SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Hereford

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Herefordshire > Hereford

As of 26 March 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Hereford.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hereford 3.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Herefordshire median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.00 - -
Median hourly rate £65.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Herefordshire median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Hereford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hereford. 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 Hereford with a recognized job title 22 6 23
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 75.86% 100.00% 79.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 14
10th Percentile £388 £245 £515
25th Percentile £522 £294 £527
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £544
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -26.47% -12.96%
75th Percentile £600 £481 £550
90th Percentile £631 £515 £568
Herefordshire median daily rate £550 £700 £538
% change year-on-year -21.43% +30.11% -8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £21.46 - -
Median hourly rate £63.14 £18.51 -
Median % change year-on-year +241.09% - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £71.52 - -
Herefordshire median hourly rate £32.50 £25.51 £50.00
% change year-on-year +27.43% -48.99% -

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Hereford

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 Hereford.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Hereford

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

For the 6 months to 26 March 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 Hereford region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hereford 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 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Case Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Situational Awareness
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Splunk