SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in East Kilbride is £632, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 27.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 30.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £621 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 - -
75th Percentile £642 - -
90th Percentile £649 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £632 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Kilbride

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East Kilbride. 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 East Kilbride with a recognized job title 10 18 130
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 100.00% 90.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 82
10th Percentile £535 £414 £251
25th Percentile - £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £650
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +62.50%
75th Percentile £610 £463 £700
90th Percentile £636 £653 -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £550 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +62.50%

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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 East Kilbride region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyberattack
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
SOC Analyst jobs