SOC Analyst Contracts in Berkshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South East > Berkshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Berkshire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 122 111
Rank change year-on-year +32 -11 -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 0.26% 0.10% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.11% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £375 £476 £407
25th Percentile £413 £497 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £444
Median % change year-on-year -11.63% +21.13% -
75th Percentile £488 £572 £480
90th Percentile £495 £589 £496
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £600
% change year-on-year +11.11% -25.00% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Berkshire

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Berkshire

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in Berkshire

SOC Analyst
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 SOC Analyst within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Reading - 3 £475 - 5
SOC Analyst
South East

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Berkshire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) CFCE
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CFCE
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) GCIH
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike