CSOC Contracts in the South West

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited CSOC over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 162 168
Rank change year-on-year +56 +6 -28
Contract jobs citing CSOC 46 5 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.45% 0.14% 0.054%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.37% 0.49% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 5 2
10th Percentile - - £619
25th Percentile £463 £613 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £625 £663
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -5.66% +38.02%
75th Percentile £700 £660 £703
90th Percentile - £680 £716
England median daily rate £650 £625 £575
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +21.05%

All Generic Skills
South West

CSOC is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,052 1,017 942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.14% 28.05% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 703 655
10th Percentile £300 £263 £205
25th Percentile £450 £425 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £496
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.89% +8.12%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £575
90th Percentile £693 £725 £664
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 138 58
10th Percentile £13.69 - £15.46
25th Percentile £15.39 - £25.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +0.57%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.34 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSOC in the South West.

Daily rate trend for CSOC in the South West

CSOC
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing CSOC in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for CSOC in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Wiltshire - 45 £663 -
Bristol +21 1 - -
CSOC
England

CSOC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (2.17%) AWS
1 1 (2.17%) Azure
General
1 7 (15.22%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.17%) Electronics
3 1 (2.17%) Finance
3 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.17%) Marketing
3 1 (2.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (71.74%) Analyst
2 32 (69.57%) SOC Analyst
3 8 (17.39%) SOC Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) SOC Manager
5 4 (8.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 4 (8.70%) Security Analyst
6 2 (4.35%) SIEM Analyst
7 1 (2.17%) Lead
7 1 (2.17%) SIEM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 43 (93.48%) Security Operations Centre
2 15 (32.61%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.17%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 45 (97.83%) Security Operations
3 39 (84.78%) Incident Response
4 32 (69.57%) Use Case
5 31 (67.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (54.35%) Analytics
6 25 (54.35%) SIEM
7 22 (47.83%) Time Management
8 16 (34.78%) Information Security
8 16 (34.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 16 (34.78%) Threat Intelligence
9 15 (32.61%) ITIL
10 9 (19.57%) Cyber Resilience
11 1 (2.17%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (2.17%) Cyber Intelligence
11 1 (2.17%) Digital Marketing
11 1 (2.17%) Network Architecture
11 1 (2.17%) Programme Management
11 1 (2.17%) Roadmaps
11 1 (2.17%) Security Analytics
Qualifications
1 37 (80.43%) DV Cleared
1 37 (80.43%) Security Cleared
2 24 (52.17%) SANS
3 23 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (32.61%) GDPR
1 15 (32.61%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (2.17%) SAP