CSOC Contracts in Berkshire

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 114 111
Rank change year-on-year +33 -3 -
Contract jobs citing CSOC 8 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.70% 0.16% 0.057%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.00% 0.53% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £514 - -
25th Percentile £524 £78 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £81 £400
Median % change year-on-year +572.53% -79.75% -
75th Percentile £568 £336 -
90th Percentile £569 £487 -
South East median daily rate £544 £81 £400
% change year-on-year +570.99% -79.75% -31.03%

All Generic Skills
Berkshire

CSOC falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 400 567 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 35.15% 29.44% 34.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 317 388
10th Percentile £305 £205 £313
25th Percentile £406 £300 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £623
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 29 17
10th Percentile £32.05 £11.79 £18.50
25th Percentile £43.88 £20.50 £56.88
Median hourly rate £61.50 £42.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.69% -39.29% +169.23%
75th Percentile £88.53 £61.50 £74.25
90th Percentile £91.41 £68.04 £79.19
South East median hourly rate £47.90 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.20% -4.76% +144.19%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing CSOC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in Berkshire

CSOC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSOC in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for CSOC in Berkshire

CSOC
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Wokingham - 5 £525 -
CSOC
South East

CSOC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Data Lake
General
1 6 (75.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) SIEM Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) JSON
1 6 (75.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 5 (62.50%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 8 (100.00%) SIEM
2 6 (75.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (75.00%) Process Improvement
2 6 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (25.00%) SOAR
3 2 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) GIAC
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) IBM
1 2 (25.00%) Splunk
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft