SOC Manager Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Security Operations Centre Manager
Somerset > Taunton

As of 16 May 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in Taunton.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 1.69% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Somerset median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 59 9 30
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 8 25
10th Percentile £400 £614 £475
25th Percentile £431 £620 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £883 £600
Median % change year-on-year -49.01% +47.08% -9.06%
75th Percentile £600 £925 £606
90th Percentile £630 £1,045 £620
Somerset median daily rate £450 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £40.54 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.62% -4.23% -25.71%
75th Percentile £43.84 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
% change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -50.00%

SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 16 May 2026, SOC Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Taunton region featuring SOC Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence

SOC Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC