SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South East > Hampshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Hampshire 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 89 66 -
Rank change year-on-year -23 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.077% 0.76% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.81% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £311 -
25th Percentile £588 £365 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £435 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.85% - -
75th Percentile £613 £525 -
90th Percentile - £593 -
South East median daily rate £570 £523 £575
% change year-on-year +9.09% -9.13% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,183 742 1,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 93.81% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 761 523 653
10th Percentile £313 £311 £315
25th Percentile £454 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £700 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 36 101
10th Percentile £13.97 £21.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.00 £27.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £59.44
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -41.12% +36.64%
75th Percentile £48.75 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £60.64 £70.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £41.00 £54.56
% change year-on-year -38.66% -24.85% +28.63%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Hampshire

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Farnborough - 1 £600 - 6
SOC Analyst
South East

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

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 Hampshire 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 Hampshire 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