SOC Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

Security Operations Centre Manager
England > South West

The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in the South West is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 September 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
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £545 - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £613 £650 £725
% change year-on-year -5.77% -10.34% +10.48%

All Contract 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.

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 1,746 2,454 3,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.22% 92.53% 95.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,483 2,134
10th Percentile £224 £225 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £624 £638
90th Percentile £714 £700 £713
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 257 282
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.41 £18.29
25th Percentile £18.19 £40.00 £40.89
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £71.04
90th Percentile £68.53 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%

SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Manager in the South West

SOC Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Manager job vacancies in the South West

SOC Manager
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 Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
Gloucestershire - 3 £650 - 1
Bristol - 1 - -
SOC Manager
England

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 20 September 2025, SOC Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (25.00%) NCSC
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) GRC
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case

SOC Manager 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 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC