SOC Manager Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Security Operations Centre Manager
South West > Somerset

As of 16 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in Somerset.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South West median daily rate £500 - £600

All Contract IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 323 128 186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 87.07% 92.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 88 114
10th Percentile £249 £263 £192
25th Percentile £261 £409 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £588
90th Percentile £635 £775 £611
South West median daily rate £515 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +3.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 3 32
10th Percentile £20.75 £13.66 £12.28
25th Percentile £50.00 £15.48 £15.23
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -50.00%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.76 £40.00
90th Percentile - £20.51 £48.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £61.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -6.12% +11.36% -15.38%

SOC Manager
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Manager within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 16 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Taunton - 1 - -
SOC Manager
South West

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 16 May 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 Somerset region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence

SOC Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC