SOC Analyst Contracts in Cheltenham

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Cheltenham is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 35 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -14 -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 0.53% 0.65% 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.67% 2.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £351
25th Percentile £375 - £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £363
75th Percentile £425 - £378
90th Percentile - - £384
Gloucestershire median daily rate £425 - £363

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 172 150 115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 96.77% 91.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 105 97
10th Percentile £363 £321 £174
25th Percentile £473 £500 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £513
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +15.12% +7.89%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £588
90th Percentile £752 £750 £680
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 2
10th Percentile £53.65 £69.75 £12.08
25th Percentile £70.38 £73.13 £12.19
Median hourly rate £71.00 £85.50 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +570.59% -74.50%
75th Percentile £72.06 £93.38 £13.69
90th Percentile £74.13 £94.05 £14.03
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £40.00 £73.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -45.21% +143.33% -40.00%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Cheltenham

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Cheltenham

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 7 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 Cheltenham region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared