SOC Consultant Contracts in England

Security Operations Centre Consultant
UK > England

The median Security Operations Centre Consultant daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 536 668
Rank change year-on-year +56 +132 +106
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Consultant 6 5 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.013% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.015% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 4
10th Percentile £505 £671 £669
25th Percentile £513 £834 £697
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £950 £750
Median % change year-on-year -44.74% +26.67% +8.54%
75th Percentile £538 £978 £813
90th Percentile £545 £984 -
UK median daily rate £550 £950 £750
% change year-on-year -42.11% +26.67% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,595 34,453 47,601
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,023 22,865 33,797
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 899 2,434 1,402
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.30
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
Median % change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%
75th Percentile £64.13 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.95
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.02 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.49% -19.95% +91.49%

SOC Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SOC Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Consultant in England

SOC Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Consultant in England

SOC Consultant
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 SOC Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 +41 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - - 5
South East - 2 £525 -
West Midlands - 2 - - 5
SOC Consultant
UK

SOC Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, SOC Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring SOC Consultant in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
3 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (50.00%) SOAR
3 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) CISSP
4 2 (33.33%) GCIH
4 2 (33.33%) Protective Monitoring
4 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
4 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
4 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 2 (33.33%) Event Correlation
4 2 (33.33%) GDPR
4 2 (33.33%) NIST
5 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
5 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 1 (16.67%) Power Automate

SOC Consultant Skill Set
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 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (16.67%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
General
1 1 (16.67%) Electronics
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) SOAR
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Event Correlation
3 2 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 2 (33.33%) Protective Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (16.67%) Cyber Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (16.67%) CISA
2 1 (16.67%) CISM
2 1 (16.67%) GCFA
2 1 (16.67%) GCIA
2 1 (16.67%) GIAC
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (16.67%) NIST 800
2 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Splunk