SOC 2 Jobs in England

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 777 818 1025
Rank change year-on-year +41 +207 -160
Permanent jobs citing SOC 2 76 78 160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.081% 0.094% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.62% 0.50% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 70 45 77
10th Percentile £42,375 £42,000 £48,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £77,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +19.23% -7.14%
75th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £129,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -23.33% +15.38% -6.47%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 12,232 15,484 24,124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 13.07% 18.60% 16.82%
Number of salaries quoted 8,347 7,591 12,041
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,200 £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% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SOC 2 in England

SOC 2
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC 2 in England.

Salary trend for SOC 2 in England

SOC 2
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 in England over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC 2 in England

SOC 2
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the England region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
London +78 38 £55,000 -29.03% 12
North of England +40 14 £72,500 -29.27% 1
North West +4 12 £72,500 -29.27% 1
South West - 10 £59,500 -
Midlands -15 7 £57,500 +76.92% 2
South East -36 5 £47,500 -36.67% 2
East Midlands - 5 £57,500 -
Yorkshire - 2 £49,750 -
West Midlands -7 1 £77,500 +138.46% 2
East of England - 1 £57,500 -
SOC 2
UK

SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.32%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 22 (28.95%) Azure
2 21 (27.63%) AWS
3 14 (18.42%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (18.42%) SaaS
4 11 (14.47%) Google Workspace
5 4 (5.26%) Serverless
5 4 (5.26%) WhatsApp
6 3 (3.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (3.95%) Amazon ECR
6 3 (3.95%) Amazon ELB
6 3 (3.95%) Amazon GuardDuty
6 3 (3.95%) Amazon MSK
6 3 (3.95%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (3.95%) AWS CloudTrail
6 3 (3.95%) AWS Control Tower
6 3 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.95%) Azure Monitor
6 3 (3.95%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.95%) IaaS
6 3 (3.95%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 41 (53.95%) Firewall
2 14 (18.42%) DNS
3 13 (17.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (14.47%) Broadband
4 11 (14.47%) NAS
4 11 (14.47%) Wireless
5 3 (3.95%) Network Security
6 2 (2.63%) VPN
7 1 (1.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
1 3 (3.95%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.32%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) GitLab
2 2 (2.63%) Jenkins
General
1 23 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 20 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (14.47%) Finance
3 11 (14.47%) Games
4 8 (10.53%) Legal
5 5 (6.58%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (5.26%) Law
7 2 (2.63%) Banking
7 2 (2.63%) Mandarin Language
7 2 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.32%) Advertising
8 1 (1.32%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (17.11%) Consultant
2 11 (14.47%) IT Consultant
3 9 (11.84%) Analyst
4 8 (10.53%) Security Analyst
4 8 (10.53%) Security Engineer
4 8 (10.53%) Security Manager
5 6 (7.89%) Compliance Analyst
5 6 (7.89%) Compliance Manager
5 6 (7.89%) Information Analyst
5 6 (7.89%) Information Security Analyst
5 6 (7.89%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 6 (7.89%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 5 (6.58%) Cybersecurity Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) IT Engineer
7 4 (5.26%) Risk Manager
7 4 (5.26%) Technical Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Information Manager
8 3 (3.95%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.26%) OAuth
1 4 (5.26%) OpenID
1 4 (5.26%) SAML
2 3 (3.95%) AWS SAM
2 3 (3.95%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (2.63%) ARM Templates
4 1 (1.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 18 (23.68%) Security Posture
2 11 (14.47%) Onboarding
2 11 (14.47%) Video Conferencing
3 6 (7.89%) Data Centre
4 5 (6.58%) Clustering
4 5 (6.58%) Cyber Threat
4 5 (6.58%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (6.58%) Private Cloud
4 5 (6.58%) Public Cloud
4 5 (6.58%) Security Operations Centre
5 4 (5.26%) Cyberattack
5 4 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 3 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (2.63%) Life Science
7 2 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.32%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.00%) Windows
2 12 (15.79%) Windows Server
3 11 (14.47%) Mac OS
4 6 (7.89%) Linux
5 2 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.32%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (51.32%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (35.53%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (34.21%) Information Security
4 20 (26.32%) SIEM
4 20 (26.32%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 17 (22.37%) Data Protection
5 17 (22.37%) Penetration Testing
6 15 (19.74%) Identity Management
7 14 (18.42%) IT Audit
8 12 (15.79%) Business Continuity
8 12 (15.79%) Security Operations
9 11 (14.47%) Asset Management
9 11 (14.47%) Computer Science
9 11 (14.47%) Data Security
9 11 (14.47%) Identity Access Management
9 11 (14.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (14.47%) Mobile Device Management
10 10 (13.16%) Fintech
10 10 (13.16%) Project Management
11 9 (11.84%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.79%) Bash
2 5 (6.58%) Python
3 4 (5.26%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (17.11%) CISSP
2 9 (11.84%) Degree
3 8 (10.53%) CISA
4 5 (6.58%) AWS Certification
5 4 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (5.26%) CISM
6 3 (3.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (3.95%) CCSP
7 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.63%) CCA
7 2 (2.63%) CRISC
7 2 (2.63%) SC Cleared
7 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
8 1 (1.32%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (1.32%) CCNP
8 1 (1.32%) CompTIA CySA+
8 1 (1.32%) GIAC
8 1 (1.32%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.32%) PCI QSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (86.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (35.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (19.74%) GDPR
4 14 (18.42%) NIST
5 12 (15.79%) PCI DSS
6 11 (14.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 11 (14.47%) GRC
7 8 (10.53%) SOC 1
8 6 (7.89%) HIPAA
9 4 (5.26%) ISO 9001
9 4 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (3.95%) ITGC
11 2 (2.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 1 (1.32%) COBIT
12 1 (1.32%) ISO 31000
12 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (1.32%) NCSC
12 1 (1.32%) NIST 800
12 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (17.11%) Active Directory
3 5 (6.58%) Docker
4 2 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (14.47%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (7.89%) Nessus
3 5 (6.58%) Kubernetes
3 5 (6.58%) Terraform
4 2 (2.63%) QRadar
5 1 (1.32%) CASB
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.32%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 26 (34.21%) Microsoft
2 16 (21.05%) VMware
3 12 (15.79%) Google
4 11 (14.47%) Apple
5 6 (7.89%) Cisco
6 2 (2.63%) IBM
6 2 (2.63%) Qualys
6 2 (2.63%) Splunk
7 1 (1.32%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.32%) Kenna
7 1 (1.32%) OneTrust
7 1 (1.32%) Oracle
7 1 (1.32%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.32%) Tripwire
7 1 (1.32%) Zscaler