SOC 2 Contract Job Trends in London

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SOC 2 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 379 317 391
Rank change year-on-year -62 +74 +69
Contract jobs citing SOC 2 26 30 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.24% 0.023%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.80% 1.51% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 2
10th Percentile £425 £444 £543
25th Percentile £488 £588 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £725 £613
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% +18.37% -2.00%
75th Percentile £638 £813 £656
90th Percentile £650 £1,010 £683
England median daily rate £580 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -7.20% - +1.63%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

SOC 2 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,238 1,989 2,496
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.21% 15.97% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,172 1,314 1,766
10th Percentile £350 £313 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
England median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 27 64
10th Percentile £19.76 £19.25 £13.09
25th Percentile £25.38 £22.27 £18.04
Median hourly rate £27.75 £34.50 £24.34
Median % change year-on-year -19.57% +41.74% -20.85%
75th Percentile £50.25 £60.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £70.30 £87.42 £56.38
England median hourly rate £31.86 £35.00 £22.34
% change year-on-year -8.97% +56.67% -40.43%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOC 2 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SOC 2 job vacancy trend in London

SOC 2
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOC 2.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SOC 2

SOC 2
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SOC 2 in London

SOC 2
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Central London -16 1 £650 -13.45% 12
East London - 1 £550 - 2
SOC 2
England

SOC 2
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 5 (19.23%) AWS
3 4 (15.38%) Entra ID
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (15.38%) SaaS
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Key Vault
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (7.69%) GCP
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.85%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (3.85%) GitHub
6 1 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (3.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) DHCP
1 1 (3.85%) DNS
1 1 (3.85%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Burp Suite
1 1 (3.85%) GitLab
1 1 (3.85%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (34.62%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Legal
4 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.69%) Banking
5 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (23.08%) Security Specialist
2 5 (19.23%) Security Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Senior
3 4 (15.38%) Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 3 (11.54%) Senior Security Specialist
5 2 (7.69%) Azure Security Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Compliance Officer
5 2 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 2 (7.69%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Programme Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Risk Officer
5 2 (7.69%) Technical Manager
5 2 (7.69%) Technical Programme Manager
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Transformation
6 1 (3.85%) Digital Transformation Director
6 1 (3.85%) Transformation Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Security Posture
2 4 (15.38%) Onboarding
3 3 (11.54%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.85%) CMDB
5 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.85%) NHS
5 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
1 1 (3.85%) Windows
1 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Cybersecurity
1 12 (46.15%) Risk Management
2 10 (38.46%) Information Security
3 6 (23.08%) Agile
3 6 (23.08%) Risk Analysis
3 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (19.23%) CI/CD
4 5 (19.23%) Data Protection
4 5 (19.23%) Incident Response
4 5 (19.23%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (15.38%) AI
5 4 (15.38%) Cloud Security
5 4 (15.38%) Decision-Making
5 4 (15.38%) GAP Analysis
5 4 (15.38%) LLM
5 4 (15.38%) Risk Register
5 4 (15.38%) Roadmaps
6 3 (11.54%) Business Continuity
6 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (11.54%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.69%) Bash
2 2 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (3.85%) Bicep
3 1 (3.85%) Go
3 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) CISSP
2 6 (23.08%) CRISC
2 6 (23.08%) Degree
3 5 (19.23%) CISM
4 4 (15.38%) CISA
4 4 (15.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (11.54%) Master's Degree
6 2 (7.69%) Azure Certification
6 2 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (7.69%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (3.85%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (3.85%) CCSP
7 1 (3.85%) CGEIT
7 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
7 1 (3.85%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (80.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (42.31%) NIST
3 10 (38.46%) GRC
4 9 (34.62%) GDPR
4 9 (34.62%) PCI DSS
5 4 (15.38%) NIST 800
6 3 (11.54%) SOC 1
7 2 (7.69%) COBIT
7 2 (7.69%) ISO 31000
7 2 (7.69%) PMO
7 2 (7.69%) SLA
8 1 (3.85%) FedRAMP
8 1 (3.85%) ISO 9001
8 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Docker
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (3.85%) HP Fortify
2 1 (3.85%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Qualys
2 3 (11.54%) Tenable
3 2 (7.69%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (7.69%) Rapid7
4 1 (3.85%) Checkmarx
4 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
4 1 (3.85%) OneTrust
4 1 (3.85%) Remedy
4 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.85%) Splunk
4 1 (3.85%) Veracode