CSOC Contracts in South Wales

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
Wales > South Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in South Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing CSOC 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 0.40% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £238 - -
Wales median daily rate £238 - -

All Generic Skills
South Wales

CSOC falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 95 128 154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 37.85% 39.51% 38.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 81 111
10th Percentile £181 £139 £163
25th Percentile £266 £213 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £331 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -26.41% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £446 £550 £600
90th Percentile £488 £588 £663
Wales median daily rate £375 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -16.67% -5.26% +2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 8
10th Percentile - £18.18 £16.00
25th Percentile £13.08 £23.28 £16.73
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.92% +13.78% +25.00%
75th Percentile £20.75 £27.03 £30.50
90th Percentile - £55.75 £45.18
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £23.66 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.36% +18.30% +21.21%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing CSOC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in South Wales

CSOC
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 15 August 2025. 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
Cardiff - 1 £238 -
CSOC
Wales

CSOC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Security Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Assurance
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Postgraduate
1 1 (100.00%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC