SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Herefordshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
West Midlands > Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Herefordshire 1.64% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £500 - £475
% change year-on-year - - +35.71%
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 - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £65.00 - £65.00

All Contract IT Job Roles
Herefordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Herefordshire. 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 Herefordshire with a recognized job title 54 17 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.52% 100.00% 82.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 12 16
10th Percentile £514 £324 £513
25th Percentile £525 £478 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £700 £538
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +30.11% -8.43%
75th Percentile £731 £825 £550
90th Percentile £750 £900 £563
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £488 £475
% change year-on-year -0.51% +2.63% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £21.46 £19.78 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £21.70 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.51 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.43% -48.99% -
75th Percentile £67.84 £29.94 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.51 £32.23 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.46 £18.13 £22.00
% change year-on-year +40.43% -17.59% +17.76%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Herefordshire

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Herefordshire

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 Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 26 March 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
Hereford - 1 - -
SOC Analyst
West Midlands

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

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 Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire 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