CSOC Contract Job Trends in Devon

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
South West > Devon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in Devon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CSOC 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.03% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £783 - -
25th Percentile £794 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 - -
75th Percentile £844 - -
90th Percentile £848 - -
South West median daily rate £688 - £663
% change year-on-year - - +6.00%

All Generic Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 91 29 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 31.38% 26.61% 24.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 10 47
10th Percentile £154 £145 £318
25th Percentile £375 £186 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £331 £425
Median % change year-on-year +35.85% -22.06% -22.73%
75th Percentile £560 £469 £450
90th Percentile £720 £526 £475
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £545
% change year-on-year - -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 7
10th Percentile £16.34 £27.91 £10.42
25th Percentile £19.82 £28.32 £17.02
Median hourly rate £24.71 £29.00 £25.28
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% +14.74% +40.42%
75th Percentile £26.74 £43.88 £42.50
90th Percentile - £52.80 -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £36.00 £46.39
% change year-on-year +66.67% -22.40% +373.37%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

CSOC job vacancy trend in Devon

CSOC
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing CSOC

CSOC
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Devon region over the 6 months to 9 May 2026. 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
Exeter - 3 £825 - 2
CSOC
South West

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Operations
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Security
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC