SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Gloucestershire is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 - 57
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.81% - 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.86% - 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £383
25th Percentile £463 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £425
75th Percentile £488 - £444
90th Percentile - - £448
South West median daily rate £613 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 347 208 441
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.28% 89.27% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 149 241
10th Percentile £227 £169 £325
25th Percentile £380 £278 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 15 57
10th Percentile £15.17 £20.70 £15.75
25th Percentile £31.25 £32.42 £30.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £54.99 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.81% -18.53% -13.46%
75th Percentile £66.25 £70.00 £71.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £73.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £33.67 £55.25
% change year-on-year +70.78% -39.06% -11.67%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Gloucestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Gloucestershire

SOC Analyst
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 SOC Analyst within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 29 June 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 - 3 £475 - 2
SOC Analyst
South West

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 29 June 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 Gloucestershire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Security Monitoring
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared