Security Operations Centre Manager
UK
The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in the UK is £663 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 562 | 687 | 797 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +125 | +110 | -94 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager | 25 | 19 | 34 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.059% | 0.033% | 0.039% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.063% | 0.035% | 0.040% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 15 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | £564 | - | £524 |
| 25th Percentile | £603 | £688 | £584 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £663 | £725 | £675 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.62% | +7.41% | +17.39% |
| 75th Percentile | £728 | £794 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £874 | £1,100 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | £738 | £669 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.86% | +10.28% | - |
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 | 39,586 | 54,569 | 84,106 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.66% | 95.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,744 | 38,105 | 59,089 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.01% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,669 | 1,523 | 2,070 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.45 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.18 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -17.38% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.02 | £76.00 | £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.
SOC Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Manager.
SOC Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Manager over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
SOC Manager
Top 11 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 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +73 | 21 | £650 | -11.86% | 1 |
| England | +114 | 19 | £675 | -6.90% | 3 |
| South West | - | 13 | £600 | - | |
| Work from Home | +110 | 7 | £713 | -1.72% | 1 |
| Midlands | +21 | 3 | £675 | -6.90% | |
| West Midlands | +20 | 3 | £675 | -6.90% | |
| Scotland | - | 3 | £625 | - | 1 |
| London | +80 | 1 | £775 | +8.01% | 3 |
| North West | +26 | 1 | £750 | +3.45% | |
| South East | +21 | 1 | £650 | - | |
| North of England | +20 | 1 | £750 | -1.64% |
SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 14 May 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.
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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: