SOC Analyst Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in West Yorkshire is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 0.064% - 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% - 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £60,000
75th Percentile £58,750 - £60,375
90th Percentile - - £61,050
Yorkshire median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -28.00% +92.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,451 1,926 2,198
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 96.01% 97.60%
Number of salaries quoted 772 1,119 1,620
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,950 £31,000
25th Percentile £36,125 £40,050 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% +2.80%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in West Yorkshire

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 13 October 2025. 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
Leeds - 1 £57,500 - 1
SOC Analyst
Yorkshire

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, SOC Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Yorkshire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk