SOC Engineer Contracts in the Thames Valley

Security Operations Centre Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £590 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 140 -
Rank change year-on-year +2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer 5 8 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.19% 0.27% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 0
10th Percentile £531 - -
25th Percentile £550 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £470 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.53% - -
75th Percentile - £650 -
90th Percentile £619 - -
South East median daily rate £590 £470 -
% change year-on-year +25.53% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,498 2,771 3,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 94.32% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,920 2,280
10th Percentile £207 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Engineer in the Thames Valley

SOC Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for SOC Engineer in the Thames Valley

SOC Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Buckinghamshire +22 4 £570 +21.28%
Berkshire - 1 £625 -
SOC Engineer
South East

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, SOC Engineer 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 Thames Valley region featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Trend Micro
4 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
4 1 (20.00%) Regular Expression
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) CCDP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) TippingPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCDP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (20.00%) TippingPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Trend Micro