SOC Analyst Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in Work from Home is £52,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 623 809
Rank change year-on-year +75 +186 -265
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 37 29 60
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.073% 0.082%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.076% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 35 27 47
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £42,500 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -1.55%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,125 £60,000
90th Percentile £64,000 £73,250 £67,250
UK median annual salary £51,820 £48,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +6.85% -7.62% +8.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,036 38,142 71,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 95.90% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 25,238 27,095 42,472
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOC Analyst trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC Analyst
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 Analyst.

SOC Analyst salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SOC Analyst over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

SOC Analyst salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 28 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 jobs with remote work options featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 34 (91.89%) SIEM
1 34 (91.89%) Security Operations
2 33 (89.19%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (75.68%) Incident Response
4 19 (51.35%) Security Operations Centre
5 16 (43.24%) Splunk
6 15 (40.54%) IBM
6 15 (40.54%) QRadar
6 15 (40.54%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
7 14 (37.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 13 (35.14%) Firewall
9 12 (32.43%) Security Management
10 11 (29.73%) CISSP
10 11 (29.73%) Security Monitoring
11 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (24.32%) Finance
11 9 (24.32%) Azure
12 8 (21.62%) Degree
12 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
12 8 (21.62%) Client/Server
12 8 (21.62%) Threat Detection
13 7 (18.92%) Azure Sentinel
13 7 (18.92%) Information Security
13 7 (18.92%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (16.22%) Incident Management
14 6 (16.22%) Risk Assessment
14 6 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
14 6 (16.22%) Law
14 6 (16.22%) Pharmaceutical

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 7 (18.92%) Azure Sentinel
3 6 (16.22%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (35.14%) Firewall
2 7 (18.92%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (8.11%) Network Security
4 1 (2.70%) DHCP
4 1 (2.70%) DNS
4 1 (2.70%) HTTP
4 1 (2.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (2.70%) SMTP
4 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.70%) WAN
General
1 15 (40.54%) Analytical Skills
1 15 (40.54%) Social Skills
2 9 (24.32%) Finance
3 6 (16.22%) Law
3 6 (16.22%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (13.51%) Legal
5 1 (2.70%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.70%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 19 (51.35%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (21.62%) Client/Server
3 6 (16.22%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (13.51%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (13.51%) Management Information System
5 3 (8.11%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 3 (8.11%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (8.11%) Security Posture
6 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
6 2 (5.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (2.70%) Cyberattack
7 1 (2.70%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Linux
2 1 (2.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (91.89%) Security Operations
1 34 (91.89%) SIEM
2 33 (89.19%) Cybersecurity
3 28 (75.68%) Incident Response
4 12 (32.43%) Security Management
5 11 (29.73%) Security Monitoring
6 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (21.62%) Threat Detection
8 7 (18.92%) Information Security
9 6 (16.22%) Incident Management
9 6 (16.22%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (13.51%) Computer Science
10 5 (13.51%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 5 (13.51%) ITIL
10 5 (13.51%) Malware Analysis
10 5 (13.51%) Risk Management
10 5 (13.51%) Security Architecture
10 5 (13.51%) Threat Intelligence
11 4 (10.81%) Use Case
11 4 (10.81%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.41%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (5.41%) PowerShell
1 2 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (29.73%) CISSP
2 8 (21.62%) Degree
3 5 (13.51%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (13.51%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (10.81%) GIAC
5 3 (8.11%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (5.41%) CEH
6 2 (5.41%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (5.41%) GCED
6 2 (5.41%) GCFA
6 2 (5.41%) GCFE
6 2 (5.41%) GCIA
6 2 (5.41%) GCIH
6 2 (5.41%) GISP
6 2 (5.41%) GSEC
6 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
6 2 (5.41%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (37.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (8.11%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.41%) ISO 31000
3 2 (5.41%) NIST
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.70%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 15 (40.54%) QRadar
Vendors
1 16 (43.24%) Splunk
2 15 (40.54%) IBM
3 8 (21.62%) Microsoft
4 4 (10.81%) Sun
5 3 (8.11%) LogRhythm
5 3 (8.11%) McAfee
6 2 (5.41%) Darktrace
7 1 (2.70%) Forcepoint
7 1 (2.70%) Fortinet
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