SOC Manager Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Security Operations Centre Manager
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in Sheffield is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.19% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 976 333 357
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 90.49% 87.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 646 222 215
10th Percentile £363 £224 £375
25th Percentile £425 £376 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -4.29% -16.60%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £576
90th Percentile £675 £636 £624
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.37% -0.11% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 4 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £18.10 £10.90
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +5.63% -13.13%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £22.44
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £23.75
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £13.23
% change year-on-year +40.42% +38.72% -33.85%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

SOC Manager job vacancy trend in Sheffield

SOC Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in Sheffield

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 8 June 2026, SOC Manager 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 Sheffield region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case

SOC Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cyber Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Detection
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Operational Stability
2 1 (50.00%) Security Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) SIEM
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Use Case