SOC 2 Jobs with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 604 753
Rank change year-on-year +66 +149 -173
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 46 36 136
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.095% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.06% 0.65% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 43 34 52
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,400 £57,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £76,875 £86,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -25.81% +19.23% -7.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

SOC 2 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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 4,358 5,577 12,231
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.35% 14.78% 16.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,239 3,780 6,227
10th Percentile £34,750 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

SOC 2
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOC 2 trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC 2
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOC 2.

SOC 2 salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC 2
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

SOC 2 salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (30.43%) AWS
3 11 (23.91%) Azure
3 11 (23.91%) Google Workspace
4 6 (13.04%) SaaS
5 4 (8.70%) Serverless
5 4 (8.70%) WhatsApp
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon ELB
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon Kinesis
6 3 (6.52%) Amazon MSK
6 3 (6.52%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (6.52%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (6.52%) AWS Control Tower
6 3 (6.52%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (6.52%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (6.52%) Route 53
6 3 (6.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 23 (50.00%) Firewall
2 14 (30.43%) DNS
3 11 (23.91%) Broadband
3 11 (23.91%) NAS
3 11 (23.91%) Wireless
4 7 (15.22%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (4.35%) Network Security
6 1 (2.17%) SAN
6 1 (2.17%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (6.52%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.17%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) GitLab
2 2 (4.35%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (34.78%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
3 11 (23.91%) Games
4 6 (13.04%) Finance
5 3 (6.52%) Legal
6 2 (4.35%) Banking
6 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.17%) Advertising
7 1 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (26.09%) Consultant
2 11 (23.91%) IT Consultant
3 7 (15.22%) Analyst
3 7 (15.22%) Security Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Compliance Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Compliance Manager
4 6 (13.04%) Information Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Security Compliance Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Security Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) AWS DevOps
5 3 (6.52%) AWS DevOps Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) AWS Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Information Officer
5 3 (6.52%) Information Security Officer
5 3 (6.52%) IT Engineer
5 3 (6.52%) Risk Manager
5 3 (6.52%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) AWS SAM
1 3 (6.52%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (6.52%) OAuth
1 3 (6.52%) OpenID
1 3 (6.52%) SAML
2 2 (4.35%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 11 (23.91%) Onboarding
1 11 (23.91%) Video Conferencing
2 7 (15.22%) Security Posture
3 4 (8.70%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 4 (8.70%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.52%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (4.35%) Life Science
5 2 (4.35%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (4.35%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (30.43%) Windows
2 12 (26.09%) Windows Server
3 11 (23.91%) Mac OS
4 6 (13.04%) Linux
5 2 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.17%) Mac OS X
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (47.83%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (45.65%) Information Security
3 18 (39.13%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (39.13%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 17 (36.96%) SIEM
5 15 (32.61%) Penetration Testing
6 14 (30.43%) Identity Management
7 13 (28.26%) Data Protection
8 11 (23.91%) Asset Management
8 11 (23.91%) Business Continuity
8 11 (23.91%) IT Audit
8 11 (23.91%) Mobile Device Management
9 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Management
10 8 (17.39%) DevOps
10 8 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
10 8 (17.39%) Risk Management
10 8 (17.39%) Security Operations
11 7 (15.22%) DevSecOps
11 7 (15.22%) Fintech
11 7 (15.22%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (26.09%) Bash
2 4 (8.70%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (8.70%) CISSP
1 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 3 (6.52%) AWS Certification
2 3 (6.52%) CISA
3 2 (4.35%) Azure Certification
3 2 (4.35%) CISM
3 2 (4.35%) CRISC
4 1 (2.17%) GIAC
4 1 (2.17%) ISACA
4 1 (2.17%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (84.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (52.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 13 (28.26%) NIST
4 9 (19.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 9 (19.57%) GDPR
5 7 (15.22%) GRC
5 7 (15.22%) PCI DSS
6 5 (10.87%) HIPAA
7 4 (8.70%) ISO 9001
7 4 (8.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (4.35%) NCSC
9 1 (2.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (2.17%) COBIT
9 1 (2.17%) ISO 31000
9 1 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (2.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 12 (26.09%) Active Directory
2 11 (23.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (10.87%) Docker
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (23.91%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (10.87%) Kubernetes
2 5 (10.87%) Terraform
3 2 (4.35%) Nessus
3 2 (4.35%) QRadar
4 1 (2.17%) CASB
Vendors
1 16 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 11 (23.91%) Apple
2 11 (23.91%) Google
2 11 (23.91%) VMware
3 2 (4.35%) IBM
3 2 (4.35%) Splunk
4 1 (2.17%) Cisco
4 1 (2.17%) Kenna
4 1 (2.17%) OneTrust
4 1 (2.17%) Qualys
4 1 (2.17%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Tripwire