CSOC Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in Milton Keynes. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - +37
Contract jobs citing CSOC 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.62% - 0.76%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.41% - 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £517 - -
25th Percentile £524 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 - £500
75th Percentile £554 - -
90th Percentile £558 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £543 - £500

All Generic Skills
Milton Keynes

CSOC falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 83 113 164
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.54% 39.79% 31.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 83 116
10th Percentile £182 £332 £235
25th Percentile £363 £419 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £625 £625
90th Percentile £646 £675 £743
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £470 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -12.96% +8.00% -4.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £22.18
25th Percentile - £15.22 £23.81
Median hourly rate - £16.19 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -32.54% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £27.00
90th Percentile - - £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.98 £52.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -69.57% +118.75% +41.18%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing CSOC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

CSOC job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

CSOC
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CSOC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing CSOC

CSOC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
1 2 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft