System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 27 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 587 | 644 | 793 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +57 | +149 | -121 |
| Contract jobs citing SOC 2 | 11 | 75 | 56 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.13% | 0.063% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.18% | 0.94% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 44 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £449 | £433 | £443 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £450 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £556 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.62% | +1.14% | -8.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £644 | £638 | £697 |
| 90th Percentile | £820 | £675 | £791 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £450 | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -33.33% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £40.50 | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
SOC 2 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6,212 | 7,992 | 11,762 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.35% | 13.36% | 13.24% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,921 | 5,491 | 8,030 |
| 10th Percentile | £297 | £275 | £292 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £410 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £738 | £706 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.63% | +5.56% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 381 | 225 | 302 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.16 | £11.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.50 | £17.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.61 | £37.50 | £28.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -45.05% | +31.58% | +35.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £62.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.38 | £77.50 | £67.32 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £35.00 | £21.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.57% | +66.27% | +0.24% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC 2.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +97 | 8 | £525 | -16.00% | 18 |
| England | +77 | 7 | £550 | +10.00% | 39 |
| London | +72 | 4 | £575 | -8.00% | 28 |
| UK excluding London | +44 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| South West | +19 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
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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: