SOC Analyst Jobs in the North of England

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > North of England

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 385 419 450
Rank change year-on-year +34 +31 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 18 6 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.090% 0.038% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.043% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 12 6 8
10th Percentile £36,875 £46,250 £28,900
25th Percentile £42,500 £61,250 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +56.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £62,813 £63,750 £50,125
90th Percentile £64,875 - £60,475
England median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 18,985 14,072 18,129
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.93% 89.33% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 14,304 7,972 10,952
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,136 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the North of England

SOC Analyst
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the North of England.

Salary trend for SOC Analyst in the North of England

SOC Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for SOC Analyst in the North of England

SOC Analyst
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the North of England region over the 6 months to 11 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
Yorkshire +63 11 £55,000 -12.00% 4
North West - 4 £60,000 - 5
North East - 3 £45,000 -
SOC Analyst
England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 job ads across the North of England region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 12 (66.67%) SIEM
2 10 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) Incident Response
3 9 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 8 (44.44%) Azure
4 8 (44.44%) AWS
4 8 (44.44%) Linux
5 7 (38.89%) Python
5 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 6 (33.33%) Splunk
6 6 (33.33%) Use Case
6 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 6 (33.33%) Windows
6 6 (33.33%) Internet
6 6 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 6 (33.33%) Security Operations
7 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (27.78%) Client Onboarding
7 5 (27.78%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (27.78%) Onboarding
7 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
7 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
7 5 (27.78%) Protective Monitoring
8 4 (22.22%) Cyberattack
8 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
8 4 (22.22%) Mac OS X
8 4 (22.22%) Firewall
8 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (44.44%) AWS
1 8 (44.44%) Azure
2 5 (27.78%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Internet
1 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 4 (22.22%) Firewall
3 3 (16.67%) VPN
4 2 (11.11%) DMZ
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
4 2 (11.11%) HTTP
4 2 (11.11%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (11.11%) Network Security
4 2 (11.11%) SMTP
4 2 (11.11%) tcpdump
4 2 (11.11%) Wireshark
5 1 (5.56%) LAN
5 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Onboarding
2 4 (22.22%) Cyberattack
3 3 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (16.67%) Security Posture
4 2 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (11.11%) Management Information System
5 1 (5.56%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Linux
2 6 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (22.22%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) SIEM
2 10 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (55.56%) Incident Response
3 9 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
4 7 (38.89%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 6 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 6 (33.33%) Use Case
6 5 (27.78%) Client Onboarding
6 5 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (27.78%) Protective Monitoring
7 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 4 (22.22%) Security Architecture
7 4 (22.22%) SOAR
8 3 (16.67%) Analytics
8 3 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 3 (16.67%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
8 3 (16.67%) Software Testing
8 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 2 (11.11%) CASP
2 2 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
2 2 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
2 2 (11.11%) CREST Certified
2 2 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Linux+ Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 6 (33.33%) Splunk
2 1 (5.56%) Carbon Black
2 1 (5.56%) Intel