SOC Manager Contract Job Trends in Devon

Security Operations Centre Manager
South West > Devon

The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in Devon is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 3.22% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile £775 - -
25th Percentile £784 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 - -
75th Percentile £838 - -
90th Percentile £844 - -
South West median daily rate £813 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Devon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Devon. 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 Devon with a recognized job title 294 116 208
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 74.36% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 45 138
10th Percentile £213 £200 £150
25th Percentile £391 £305 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +24.12% -5.56% -3.23%
75th Percentile £669 £525 £600
90th Percentile £774 £583 £676
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 18 21
10th Percentile £12.71 £21.40 £13.86
25th Percentile £14.96 £22.76 £23.63
Median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.44% -61.31% +62.50%
75th Percentile £19.95 £28.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £66.50 -
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +148.51% -62.74% +12.50%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

SOC Manager job vacancy trend in Devon

SOC Manager
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 SOC Manager within the Devon region over the 6 months to 3 September 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 - 10 £825 - 4
SOC Manager
South West

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon

For the 6 months to 3 September 2026, SOC Manager 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 Devon region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 10 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 10 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
4 7 (70.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 6 (60.00%) AWS
5 6 (60.00%) Azure
5 6 (60.00%) CISM
5 6 (60.00%) CISSP
5 6 (60.00%) Cloud Security
5 6 (60.00%) Incident Management
5 6 (60.00%) Security Monitoring
6 5 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
7 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (40.00%) GDPR
7 4 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
7 4 (40.00%) NCSC
7 4 (40.00%) Use Case
8 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
8 3 (30.00%) Information Security
8 3 (30.00%) People Management
8 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
8 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
8 3 (30.00%) Service Management
8 3 (30.00%) SIEM
8 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (20.00%) Budget Management

SOC Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
1 6 (60.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Military
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 6 (60.00%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (50.00%) CSOC
4 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
5 1 (10.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
1 10 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 10 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 8 (80.00%) Incident Response
3 7 (70.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 6 (60.00%) Cloud Security
4 6 (60.00%) Incident Management
4 6 (60.00%) Security Monitoring
5 5 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
6 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (40.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 4 (40.00%) Use Case
7 3 (30.00%) Information Security
7 3 (30.00%) People Management
7 3 (30.00%) Roadmaps
7 3 (30.00%) Service Delivery
7 3 (30.00%) Service Management
7 3 (30.00%) SIEM
7 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (90.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) CISM
3 6 (60.00%) CISSP
4 3 (30.00%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) GDPR
1 4 (40.00%) NCSC