SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Milton Keynes is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 - 51
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.96% - 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% - 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile £512 - £551
25th Percentile £512 - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £588
75th Percentile £549 - £626
90th Percentile £556 - £642
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £725 £588
% change year-on-year -27.59% +23.40% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 300 275 497
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.54% 96.49% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 197 385
10th Percentile £217 £249 £268
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £545 £560 £600
90th Percentile £631 £653 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 14
10th Percentile £14.90 £14.25 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.68 £13.27
Median hourly rate £29.61 £21.25 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +39.34% +4.94% +19.12%
75th Percentile £31.21 £36.19 £23.97
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.12 £28.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.54 £18.70 £20.25
% change year-on-year +31.22% -7.65% +26.56%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Milton Keynes

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 3 December 2025, SOC Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Milton Keynes region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) GCIH
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (66.67%) CSOC
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CEH
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
6 SOC Analyst jobs in Milton Keynes