SOC Analyst Contracts in Reading

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Berkshire > Reading

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Reading is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 - 84
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.50% - 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £413 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £488
75th Percentile £488 - £506
90th Percentile £495 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £538 £444
% change year-on-year -11.63% +21.13% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 563 1,112 996
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 93.29% 95.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 632 664
10th Percentile £325 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% -3.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £651
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 51 24
10th Percentile - £35.00 £26.45
25th Percentile - £52.90 £51.48
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £74.66 £74.20
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Reading

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Reading

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Reading over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in Reading

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Reading region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (33.33%) CFCE
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) GCIH
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
1 2 (66.67%) SIEM
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
2 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CFCE
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) GCIH
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) Splunk
2 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
9 SOC Analyst jobs in Berkshire