SOC Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 689 696 752
Rank change year-on-year +7 +56 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 72 74 99
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.099% 0.13% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.14% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 61 43 62
10th Percentile - £22,750 £27,875
25th Percentile £37,500 £29,375 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% - -7.61%
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,750 £59,875
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +2.44%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
South East +12 36 £50,000 +57.48% 8
North of England +54 18 £60,000 +84.62% 8
Yorkshire +91 13 £60,000 +84.62% 6
East of England +17 10 £54,000 +20.00% 6
West Midlands +9 5 £42,000 -4.00% 3
Midlands -12 5 £42,000 -1.18% 3
North West - 3 £61,250 - 2
North East - 2 £45,000 -
Wales -4 1 - -
South West -16 1 - - 2
Scotland -62 1 £35,500 -16.47% 1
SOC Analyst
UK

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, SOC Analyst 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 57 (79.17%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (73.61%) SIEM
3 50 (69.44%) Security Operations
4 37 (51.39%) Security Operations Centre
4 37 (51.39%) Incident Response
5 33 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (44.44%) Security Cleared
7 29 (40.28%) Analytical Skills
8 27 (37.50%) Firewall
9 26 (36.11%) Microsoft
9 26 (36.11%) Cyber Threat
10 25 (34.72%) CompTIA Security+
10 25 (34.72%) Azure
10 25 (34.72%) CISSP
11 24 (33.33%) Windows
12 22 (30.56%) Degree
13 21 (29.17%) SC Cleared
13 21 (29.17%) Azure Sentinel
14 20 (27.78%) Splunk
15 19 (26.39%) Intrusion Detection
15 19 (26.39%) Social Skills
16 18 (25.00%) Management Information System
16 18 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (22.22%) Computer Science
17 16 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
18 13 (18.06%) Threat Intelligence
18 13 (18.06%) Client/Server
19 12 (16.67%) Linux
20 11 (15.28%) Use Case
21 10 (13.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.39%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 25 (34.72%) Azure
2 21 (29.17%) Azure Sentinel
3 18 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (11.11%) AWS
5 2 (2.78%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 27 (37.50%) Firewall
2 19 (26.39%) Intrusion Detection
3 7 (9.72%) Internet
3 7 (9.72%) TCP/IP
4 4 (5.56%) VPN
5 3 (4.17%) HTTP
5 3 (4.17%) Network Security
5 3 (4.17%) SMTP
6 2 (2.78%) DMZ
6 2 (2.78%) DNS
6 2 (2.78%) LAN
6 2 (2.78%) tcpdump
6 2 (2.78%) WAN
6 2 (2.78%) Wireshark
7 1 (1.39%) FTP
7 1 (1.39%) Sourcefire
General
1 29 (40.28%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (26.39%) Social Skills
3 3 (4.17%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.78%) Law
4 2 (2.78%) Police
4 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.39%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.39%) Finance
5 1 (1.39%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.39%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 37 (51.39%) Security Operations Centre
2 26 (36.11%) Cyber Threat
3 18 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 13 (18.06%) Client/Server
5 5 (6.94%) Onboarding
5 5 (6.94%) Security Posture
6 4 (5.56%) Cyberattack
7 3 (4.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 3 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.39%) CSOC
9 1 (1.39%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (1.39%) Driving Licence
9 1 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.33%) Windows
2 12 (16.67%) Linux
3 4 (5.56%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (79.17%) Cybersecurity
2 53 (73.61%) SIEM
3 50 (69.44%) Security Operations
4 37 (51.39%) Incident Response
5 33 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 13 (18.06%) Threat Intelligence
8 11 (15.28%) Use Case
9 10 (13.89%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 10 (13.89%) Information Security
9 10 (13.89%) SOAR
10 6 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (8.33%) Vulnerability Management
10 6 (8.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
11 5 (6.94%) Incident Management
11 5 (6.94%) Malware Analysis
11 5 (6.94%) Mentoring
11 5 (6.94%) Security Architecture
11 5 (6.94%) Threat Detection
11 5 (6.94%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 25 (34.72%) CISSP
2 25 (34.72%) CompTIA Security+
3 22 (30.56%) Degree
4 21 (29.17%) SC Cleared
5 16 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (6.94%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (5.56%) GCFE
8 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.78%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.78%) CEH
8 2 (2.78%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (2.78%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.78%) GCFA
8 2 (2.78%) GIAC
8 2 (2.78%) GISP
8 2 (2.78%) GSEC
8 2 (2.78%) Linux+ Certification
8 2 (2.78%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (4.17%) NIST
1 3 (4.17%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.39%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 17025
2 1 (1.39%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Host Intrusion Detection System
2 1 (1.39%) EnCase
2 1 (1.39%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 26 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.78%) Splunk
3 3 (4.17%) LogRhythm
3 3 (4.17%) McAfee
4 2 (2.78%) Darktrace
4 2 (2.78%) Sun
5 1 (1.39%) ArcSight
5 1 (1.39%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.39%) Cisco
5 1 (1.39%) F5
5 1 (1.39%) IBM
5 1 (1.39%) Juniper
5 1 (1.39%) TippingPoint
5 1 (1.39%) Trend Micro