CSOC Contracts in Cardiff

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in Cardiff. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs citing CSOC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.32% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 - -
South Wales median daily rate £238 - -

All Generic Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 76 95 76
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 40.43% 42.04% 35.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 54
10th Percentile £228 £139 £179
25th Percentile £291 £215 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £490 £475
Median % change year-on-year -32.41% +3.16% +5.56%
75th Percentile £457 £551 £600
90th Percentile £492 £594 £689
South Wales median daily rate £331 £490 £475
% change year-on-year -32.41% +3.16% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 6
10th Percentile - £24.05 £16.00
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate £13.08 £25.60 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.91% +13.78% +18.42%
75th Percentile - - £26.13
90th Percentile £16.34 £26.55 £34.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £25.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% +2.40% +38.89%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in Cardiff

CSOC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC