -9.80% | +32.81% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 50,627 | 94,635 | 91,055 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.61% | 94.71% | 91.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,942 | 67,569 | 57,579 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,444 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,750 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,564 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.13% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
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 21 May 2025.
SOC Engineer
Top 8 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 21 May 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 |
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| England | +167 | 26 | £56,250 | -2.17% | 11 |
| London | +133 | 15 | £65,000 | -14.75% | 5 |
| UK excluding London | +164 | 9 | £50,000 | -13.04% | 7 |
| Work from Home | +111 | 7 | £65,000 | +15.56% | 4 |
| North of England | +42 | 6 | £50,000 | -23.08% | 3 |
| North West | -3 | 4 | £52,500 | -19.23% | 3 |
| South East | +82 | 3 | £55,000 | +30.95% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +65 | 2 | £50,000 | - |
SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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: