CSOC Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CSOC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.30% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 - £663
% change year-on-year - - +6.00%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

CSOC falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 94 77 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 28.06% 26.83% 22.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 62 59
10th Percentile £156 £216 £295
25th Percentile £300 £414 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £546 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% -0.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £627
90th Percentile £618 £698 £725
South West median daily rate £520 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -3.26% -1.38% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 9
10th Percentile £30.75 £28.27 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £15.89
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +107.68% -79.63%
75th Percentile £61.47 £36.00 £21.00
90th Percentile £77.98 £59.40 £33.48
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +45.35% +1.18% +333.67%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSOC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

CSOC job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

CSOC
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 23 April 2026. 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
Cheltenham - 1 £575 - 1
CSOC
South West

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
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%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team