SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Farnborough

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Hampshire > Farnborough

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Farnborough is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Farnborough 0.58% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £588 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 £435 -
% change year-on-year +37.85% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Farnborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Farnborough. 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 Farnborough with a recognized job title 159 78 91
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 90.70% 64.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 52 60
10th Percentile £320 £378 £370
25th Percentile £412 £446 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £591
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -9.02% +18.16%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £667
90th Percentile £686 £725 £668
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £540 £540
% change year-on-year -2.78% - +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile £24.95 £77.63 £20.80
25th Percentile £34.63 £77.81 £27.50
Median hourly rate £40.00 £81.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.77% +47.73% +41.94%
75th Percentile £45.56 £85.31 £77.50
90th Percentile £55.58 £85.88 £80.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £59.44
% change year-on-year -28.57% -41.12% +36.64%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Farnborough

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Farnborough.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Farnborough

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, 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 Farnborough region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Farnborough 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%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001