SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Gloucester is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025.

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

 6 months to
30 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 1.87% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £375 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £425 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £400 £400 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 88 74 135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.24% 93.67% 97.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 52 92
10th Percentile £204 £401 £400
25th Percentile £325 £462 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £694 £653 £675
90th Percentile £700 £734 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile £28.26 £18.00 £54.20
25th Percentile £32.93 £18.75 -
Median hourly rate £41.33 £21.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year +96.79% -73.08% -
75th Percentile £50.35 £22.75 £84.00
90th Percentile £55.39 £23.20 £90.00
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £34.34 £67.50 £73.00
% change year-on-year -49.13% -7.53% +77.92%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Gloucester

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 30 September 2025, SOC Analyst 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 Gloucester region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucester 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
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