SOC Architect Contracts in the South West

Security Operations Centre Architect
England > South West

The median Security Operations Centre Architect daily rate in the South West is £805, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a SOC Architect 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £801 - -
25th Percentile £803 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £805 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £803 £675 £700
% change year-on-year +18.89% -3.57% +27.27%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,725 2,534 3,170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.64% 92.38% 95.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 997 1,629 2,204
10th Percentile £220 £238 £300
25th Percentile £363 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.04%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £644
90th Percentile £700 £700 £720
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 199 299 275
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.85 £18.16
25th Percentile £18.13 £33.00 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +20.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.31 £45.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -43.76% +2.60% +68.69%

SOC Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Architect in the South West

SOC Architect
DemandTrendContract 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 Architect within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bristol - 5 £805 -
SOC Architect
England

SOC Architect Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 August 2025, SOC Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) Back Office
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (66.67%) NCSC
2 4 (66.67%) NIST
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 2 (33.33%) JSP 440
3 2 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling

SOC Architect 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:

General
1 4 (66.67%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
2 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 2 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) NCSC
1 4 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) JSP 440