SOC Manager Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Security Operations Centre Manager
Devon > Exeter

The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in Exeter is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026.

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

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 0.47% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median daily rate £800 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 197 41 141
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 100.00% 97.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 21 119
10th Percentile £213 £200 £156
25th Percentile £375 £310 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% - -22.73%
75th Percentile £619 £500 £513
90th Percentile £688 £575 £600
Devon median daily rate £465 £438 £425
% change year-on-year +6.29% +2.94% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - - +46.64%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -58.82% +50.00% -33.33%

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 Exeter region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case

SOC Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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 (100.00%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC