SOC 2 Job Trends in West London

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
London > West London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in West London requiring SOC 2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.54% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.92% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile £90,000 - -
London median annual salary £84,500 £90,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -6.11% +12.50% +3.23%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West London

SOC 2 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 West London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 171 68 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West London 18.61% 20.42% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 97 42 38
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.02% -13.76% +21.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 - £90,000
London median annual salary £73,500 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +3.70%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 2 relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

SOC 2 job vacancy trend in West London

SOC 2
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing SOC 2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West London citing SOC 2

SOC 2
Salary Histogram in West London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 in West London over the 6 months to 25 July 2026.

Salary histogram for SOC 2 in West London

SOC 2
Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 25 July 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
Hillingdon - 3 £72,500 -
Hammersmith - 1 £75,000 -
SOC 2
London

SOC 2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West 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 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Security Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Information
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) Head of Security
2 1 (20.00%) IT Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) IT Security Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (80.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 5 (100.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 5 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 4 (80.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (80.00%) Identity Management
2 4 (80.00%) Privileged Identity Management
2 4 (80.00%) Security Hardening
2 4 (80.00%) Zero Trust
3 1 (20.00%) Data Security
3 1 (20.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Detection
3 1 (20.00%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISM
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 5 (100.00%) NIST
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) GRC
2 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (80.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Palo Alto
1 4 (80.00%) Qualys
1 4 (80.00%) Splunk
1 4 (80.00%) Tenable