SOC Analyst Contracts in Central London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
London > Central London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Central London is £581 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 174 199
Rank change year-on-year +42 +25 -41
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.17% 0.026% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.028% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £419 - £738
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 - £775
Median % change year-on-year - - +106.67%
75th Percentile £744 - £813
90th Percentile £778 - -
London median daily rate £465 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -19.13% +27.78% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,310 3,622 4,282
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 95.14% 94.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,646 2,481 3,265
10th Percentile £339 £325 £361
25th Percentile £438 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £595 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +5.78% +7.14%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £795 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 54
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.31
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.98 £64.78
London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.54% +1.43% +10.62%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Central London

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Central London

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Central London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in Central London

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
City of London +46 4 £581 - 2
SOC Analyst
London

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, 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 Central London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
2 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) QRadar
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (50.00%) CSIRT
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
2 2 (50.00%) GCIA
2 2 (50.00%) GCIH
2 2 (50.00%) Nessus
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (25.00%) CSOC
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 2 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) GCIA
1 2 (50.00%) GCIH
1 2 (50.00%) GIAC
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CSIRT
1 2 (50.00%) Nessus
1 2 (50.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) BeyondTrust
1 2 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Splunk