SOC Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 352 462
Rank change year-on-year +101 +110 -57
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 137 101 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.67% 0.43% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.46% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 82 34
10th Percentile £388 £260 £341
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £481 £523
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.89% +22.94%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £594
90th Percentile £700 £648 £704
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £64.70 -
25th Percentile - £67.63 £56.25
Median hourly rate £11.25 £75.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -85.00% +20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £77.63 £68.75
90th Percentile - £77.70 -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £75.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -85.00% +20.00% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 18,947 22,165 29,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.32% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 15,483 20,411
10th Percentile £213 £225 £202
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,449
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.31
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 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 +45 63 £550 +15.79% 3
Midlands +60 35 £525 +40.00% 4
West Midlands +48 35 £525 +50.00% 4
East of England +4 18 £650 +8.33% 2
South East +15 13 £450 -25.00% 2
North West +15 4 £450 -25.00% 1
North of England +8 4 £450 -26.53% 4
Scotland +38 3 £300 -33.33% 1
Wales - 1 £145 -
SOC Analyst
UK

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 103 (75.18%) Security Cleared
2 77 (56.20%) Cybersecurity
3 76 (55.47%) Security Operations
4 66 (48.18%) SIEM
4 66 (48.18%) Incident Response
5 57 (41.61%) DV Cleared
5 57 (41.61%) Security Operations Centre
6 35 (25.55%) SC Cleared
7 33 (24.09%) CSOC
8 31 (22.63%) Vulnerability Management
9 30 (21.90%) Linux
10 29 (21.17%) Use Case
11 28 (20.44%) Splunk
11 28 (20.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 26 (18.98%) GDPR
12 26 (18.98%) LogRhythm
12 26 (18.98%) Microsoft
13 24 (17.52%) Firewall
13 24 (17.52%) Management Information System
14 23 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (16.79%) Azure
15 22 (16.06%) Threat Intelligence
16 20 (14.60%) Information Security
16 20 (14.60%) Degree
17 19 (13.87%) Windows
17 19 (13.87%) Analytics
18 18 (13.14%) FireEye
18 18 (13.14%) SANS
18 18 (13.14%) Darktrace
18 18 (13.14%) Public Sector

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (12.41%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.79%) Azure
2 8 (5.84%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (2.19%) AWS
4 2 (1.46%) Sumo Logic
5 1 (0.73%) Azure Stack
5 1 (0.73%) IaaS
5 1 (0.73%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.73%) PaaS
5 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.52%) Firewall
2 3 (2.19%) DNS
2 3 (2.19%) FTP
2 3 (2.19%) HTTP
2 3 (2.19%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (2.19%) SMTP
2 3 (2.19%) SSL
3 1 (0.73%) Network Security
3 1 (0.73%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.73%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.46%) Elasticsearch
General
1 18 (13.14%) Public Sector
2 10 (7.30%) Legal
3 9 (6.57%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.57%) Social Skills
4 6 (4.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (2.92%) Finance
6 3 (2.19%) Games
7 2 (1.46%) Banking
8 1 (0.73%) Electronics
8 1 (0.73%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.73%) Marketing
8 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Police
8 1 (0.73%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.19%) LDAP
2 2 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 57 (41.61%) Security Operations Centre
2 33 (24.09%) CSOC
3 24 (17.52%) Management Information System
4 17 (12.41%) Cyberattack
5 11 (8.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 11 (8.03%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.65%) Cyber Threat
7 4 (2.92%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.46%) CCTV
8 2 (1.46%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 30 (21.90%) Linux
2 19 (13.87%) Windows
3 10 (7.30%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (56.20%) Cybersecurity
2 76 (55.47%) Security Operations
3 66 (48.18%) Incident Response
3 66 (48.18%) SIEM
4 31 (22.63%) Vulnerability Management
5 29 (21.17%) Use Case
6 28 (20.44%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 23 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (16.06%) Threat Intelligence
9 20 (14.60%) Information Security
10 19 (13.87%) Analytics
11 16 (11.68%) Time Management
12 15 (10.95%) ITIL
13 12 (8.76%) Incident Management
13 12 (8.76%) Information Assurance
13 12 (8.76%) Risk Management
13 12 (8.76%) Service Delivery
13 12 (8.76%) SOAR
13 12 (8.76%) Threat Detection
14 11 (8.03%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.92%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.46%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (0.73%) Bash
3 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.73%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.73%) Python
Qualifications
1 103 (75.18%) Security Cleared
2 57 (41.61%) DV Cleared
3 35 (25.55%) SC Cleared
4 20 (14.60%) Degree
5 18 (13.14%) SANS
6 7 (5.11%) CISSP
7 4 (2.92%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.19%) CISM
8 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.46%) CEH
10 1 (0.73%) CCNA
10 1 (0.73%) CCSP
10 1 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.73%) ISSEP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (18.98%) GDPR
2 14 (10.22%) NCSC
3 13 (9.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (8.76%) NIST
5 10 (7.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (7.30%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.46%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (2.19%) QRadar
2 2 (1.46%) Kibana
2 2 (1.46%) logstash
3 1 (0.73%) Nessus
3 1 (0.73%) Nmap
Vendors
1 28 (20.44%) Splunk
2 26 (18.98%) LogRhythm
2 26 (18.98%) Microsoft
3 18 (13.14%) Darktrace
3 18 (13.14%) FireEye
4 6 (4.38%) Forcepoint
4 6 (4.38%) Qualys
4 6 (4.38%) Varonis
5 4 (2.92%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.19%) IronPort
6 3 (2.19%) Sage
6 3 (2.19%) Symantec
7 2 (1.46%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.46%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.73%) Cisco
8 1 (0.73%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.73%) Remedy
8 1 (0.73%) SAP
8 1 (0.73%) Sun
8 1 (0.73%) Virgin Media