SOC Analyst Contracts in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre Analyst
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Birmingham is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 75 88
Rank change year-on-year +43 +13 -24
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 32 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 4.23% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.57% 0.23% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile £388 - £430
25th Percentile £392 £375 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +31.25% -15.79% +72.73%
75th Percentile £672 £425 £513
90th Percentile £693 - £520
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £350 £500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -30.00% +53.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 700 852 1,275
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 96.38% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 569 934
10th Percentile £258 £263 £213
25th Percentile £338 £378 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 21
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.88 £12.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.42% -2.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £19.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +12.82% +12.85% +9.71%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Birmingham

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Birmingham

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Birmingham over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 Birmingham region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (75.00%) SC Cleared
3 20 (62.50%) Firewall
4 16 (50.00%) SIEM
5 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
5 15 (46.88%) Linux
5 15 (46.88%) Security Operations
6 12 (37.50%) Security Operations Centre
7 11 (34.38%) Threat Analysis
7 11 (34.38%) Malware Reverse Engineering
7 11 (34.38%) GDPR
7 11 (34.38%) NIST
7 11 (34.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 11 (34.38%) Purple Team
7 11 (34.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 11 (34.38%) Mac OS X
7 11 (34.38%) Risk Management
7 11 (34.38%) Legal
7 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Management
7 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (34.38%) HIPAA
7 11 (34.38%) Reverse Engineering
7 11 (34.38%) Computer Forensics
7 11 (34.38%) Incident Management
7 11 (34.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (18.75%) Line Management
8 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
8 6 (18.75%) Threat Detection
9 4 (12.50%) Cyberattack

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (12.50%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (62.50%) Firewall
2 3 (9.38%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 11 (34.38%) Legal
2 6 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.25%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 12 (37.50%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (12.50%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 15 (46.88%) Linux
2 11 (34.38%) Mac OS X
3 4 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (50.00%) SIEM
2 15 (46.88%) Cybersecurity
2 15 (46.88%) Security Operations
3 11 (34.38%) Computer Forensics
3 11 (34.38%) Incident Management
3 11 (34.38%) Malware Reverse Engineering
3 11 (34.38%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 11 (34.38%) Purple Team
3 11 (34.38%) Reverse Engineering
3 11 (34.38%) Risk Management
3 11 (34.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (34.38%) Threat Analysis
3 11 (34.38%) Vulnerability Management
4 6 (18.75%) Line Management
4 6 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (18.75%) Threat Detection
5 4 (12.50%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 32 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (34.38%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 11 (34.38%) GDPR
1 11 (34.38%) HIPAA
1 11 (34.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (34.38%) NIST
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Darktrace
1 4 (12.50%) FireEye
1 4 (12.50%) LogRhythm
1 4 (12.50%) Splunk
2 2 (6.25%) Sage