SOC Analyst Contracts in London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in London is £444, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 340 376 419
Rank change year-on-year +36 +43 +176
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 22 13 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.16% 0.080% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.085% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 30
10th Percentile £314 £425 £511
25th Percentile £325 £475 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £575 £669
Median % change year-on-year -22.83% -14.00% +40.75%
75th Percentile £525 £708 £875
90th Percentile £536 £755 -
England median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.75 £68.75 -
Median hourly rate £54.50 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.83% - -
75th Percentile £63.25 £76.25 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £72.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% +4.00%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,434 15,280 21,755
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.90% 93.99% 94.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,373 10,574 15,936
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 196 233
10th Percentile £17.05 £17.69 £18.23
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.29 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% -11.24% +9.84%
75th Percentile £50.25 £54.06 £64.50
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.56 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.85
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.63% +68.64%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in London over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
DemandTrendContract 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 Analyst within the London region over the 6 months to 27 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London -3 1 £525 -31.15%
SOC Analyst
England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 27 August 2025, SOC Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
1 15 (68.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 13 (59.09%) SIEM
3 12 (54.55%) Splunk
3 12 (54.55%) Azure
4 11 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 10 (45.45%) Incident Response
5 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
6 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
6 9 (40.91%) Security Operations
7 8 (36.36%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (31.82%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (31.82%) CompTIA Security+
8 7 (31.82%) PowerShell
8 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (31.82%) Firewall
8 7 (31.82%) Python
9 6 (27.27%) Qualys
9 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
9 6 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
9 6 (27.27%) Carbon Black
10 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (22.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 5 (22.73%) Security Operations Centre
10 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
11 4 (18.18%) GCIH
11 4 (18.18%) CEH
11 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
11 4 (18.18%) Bash
11 4 (18.18%) Digital Forensics

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) Azure
2 11 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) DNS
2 1 (4.55%) HTTP
2 1 (4.55%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) SMTP
2 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.55%) Banking
4 1 (4.55%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (18.18%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 13 (59.09%) SIEM
3 10 (45.45%) Incident Response
4 9 (40.91%) Security Operations
5 7 (31.82%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (22.73%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (18.18%) Digital Forensics
8 4 (18.18%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (18.18%) Threat Detection
9 3 (13.64%) Information Security
9 3 (13.64%) Security Monitoring
9 3 (13.64%) SOAR
9 3 (13.64%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
10 2 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
11 1 (4.55%) Malware Analysis
11 1 (4.55%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (36.36%) Kusto Query Language
2 7 (31.82%) PowerShell
2 7 (31.82%) Python
3 4 (18.18%) Bash
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
3 7 (31.82%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (18.18%) CEH
4 4 (18.18%) GCIH
5 3 (13.64%) GCFA
5 3 (13.64%) GCIA
5 3 (13.64%) GIAC
5 3 (13.64%) SSCP
6 1 (4.55%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (4.55%) CCNA
6 1 (4.55%) CCSP
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.55%) CISSP
6 1 (4.55%) CompTIA CySA+
6 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.55%) Degree
6 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.55%) NCSC
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) CSIRT
1 1 (4.55%) QRadar
Vendors
1 15 (68.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (54.55%) Splunk
3 7 (31.82%) CrowdStrike
4 6 (27.27%) Carbon Black
4 6 (27.27%) Qualys
5 3 (13.64%) Oracle
5 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
5 3 (13.64%) SAP
5 3 (13.64%) ServiceNow
6 1 (4.55%) ArcSight
6 1 (4.55%) Darktrace
6 1 (4.55%) Google
6 1 (4.55%) LogRhythm