Hybrid/Remote SOC 2 Job Trends

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring SOC 2 skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 327 391 498
Rank change year-on-year +64 +107 +175
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 54 23 44
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.32% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.84% 0.92% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 24 15 39
10th Percentile £52,875 £45,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +27.27% -19.71%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,875 £76,250
90th Percentile - £96,000 £84,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +40.91% -15.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,927 2,506 4,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.41% 18.11% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,698 1,545 3,205
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,132 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -3.39%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SOC 2 and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SOC 2 job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SOC 2
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOC 2.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOC 2

SOC 2
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

SOC 2 salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SOC 2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 39 (72.22%) SaaS
2 33 (61.11%) AWS
3 17 (31.48%) GCP
4 11 (20.37%) Azure
5 8 (14.81%) Amazon EC2
5 8 (14.81%) Amazon EKS
5 8 (14.81%) Amazon S3
5 8 (14.81%) GitHub
5 8 (14.81%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (14.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 6 (11.11%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (11.11%) AWS Direct Connect
6 6 (11.11%) Route 53
7 2 (3.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
8 1 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.85%) OCI
8 1 (1.85%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 10 (18.52%) Firewall
2 7 (12.96%) Network Security
3 6 (11.11%) BGP
3 6 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 6 (11.11%) VLAN
3 6 (11.11%) VPN
4 4 (7.41%) DNS
4 4 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (7.41%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) TeamCity
2 2 (3.70%) Git
3 1 (1.85%) Burp Suite
General
1 30 (55.56%) Banking
1 30 (55.56%) Retail
2 29 (53.70%) Finance
3 28 (51.85%) Back Office
3 28 (51.85%) Financial Institution
3 28 (51.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (48.15%) Law
5 25 (46.30%) Social Skills
6 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (3.70%) Legal
8 2 (3.70%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.85%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (24.07%) AWS Engineer
2 12 (22.22%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 10 (18.52%) Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) Information Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) Information Security Analyst
3 10 (18.52%) Security Analyst
4 8 (14.81%) Security Engineer
5 7 (12.96%) IT Manager
6 6 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (11.11%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 5 (9.26%) Security Manager
8 4 (7.41%) Assistant IT Manager
8 4 (7.41%) Audit Manager
8 4 (7.41%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Cloud Automation Engineer
8 4 (7.41%) Head of IT
8 4 (7.41%) IT Assistant
8 4 (7.41%) IT Audit Manager
8 4 (7.41%) Risk Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) RESTful
2 2 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.85%) Loki
3 1 (1.85%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (40.74%) Cloud Native
2 14 (25.93%) Management Information System
3 13 (24.07%) Blog
4 12 (22.22%) Data Centre
4 12 (22.22%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (14.81%) Security Posture
7 6 (11.11%) Onboarding
8 4 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (7.41%) Digital Media
9 2 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (3.70%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (48.15%) Infrastructure as Code
2 21 (38.89%) CI/CD
2 21 (38.89%) Information Security
3 20 (37.04%) Risk Management
4 18 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 15 (27.78%) Cloud Security
5 15 (27.78%) Observability
6 14 (25.93%) Platform Engineering
7 12 (22.22%) API Management
7 12 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (22.22%) Immutable Infrastructure
7 12 (22.22%) Incident Response
7 12 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (22.22%) Security Operations
7 12 (22.22%) SOA
8 10 (18.52%) RBAC
8 10 (18.52%) Risk Assessment
9 9 (16.67%) Application Security
9 9 (16.67%) OWASP
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) Python
2 13 (24.07%) Java
3 10 (18.52%) Go
4 7 (12.96%) Bash
5 2 (3.70%) Bicep
6 1 (1.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (25.93%) CISSP
2 9 (16.67%) CISA
3 8 (14.81%) Degree
4 7 (12.96%) CompTIA Security+
4 7 (12.96%) CRISC
5 5 (9.26%) CISM
6 4 (7.41%) AWS Certification
6 4 (7.41%) CEH
7 3 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 3 (5.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.85%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (75.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (55.56%) PCI DSS
3 18 (33.33%) GRC
3 18 (33.33%) NIST
4 14 (25.93%) GDPR
5 6 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (7.41%) SOC 1
7 3 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (5.56%) HIPAA
7 3 (5.56%) NIST 800
7 3 (5.56%) SLA
8 2 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (3.70%) COBIT
9 1 (1.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (1.85%) NCSC
9 1 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 27 (50.00%) Terraform
2 11 (20.37%) Kubernetes
3 4 (7.41%) Cilium
4 3 (5.56%) Argo
5 1 (1.85%) CASB
5 1 (1.85%) Grafana
5 1 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.85%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle
3 2 (3.70%) Sage
3 2 (3.70%) SAP
3 2 (3.70%) Xero
4 1 (1.85%) Darktrace
4 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow