CSOC Contracts in England

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 503 601 770
Rank change year-on-year +98 +169 -137
Contract jobs citing CSOC 47 35 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.074% 0.024%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.41% 0.22% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 19 9
10th Percentile - £470 £525
25th Percentile £463 £538 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +7.76% +4.74%
75th Percentile £700 £763 £638
90th Percentile - - £750
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £575
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% +9.52%

All Generic Skills
England

CSOC falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,349 15,786 23,854
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.26% 33.56% 33.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,319 11,005 17,096
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 549 600
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.39 £10.63 £17.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.33% -15.15% +6.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.04
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in England

CSOC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSOC in England.

Daily rate trend for CSOC in England

CSOC
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSOC in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSOC in England

CSOC
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West - 40 £500 -
South East +18 4 £278 -30.50% 4
London +80 2 £713 -1.72% 1
East of England - 1 - -
CSOC
UK

CSOC
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (4.26%) Azure
2 1 (2.13%) AWS
2 1 (2.13%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Firewall
General
1 6 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
2 1 (2.13%) Back Office
2 1 (2.13%) Banking
2 1 (2.13%) Electronics
2 1 (2.13%) Finance
2 1 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.13%) Marketing
2 1 (2.13%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (63.83%) Analyst
2 29 (61.70%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (17.02%) SOC Engineer
4 4 (8.51%) Security Analyst
4 4 (8.51%) SOC Manager
5 3 (6.38%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 2 (4.26%) Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 2 (4.26%) Lead
6 2 (4.26%) Security Architect
6 2 (4.26%) SIEM Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Consultant
7 1 (2.13%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 1 (2.13%) IT Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) IT Operations Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) IT Security Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Operations Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Security Consultant
7 1 (2.13%) Security Operations Analyst
7 1 (2.13%) Subject Matter Expert
Miscellaneous
1 41 (87.23%) Security Operations Centre
2 10 (21.28%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.13%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 43 (91.49%) Security Operations
3 34 (72.34%) Incident Response
4 28 (59.57%) Use Case
5 27 (57.45%) SIEM
6 26 (55.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (53.19%) Analytics
8 22 (46.81%) Time Management
9 12 (25.53%) Information Security
9 12 (25.53%) ITIL
9 12 (25.53%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 10 (21.28%) Threat Intelligence
11 4 (8.51%) Cyber Resilience
12 3 (6.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (6.38%) Vulnerability Management
13 2 (4.26%) DevOps
13 2 (4.26%) Incident Management
13 2 (4.26%) Risk Management
13 2 (4.26%) Security Architecture
14 1 (2.13%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 35 (74.47%) Security Cleared
2 34 (72.34%) DV Cleared
3 24 (51.06%) SANS
4 23 (48.94%) Degree
5 1 (2.13%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (21.28%) GDPR
2 9 (19.15%) NCSC
Vendors
1 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Darktrace
2 1 (2.13%) FireEye
2 1 (2.13%) SAP