SOC Analyst Contracts in the South West

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > South West

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in the South West 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 109 129 162
Rank change year-on-year +20 +33 -20
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 48 30 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.45% 0.89% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.57% 0.95% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 27 5
10th Percentile - £413 £328
25th Percentile £463 £419 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £375
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +26.67% -46.43%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £700 £525 £658
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +14.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £75.25 -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £75.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -85.05% +20.40% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 the South West with a recognized job title 3,056 3,142 3,474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.74% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 2,308 2,517
10th Percentile £216 £284 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £620 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £721 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 252 212
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.70 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £48.68 £18.49
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
Median % change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.13 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.29
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South West.

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Wiltshire +14 43 £525 +16.08%
Gloucestershire - 3 £425 -
Bristol +3 2 £700 +40.00% 2
SOC Analyst
England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

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 South West region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 41 (85.42%) Security Cleared
2 40 (83.33%) DV Cleared
3 30 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (58.33%) SIEM
4 28 (58.33%) Security Operations
4 28 (58.33%) Incident Response
5 27 (56.25%) CSOC
6 26 (54.17%) Security Operations Centre
7 25 (52.08%) Use Case
8 19 (39.58%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (37.50%) Analytics
9 18 (37.50%) SANS
10 16 (33.33%) Time Management
10 16 (33.33%) Degree
11 13 (27.08%) Threat Intelligence
12 11 (22.92%) GDPR
13 10 (20.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 10 (20.83%) Azure
13 10 (20.83%) Private Cloud
14 9 (18.75%) ITIL
14 9 (18.75%) Management Information System
14 9 (18.75%) Information Security
14 9 (18.75%) NCSC
14 9 (18.75%) Public Sector
15 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
16 6 (12.50%) Service Delivery
16 6 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
16 6 (12.50%) Information Assurance
16 6 (12.50%) SOAR
16 6 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (20.83%) Azure
2 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) Firewall
General
1 9 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 6 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.17%) Banking
4 2 (4.17%) Finance
4 2 (4.17%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.08%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (2.08%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 27 (56.25%) CSOC
2 26 (54.17%) Security Operations Centre
3 10 (20.83%) Private Cloud
4 9 (18.75%) Management Information System
5 3 (6.25%) Security Posture
6 1 (2.08%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Linux
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 28 (58.33%) Incident Response
2 28 (58.33%) Security Operations
2 28 (58.33%) SIEM
3 25 (52.08%) Use Case
4 19 (39.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (37.50%) Analytics
6 16 (33.33%) Time Management
7 13 (27.08%) Threat Intelligence
8 10 (20.83%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 9 (18.75%) Information Security
9 9 (18.75%) ITIL
10 6 (12.50%) Information Assurance
10 6 (12.50%) Project Delivery
10 6 (12.50%) Service Delivery
10 6 (12.50%) SOAR
10 6 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
11 4 (8.33%) Cyber Resilience
12 3 (6.25%) Threat Detection
13 2 (4.17%) Escalation Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.17%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (4.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 41 (85.42%) Security Cleared
2 40 (83.33%) DV Cleared
3 18 (37.50%) SANS
4 16 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.92%) GDPR
2 9 (18.75%) NCSC
3 2 (4.17%) NIST
3 2 (4.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.25%) Splunk