System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for SOC 1 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 1 over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 8 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 874 | 988 | 1176 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +114 | +188 | -277 |
| Permanent jobs citing SOC 1 | 14 | 7 | 59 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.014% | 0.007% | 0.037% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.10% | 0.036% | 0.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 7 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £46,050 | £64,000 | £60,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £57,250 | £66,500 | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £79,750 | £90,000 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.39% | +38.46% | -27.78% |
| 75th Percentile | £108,750 | £128,750 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £115,000 | £155,000 | - |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £59,500 | - | £65,000 |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
SOC 1 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 13,565 | 19,200 | 26,600 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 13.68% | 18.91% | 16.90% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9,250 | 8,910 | 13,145 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,000 | £32,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £42,500 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £57,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +4.55% | +3.77% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £76,250 | £73,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £93,750 | £90,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £47,500 | £50,000 | £47,665 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.00% | +4.90% | +0.35% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOC 1 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC 1.
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Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC 1 over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.
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Top 5 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 1 within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +86 | 14 | £79,750 | -11.39% | 4 |
| London | +126 | 9 | £100,000 | +11.11% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +73 | 7 | £110,000 | +41.94% | 1 |
| UK excluding London | - | 5 | £59,500 | - | |
| South West | - | 5 | £59,500 | - |
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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: