SOAR Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring SOAR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 91 80 -
Rank change year-on-year -11 - -
Contract jobs citing SOAR 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.25% 0.094% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.11% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £55 - -
North West median daily rate £55 - £450
% change year-on-year - - -30.77%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

SOAR falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,083 950 1,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.73% 89.45% 88.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 727 566 985
10th Percentile £309 £294 £300
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £595
90th Percentile £650 £681 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 36 49
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.95 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.42 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +8.33% -21.36%
75th Percentile £55.00 £34.56 £61.25
90th Percentile £63.88 £65.00 £75.90
North West median hourly rate £32.00 £30.95 £35.73
% change year-on-year +3.39% -13.37% +34.66%

SOAR
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOAR relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

SOAR job vacancy trend in Manchester

SOAR
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOAR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing SOAR

SOAR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) SOC Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Native
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Cost Management
2 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Threat Detection
2 2 (66.67%) Use Case
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) GCIA
1 2 (66.67%) GCIH
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft