SOC Engineer Contracts in the South East

Security Operations Centre Engineer
England > South East

The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in the South East is £590 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 209 -
Rank change year-on-year +11 - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer 5 7 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.090% 0.12% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 0
10th Percentile £531 - -
25th Percentile £550 £470 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £590 £560 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% - -
75th Percentile - £650 -
90th Percentile £619 - -
England median daily rate £600 £675 £525
% change year-on-year -11.11% +28.57% +23.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,156 5,513 7,500
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.60% 94.38% 95.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,099 3,836 5,074
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £394 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £613 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 240 339
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £16.18
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.69 £43.85
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £60.30
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Engineer in the South East

SOC Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SOC Engineer in the South East

SOC Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +13 5 £590 +5.39%
Buckinghamshire +31 4 £570 +1.82%
Berkshire - 1 £625 -
SOC Engineer
England

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 South East region featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Trend Micro
4 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
4 1 (20.00%) Regular Expression
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (20.00%) CCNP
4 1 (20.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) CCDP
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Network Design
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) TippingPoint
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Visio
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (20.00%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (80.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (80.00%) SIEM
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCDP
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (20.00%) TippingPoint
1 1 (20.00%) Trend Micro