SOC Analyst Contracts in Manchester

Security Operations Centre Analyst
North West > Manchester

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Manchester is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 94 109
Rank change year-on-year +17 +15 +29
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.43% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £159 - £390
25th Percentile £315 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £626 £475 £613
90th Percentile £657 - £650
North West median daily rate £400 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 852 1,397 1,698
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 95.23% 96.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 941 1,263
10th Percentile £300 £306 £307
25th Percentile £400 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £594
90th Percentile £670 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 85 45
10th Percentile - £12.40 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £19.65 £30.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.50% +50.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £64.69 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £73.75 £59.10
North West median hourly rate £29.01 £32.90 £27.70
% change year-on-year -11.81% +18.75% +10.80%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Manchester

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Manchester

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Manchester over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in Manchester

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 25 June 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 Manchester region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 4 (100.00%) SOAR
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) Kusto Query Language
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) FMCG
4 1 (25.00%) Retail
4 1 (25.00%) Onboarding

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Forensics
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 4 (100.00%) SOAR
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Kusto Query Language
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft