SOC Engineer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Security Operations Centre Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in Bristol is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £475 - £600
% change year-on-year - - -17.24%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,069 503 1,002
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.94% 95.09% 95.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 486 306 566
10th Percentile £290 £205 £250
25th Percentile £400 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £502
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.36% +0.40%
75th Percentile £567 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 74 186
10th Percentile £17.87 £32.50 £36.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £56.56 £44.95
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile - £68.00 £73.13
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £64.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year -10.85% +34.38% -26.15%

SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SOC Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

SOC Engineer job vacancy trend in Bristol

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 6 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 29 March 2026, SOC Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) Validation

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) FPGA
1 2 (100.00%) PCIe
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C
1 2 (100.00%) Embedded C
1 2 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Firmware
SOC Engineer jobs