SOC Analyst Contracts in England

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > England

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 408 494 711
Rank change year-on-year +86 +217 -90
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 142 142 76
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.30% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.32% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 115 56
10th Percentile £396 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +14.61%
75th Percentile £650 £631 £569
90th Percentile £700 £835 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £500
% change year-on-year +0.48% +4.50% +9.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile - £72.58 -
25th Percentile - £72.69 £56.25
Median hourly rate £11.25 £75.25 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -85.05% +20.40% +25.00%
75th Percentile £43.75 £77.69 £68.75
90th Percentile £63.25 £77.73 -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £75.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -85.05% +20.40% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,808 44,443 66,953
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,757 31,614 47,944
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,654 1,321 1,753
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SOC Analyst in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SOC Analyst in England

SOC Analyst
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 SOC Analyst 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 +20 48 £525 +10.53% 2
West Midlands +43 35 £525 +12.90% 1
Midlands +40 35 £525 +8.81% 1
London +59 18 £500 -23.08% 5
East of England +4 17 £650 +58.54% 5
South East +10 14 £450 -27.30% 5
North West +7 3 £450 -25.00% 5
North of England 0 3 £450 -26.53% 9
SOC Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, SOC Analyst contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 101 (71.13%) Security Cleared
2 83 (58.45%) Security Operations
3 78 (54.93%) Cybersecurity
4 77 (54.23%) SIEM
5 71 (50.00%) Incident Response
6 58 (40.85%) Security Operations Centre
7 50 (35.21%) DV Cleared
8 40 (28.17%) SC Cleared
9 36 (25.35%) Linux
10 32 (22.54%) Use Case
11 30 (21.13%) Splunk
11 30 (21.13%) Microsoft
12 29 (20.42%) Firewall
12 29 (20.42%) CSOC
13 28 (19.72%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 27 (19.01%) Windows
14 27 (19.01%) Vulnerability Management
15 26 (18.31%) Azure
16 25 (17.61%) Degree
17 24 (16.90%) LogRhythm
17 24 (16.90%) Management Information System
17 24 (16.90%) Threat Intelligence
18 23 (16.20%) GDPR
18 23 (16.20%) Information Security
19 20 (14.08%) Analytics
19 20 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
20 19 (13.38%) Incident Management
21 18 (12.68%) FireEye
21 18 (12.68%) Darktrace
21 18 (12.68%) SANS

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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 17 (11.97%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (18.31%) Azure
2 15 (10.56%) Azure Sentinel
3 5 (3.52%) AWS
4 1 (0.70%) IaaS
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (0.70%) PaaS
4 1 (0.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (20.42%) Firewall
2 5 (3.52%) DNS
2 5 (3.52%) FTP
2 5 (3.52%) HTTP
2 5 (3.52%) SMTP
2 5 (3.52%) SSL
3 3 (2.11%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (2.11%) Network Security
3 3 (2.11%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
General
1 17 (11.97%) Public Sector
2 14 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (9.86%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.04%) Legal
4 7 (4.93%) Finance
5 6 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.82%) Banking
7 3 (2.11%) Games
8 1 (0.70%) Electronics
8 1 (0.70%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.70%) Marketing
8 1 (0.70%) Police
8 1 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.23%) Elastic Stack
2 5 (3.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 58 (40.85%) Security Operations Centre
2 29 (20.42%) CSOC
3 24 (16.90%) Management Information System
4 15 (10.56%) Cyberattack
5 11 (7.75%) Cyber Threat
6 10 (7.04%) Private Cloud
7 9 (6.34%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 9 (6.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 8 (5.63%) Security Posture
9 6 (4.23%) Cyber Defence
10 4 (2.82%) Onboarding
11 2 (1.41%) CCTV
11 2 (1.41%) Cloud Security Posture
11 2 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 36 (25.35%) Linux
2 27 (19.01%) Windows
3 12 (8.45%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (58.45%) Security Operations
2 78 (54.93%) Cybersecurity
3 77 (54.23%) SIEM
4 71 (50.00%) Incident Response
5 32 (22.54%) Use Case
6 28 (19.72%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 27 (19.01%) Vulnerability Management
8 24 (16.90%) Threat Intelligence
9 23 (16.20%) Information Security
10 20 (14.08%) Analytics
10 20 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
11 19 (13.38%) Incident Management
12 18 (12.68%) Threat Detection
13 16 (11.27%) Time Management
14 14 (9.86%) Risk Management
14 14 (9.86%) Threat Analysis
15 12 (8.45%) ITIL
15 12 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (7.75%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
16 11 (7.75%) Purple Team
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.93%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (2.82%) Search Processing Language
3 2 (1.41%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.41%) Python
4 1 (0.70%) Bash
4 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 101 (71.13%) Security Cleared
2 50 (35.21%) DV Cleared
3 40 (28.17%) SC Cleared
4 25 (17.61%) Degree
5 18 (12.68%) SANS
6 13 (9.15%) CISSP
7 7 (4.93%) CEH
8 6 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.52%) CISM
10 3 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.11%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.11%) GIAC
11 2 (1.41%) CCNA
11 2 (1.41%) CCSP
11 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (1.41%) GCIA
11 2 (1.41%) GCIH
12 1 (0.70%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (16.20%) GDPR
2 14 (9.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (9.86%) NIST
3 10 (7.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 10 (7.04%) HIPAA
4 9 (6.34%) NCSC
5 4 (2.82%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.70%) Snort
Systems Management
1 6 (4.23%) Kibana
1 6 (4.23%) logstash
2 4 (2.82%) QRadar
3 2 (1.41%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.41%) Nessus
Vendors
1 30 (21.13%) Microsoft
1 30 (21.13%) Splunk
2 24 (16.90%) LogRhythm
3 18 (12.68%) Darktrace
3 18 (12.68%) FireEye
4 7 (4.93%) Qualys
5 6 (4.23%) Forcepoint
5 6 (4.23%) Varonis
6 5 (3.52%) IronPort
6 5 (3.52%) Symantec
7 4 (2.82%) CrowdStrike
8 3 (2.11%) Sage
9 2 (1.41%) ArcSight
9 2 (1.41%) BeyondTrust
9 2 (1.41%) Oracle
10 1 (0.70%) Cisco
10 1 (0.70%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.70%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.70%) SAP
10 1 (0.70%) Zscaler