SOAR Contracts in England

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SOAR skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SOAR over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 423 538
Rank change year-on-year -6 +115 +196
Contract jobs citing SOAR 56 119 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.23% 0.32% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% 0.37% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 79 92
10th Percentile £450 £492 £414
25th Percentile £538 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £568 £587
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% -3.28% -2.21%
75th Percentile £750 £594 £727
90th Percentile £801 £688 £800
UK median daily rate £650 £568 £570
% change year-on-year +14.54% -0.44% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £91.25
Median hourly rate - £40.00 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year - -58.97% -
75th Percentile - - £103.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £40.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year - -58.97% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SOAR falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SOAR as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SOAR in England

SOAR
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOAR in England.

Daily rate trend for SOAR in England

SOAR
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOAR in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOAR in England

SOAR
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOAR in England.

Hourly rate trend for SOAR in England

SOAR
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOAR within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +66 40 £650 - 27
South East +34 4 £500 - 11
North of England +5 4 £600 +1.52% 9
Yorkshire -4 3 - - 1
South West -33 3 £600 +5.73% 5
East of England - 2 £745 - 5
Midlands +15 1 - - 7
North West +15 1 £600 - 8
West Midlands +8 1 - - 7
SOAR
UK

SOAR
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 23 (41.07%) Azure
2 16 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
3 11 (19.64%) AWS
4 9 (16.07%) GCP
5 3 (5.36%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.79%) GitHub
7 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 23 (41.07%) Firewall
2 10 (17.86%) Network Security
3 6 (10.71%) HTTP
4 5 (8.93%) TCP/IP
5 4 (7.14%) DNS
5 4 (7.14%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (7.14%) SMTP
6 2 (3.57%) VPN
7 1 (1.79%) FTP
7 1 (1.79%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (1.79%) SSL
7 1 (1.79%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 11 (19.64%) Finance
3 8 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Financial Institution
5 3 (5.36%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.57%) Aviation
6 2 (3.57%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (3.57%) French Language
6 2 (3.57%) Police
6 2 (3.57%) Swedish Language
7 1 (1.79%) Advertising
7 1 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Electronics
7 1 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.79%) Legal
7 1 (1.79%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.79%) Marketing
7 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (37.50%) Security Engineer
2 10 (17.86%) Automation Engineer
2 10 (17.86%) Operations Engineer
3 9 (16.07%) Analyst
4 8 (14.29%) Security Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Architect
5 6 (10.71%) Consultant
5 6 (10.71%) Lead
6 5 (8.93%) Security Architect
7 4 (7.14%) IT Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) IT Security Engineer
7 4 (7.14%) Security Manager
7 4 (7.14%) SIEM Engineer
8 3 (5.36%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) Senior
8 3 (5.36%) SOC Analyst
8 3 (5.36%) SOC Consultant
8 3 (5.36%) Splunk Engineer
9 2 (3.57%) QA Leader
9 2 (3.57%) SIEM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.36%) .NET
2 2 (3.57%) Kafka
2 2 (3.57%) React
3 1 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.64%) Cyber Threat
1 11 (19.64%) Security Posture
2 5 (8.93%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.93%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (7.14%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.36%) Public Cloud
4 3 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (3.57%) Client/Server
5 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
5 2 (3.57%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 2 (3.57%) Cyberattack
5 2 (3.57%) Data Centre
5 2 (3.57%) Insider Threat
5 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.57%) Robotics
5 2 (3.57%) Social Media
6 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) Linux
2 8 (14.29%) Windows
3 2 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (96.43%) SIEM
2 35 (62.50%) Security Operations
3 32 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (50.00%) Incident Response
5 18 (32.14%) Threat Detection
6 16 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
7 15 (26.79%) Cloud Security
8 12 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 12 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
9 11 (19.64%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 11 (19.64%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (17.86%) Analytics
10 10 (17.86%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
11 9 (16.07%) Hyperautomation
12 8 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
13 7 (12.50%) Cyber Intelligence
13 7 (12.50%) Penetration Testing
13 7 (12.50%) Security Architecture
13 7 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
13 7 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 20 (35.71%) Python
2 16 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 8 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
4 6 (10.71%) Bash
5 2 (3.57%) Java
5 2 (3.57%) PHP
5 2 (3.57%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.79%) C#
6 1 (1.79%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (1.79%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.79%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (25.00%) CISSP
2 10 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (17.86%) Degree
2 10 (17.86%) GCIH
3 9 (16.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 8 (14.29%) CCSP
5 6 (10.71%) CEH
5 6 (10.71%) Security Cleared
6 5 (8.93%) SC Cleared
7 4 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (5.36%) CISM
8 3 (5.36%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (5.36%) GCIA
8 3 (5.36%) GIAC
9 2 (3.57%) CCNA
9 2 (3.57%) OSCP
9 2 (3.57%) SANS
9 2 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
10 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (1.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (33.93%) NIST
2 15 (26.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (16.07%) GDPR
4 6 (10.71%) SLA
5 5 (8.93%) PCI DSS
6 4 (7.14%) HIPAA
6 4 (7.14%) NIST 800
7 2 (3.57%) QA
8 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (1.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 9 (16.07%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (7.14%) QRadar
2 2 (3.57%) CSIRT
2 2 (3.57%) FortiGate
2 2 (3.57%) Grafana
3 1 (1.79%) CASB
3 1 (1.79%) OPNET
3 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (30.36%) Google
2 17 (30.36%) Splunk
3 14 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 7 (12.50%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (7.14%) VMware
6 2 (3.57%) Darktrace
6 2 (3.57%) LogRhythm
6 2 (3.57%) Ribbon
6 2 (3.57%) Tenable
7 1 (1.79%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.79%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.79%) Cisco
7 1 (1.79%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.79%) Exabeam
7 1 (1.79%) FireEye
7 1 (1.79%) Forcepoint
7 1 (1.79%) IBM
7 1 (1.79%) Rapid7
7 1 (1.79%) Tanium