SOC Manager Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Security Operations Centre Manager
Devon > Exeter

The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in Exeter 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 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 4.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.65% - -
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 - -
Devon median daily rate £825 - -

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 215 74 103
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.85% 91.36% 98.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 26 77
10th Percentile £304 £186 £143
25th Percentile £413 £305 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £669 £509 £650
90th Percentile £755 £547 £681
Devon median daily rate £528 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +24.12% -5.56% -3.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
10th Percentile - - £12.91
25th Percentile - £22.76 £13.52
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.84 £14.79
Median % change year-on-year -34.33% +54.43% -17.83%
75th Percentile - £22.92 £18.52
90th Percentile - - £23.56
Devon median hourly rate £18.50 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year -26.44% -61.31% +62.50%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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 Exeter.

SOC Manager job vacancy trend in Exeter

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

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 Exeter 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 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:

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