SOC 2 Contracts in London

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 386 455 564
Rank change year-on-year +69 +109 -105
Contract jobs citing SOC 2 4 36 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.023% 0.13% 0.098%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.16% 1.02% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 31 32
10th Percentile £533 £463 -
25th Percentile £544 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £681
90th Percentile £678 £730 £771
England median daily rate £575 £563 £625
% change year-on-year +2.22% -10.00% +4.17%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

SOC 2 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,486 3,513 5,040
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.05% 13.11% 12.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,765 2,537 3,518
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £650
90th Percentile £799 £788 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 36 84
10th Percentile £13.29 £20.25 £20.92
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £25.63
Median hourly rate £24.50 £30.75 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.33% -30.90% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £56.00 £81.25 £68.38
England median hourly rate £22.34 £37.50 £27.25
% change year-on-year -40.43% +37.61% +29.76%

SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SOC 2 in London

SOC 2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC 2 in London.

Daily rate trend for SOC 2 in London

SOC 2
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC 2 in London

SOC 2
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 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Chief Information Security Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Chief Security Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Compliance Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Information Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Information Assurance Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Information Security Officer
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Security Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Technical Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Security Compliance Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Security Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Security Officer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Information Security
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) Compliance Audit
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) HIPAA
3 1 (25.00%) FedRAMP
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft