SOC Engineer Contracts in Milton Keynes

Security Operations Centre Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

As of 15 August 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 43 55
Rank change year-on-year +6 +12 -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer 1 3 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 0.42% 0.97% 1.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 1.06% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 11
10th Percentile - £558 -
25th Percentile - £570 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £590 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -9.18% -
75th Percentile - - £650
90th Percentile - - £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate - £570 £650
% change year-on-year - -12.26% -

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 226 282 659
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.76% 91.56% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 206 530
10th Percentile £214 £250 £262
25th Percentile £350 £363 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -10.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £545 £548 £584
90th Percentile £642 £638 £650
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £435 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 6
10th Percentile £14.23 £17.52 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.12 £20.56 £13.16
Median hourly rate £15.50 £26.29 £13.37
Median % change year-on-year -41.04% +96.63% +16.36%
75th Percentile £18.00 £36.19 £13.57
90th Percentile £25.15 £37.12 £16.16
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £15.50 £25.00 £14.99
% change year-on-year -38.00% +66.83% +15.27%

SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Job postings that featured SOC Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Engineer in Milton Keynes

SOC Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer in Milton Keynes.

Daily rate trend for SOC Engineer in Milton Keynes

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, SOC Engineer 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 Milton Keynes region featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft