CSOC Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - 59
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs citing CSOC 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.49% - 0.69%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.82% - 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £517 - -
25th Percentile £524 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 - £500
75th Percentile £554 - -
90th Percentile £558 - -
South East median daily rate £559 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +17.68% -5.00% -

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 110 143 183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 26.83% 37.53% 31.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 99 131
10th Percentile £171 £312 £205
25th Percentile £300 £419 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.96% +8.00% -4.31%
75th Percentile £560 £630 £625
90th Percentile £641 £710 £900
South East median daily rate £492 £512 £500
% change year-on-year -3.88% +2.37% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 9
10th Percentile - £22.43 £20.80
25th Percentile £15.13 £33.24 £21.25
Median hourly rate £15.98 £52.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -69.57% +118.75% +41.18%
75th Percentile £19.47 £55.63 -
90th Percentile £22.49 £56.75 £30.00
South East median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £53.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -33.96% +53.62%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSOC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

CSOC job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

CSOC
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CSOC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing CSOC

CSOC
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 10 December 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
Milton Keynes - 2 £543 - 1
CSOC
South East

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft