SOC Manager Contracts

Security Operations Centre Manager
UK

The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in the UK is £650 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 663 801
Rank change year-on-year +109 +138 -81
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 25 21 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.058% 0.037% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.039% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 17 36
10th Percentile £563 - £544
25th Percentile £594 £688 £596
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% +13.04%
75th Percentile £744 £788 £800
90th Percentile £775 £866 £1,019
UK excluding London median daily rate £638 £725 £638
% change year-on-year -12.07% +13.73% +10.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Manager in the UK

SOC Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Manager in the UK

SOC Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Manager in the UK

SOC Manager
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London +52 19 £638 -12.07%
England +94 18 £688 -5.17% 4
South West - 13 £600 -
Work from Home +101 4 £575 -20.69% 2
Scotland - 4 £625 -
London +99 3 £750 +3.45% 3
Midlands +18 1 £675 -6.90%
West Midlands +10 1 £675 -6.90%
South East +9 1 £650 -13.33%

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, SOC Manager 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 featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (64.00%) Security Operations
3 13 (52.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
4 12 (48.00%) CISSP
5 11 (44.00%) Information Security
6 10 (40.00%) CISM
6 10 (40.00%) SIEM
6 10 (40.00%) NIST
7 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
7 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (36.00%) Agile
8 8 (32.00%) Military
8 8 (32.00%) Cyber Defence
8 8 (32.00%) Security Architecture
8 8 (32.00%) Network Security
8 8 (32.00%) NIST 800
8 8 (32.00%) Coaching
9 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
9 7 (28.00%) Resource Management
9 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
9 7 (28.00%) Programme Management
10 6 (24.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 5 (20.00%) CSOC
12 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
13 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
13 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
13 3 (12.00%) Firewall
14 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
14 2 (8.00%) Change Management

SOC Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) Network Security
2 3 (12.00%) Firewall
General
1 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (32.00%) Military
3 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
4 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (8.00%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (4.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 13 (52.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 8 (32.00%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (20.00%) CSOC
4 2 (8.00%) Operational Technology
4 2 (8.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
2 16 (64.00%) Security Operations
3 11 (44.00%) Information Security
4 10 (40.00%) SIEM
5 9 (36.00%) Agile
6 8 (32.00%) Coaching
6 8 (32.00%) Security Architecture
7 7 (28.00%) Mentoring
7 7 (28.00%) Programme Management
7 7 (28.00%) Resource Management
8 6 (24.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
9 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (8.00%) Change Management
10 2 (8.00%) Critical Thinking
10 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
10 2 (8.00%) Incident Management
10 2 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
10 2 (8.00%) Risk Assessment
10 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (8.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 12 (48.00%) CISSP
1 12 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (40.00%) CISM
3 9 (36.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
5 2 (8.00%) Degree
6 1 (4.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (4.00%) CCSK
6 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.00%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.00%) GCIA
6 1 (4.00%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (40.00%) NIST
2 8 (32.00%) NIST 800
3 2 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (4.00%) GDPR
4 1 (4.00%) ISO 9001
4 1 (4.00%) NCSC
4 1 (4.00%) PCI DSS
4 1 (4.00%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (8.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) Splunk