SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

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

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 2.01% - 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% - 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £400
75th Percentile £488 - £425
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 - £425

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 144 58 235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.64% 93.55% 95.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 33 107
10th Percentile £380 £515 £370
25th Percentile £456 £545 £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £615 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +1.69%
75th Percentile £625 £676 £673
90th Percentile £700 £748 £730
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 1 21
10th Percentile £12.43 - -
25th Percentile £42.34 £13.50 £63.75
Median hourly rate £75.00 £14.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +435.71% -80.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £14.50 £72.50
90th Percentile - - £73.75
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £37.50 £54.99 £67.50
% change year-on-year -31.81% -18.53% -13.46%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Cheltenham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Cheltenham

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham

For the 6 months to 29 June 2026, SOC Analyst 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 Cheltenham region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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 (66.67%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared