System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 556 | 604 | 783 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | +179 | -73 |
| Contract jobs citing SOC 2 | 19 | 78 | 55 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.044% | 0.14% | 0.063% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.32% | 1.03% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 46 | 46 |
| 10th Percentile | £473 | £450 | £474 |
| 25th Percentile | £492 | £463 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £615 | £613 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +0.41% | +2.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £638 | £719 |
| 90th Percentile | £730 | £740 | £794 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £450 | £725 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -37.93% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
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 contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 5,992 | 7,585 | 11,578 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.92% | 13.53% | 13.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,782 | 5,156 | 7,966 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £289 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £518 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +1.35% | +9.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £645 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £486 | £454 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.26% | +7.17% | +6.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 406 | 244 | 308 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.98 | £13.29 | £12.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.20 | £18.65 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.42 | £37.50 | £28.12 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.21% | +33.38% | +33.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.81 | £63.23 | £49.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.44 | £77.50 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.97 | £36.25 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.67% | +64.77% | +6.41% |
SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC 2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC 2.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +80 | 11 | £613 | -2.00% | 20 |
| England | +41 | 11 | £625 | +3.31% | 28 |
| London | +65 | 6 | £613 | -2.00% | 19 |
| UK excluding London | +20 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| South West | +3 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: