SOC Analyst Contracts in the South West

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > South West

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in the South West is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 137 162
Rank change year-on-year +51 +25 -27
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 63 33 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.98% 0.92% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 0.99% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 24 5
10th Percentile £445 £413 £355
25th Percentile £463 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -29.63% -3.57%
75th Percentile £650 £500 £713
90th Percentile £700 £525 -
England median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £68.15 -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £68.15 £62.50
% change year-on-year -83.49% +9.04% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,970 3,336 3,561
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 92.51% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,890 2,501 2,549
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £389 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% +5.00% +8.84%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £714 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 265 206
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.04 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +39.78% +9.41%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £84.50 £69.49
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for SOC Analyst in the South West

SOC Analyst
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 SOC Analyst within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 May 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 +34 54 £550 +15.79%
Bristol +16 6 £700 +40.00% 2
Gloucestershire +6 3 £425 -
SOC Analyst
England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, SOC Analyst 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 West region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 55 (87.30%) Security Cleared
2 53 (84.13%) DV Cleared
3 40 (63.49%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (57.14%) Security Operations
5 35 (55.56%) SIEM
6 34 (53.97%) Incident Response
7 32 (50.79%) CSOC
7 32 (50.79%) Security Operations Centre
8 29 (46.03%) Use Case
9 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (30.16%) Threat Intelligence
11 18 (28.57%) Analytics
11 18 (28.57%) SANS
12 16 (25.40%) Azure
12 16 (25.40%) GDPR
12 16 (25.40%) Degree
12 16 (25.40%) Time Management
13 15 (23.81%) MITRE ATT&CK
14 14 (22.22%) Information Security
14 14 (22.22%) Management Information System
14 14 (22.22%) ITIL
14 14 (22.22%) Microsoft
14 14 (22.22%) NCSC
15 13 (20.63%) Vulnerability Management
16 12 (19.05%) Information Assurance
16 12 (19.05%) Service Delivery
16 12 (19.05%) SOAR
17 11 (17.46%) Private Cloud
18 10 (15.87%) Public Sector
19 8 (12.70%) Cyber Resilience

SOC Analyst Skill Set
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 16 (25.40%) Azure
2 1 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (1.59%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) Firewall
General
1 10 (15.87%) Public Sector
2 6 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (7.94%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.76%) Finance
4 3 (4.76%) Social Skills
5 2 (3.17%) Banking
6 1 (1.59%) Electronics
6 1 (1.59%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.59%) Marketing
6 1 (1.59%) Police
6 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 32 (50.79%) CSOC
1 32 (50.79%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 11 (17.46%) Private Cloud
4 3 (4.76%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.17%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Linux
2 2 (3.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (63.49%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (57.14%) Security Operations
3 35 (55.56%) SIEM
4 34 (53.97%) Incident Response
5 29 (46.03%) Use Case
6 23 (36.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (30.16%) Threat Intelligence
8 18 (28.57%) Analytics
9 16 (25.40%) Time Management
10 15 (23.81%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 14 (22.22%) Information Security
11 14 (22.22%) ITIL
12 13 (20.63%) Vulnerability Management
13 12 (19.05%) Information Assurance
13 12 (19.05%) Service Delivery
13 12 (19.05%) SOAR
14 8 (12.70%) Cyber Resilience
15 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
16 4 (6.35%) Problem-Solving
16 4 (6.35%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.17%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (3.17%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 55 (87.30%) Security Cleared
2 53 (84.13%) DV Cleared
3 18 (28.57%) SANS
4 16 (25.40%) Degree
5 6 (9.52%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.59%) CISSP
6 1 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (25.40%) GDPR
2 14 (22.22%) NCSC
3 2 (3.17%) NIST
3 2 (3.17%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (4.76%) Splunk
3 1 (1.59%) Remedy
3 1 (1.59%) SAP
3 1 (1.59%) Sun