SOC Analyst Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 352 474
Rank change year-on-year +94 +122 -69
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 133 105 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.44% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.46% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 84 26
10th Percentile £388 £260 £344
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £510
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -5.64% +20.00%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £644 £709
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +17.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £62.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £11.25 £68.15 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -83.49% +9.04% +25.00%
75th Percentile - £75.83 £68.75
90th Percentile - £77.63 -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £68.15 £62.50
% change year-on-year -83.49% +9.04% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,146 22,670 29,649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,707 15,894 20,753
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £394 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £595 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,224 1,166 1,488
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.46 £12.04
25th Percentile £15.74 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.18% +117.95% +2.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SOC Analyst in the UK excluding London

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
South West +43 63 £550 +15.79% 3
West Midlands +60 33 £525 +50.00% 5
Midlands +55 33 £525 +40.00% 6
East of England +3 18 £650 +8.33% 1
South East +13 11 £450 -25.00% 3
North of England +18 4 £450 -26.53% 3
North West +18 4 £450 -25.00% 1
Scotland +29 3 £300 -33.33% 3
Wales - 1 £145 - 2
SOC Analyst
UK

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 UK excluding London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 100 (75.19%) Security Cleared
2 75 (56.39%) Cybersecurity
3 73 (54.89%) Security Operations
4 64 (48.12%) Incident Response
5 63 (47.37%) SIEM
6 57 (42.86%) DV Cleared
7 55 (41.35%) Security Operations Centre
8 34 (25.56%) SC Cleared
9 33 (24.81%) CSOC
10 31 (23.31%) Vulnerability Management
11 29 (21.80%) Linux
11 29 (21.80%) Use Case
12 28 (21.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
13 26 (19.55%) Microsoft
13 26 (19.55%) Splunk
13 26 (19.55%) GDPR
14 25 (18.80%) LogRhythm
15 24 (18.05%) Firewall
16 23 (17.29%) Management Information System
16 23 (17.29%) Continuous Improvement
17 22 (16.54%) Azure
17 22 (16.54%) Threat Intelligence
18 19 (14.29%) Analytics
18 19 (14.29%) Degree
19 18 (13.53%) Information Security
19 18 (13.53%) Windows
19 18 (13.53%) SANS
19 18 (13.53%) Public Sector
20 17 (12.78%) Darktrace
20 17 (12.78%) FireEye

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (12.03%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.54%) Azure
2 7 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (2.26%) AWS
4 2 (1.50%) Sumo Logic
5 1 (0.75%) Azure Stack
5 1 (0.75%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 24 (18.05%) Firewall
2 3 (2.26%) DNS
2 3 (2.26%) FTP
2 3 (2.26%) HTTP
2 3 (2.26%) Intrusion Detection
2 3 (2.26%) SMTP
2 3 (2.26%) SSL
3 1 (0.75%) Network Security
3 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.50%) Elasticsearch
General
1 18 (13.53%) Public Sector
2 10 (7.52%) Legal
3 8 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.02%) Social Skills
4 6 (4.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.01%) Finance
6 2 (1.50%) Banking
6 2 (1.50%) Games
7 1 (0.75%) Electronics
7 1 (0.75%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.75%) Marketing
7 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.75%) Police
7 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.26%) LDAP
2 2 (1.50%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 55 (41.35%) Security Operations Centre
2 33 (24.81%) CSOC
3 23 (17.29%) Management Information System
4 16 (12.03%) Cyberattack
5 11 (8.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 11 (8.27%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.76%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.26%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.50%) CCTV
8 2 (1.50%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (1.50%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 29 (21.80%) Linux
2 18 (13.53%) Windows
3 10 (7.52%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (56.39%) Cybersecurity
2 73 (54.89%) Security Operations
3 64 (48.12%) Incident Response
4 63 (47.37%) SIEM
5 31 (23.31%) Vulnerability Management
6 29 (21.80%) Use Case
7 28 (21.05%) MITRE ATT&CK
8 23 (17.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 22 (16.54%) Threat Intelligence
10 19 (14.29%) Analytics
11 18 (13.53%) Information Security
12 16 (12.03%) Time Management
13 15 (11.28%) ITIL
14 12 (9.02%) Incident Management
14 12 (9.02%) Information Assurance
14 12 (9.02%) Service Delivery
14 12 (9.02%) SOAR
14 12 (9.02%) Threat Detection
15 11 (8.27%) Risk Management
15 11 (8.27%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (3.01%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (1.50%) Search Processing Language
3 1 (0.75%) Bash
3 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 100 (75.19%) Security Cleared
2 57 (42.86%) DV Cleared
3 34 (25.56%) SC Cleared
4 19 (14.29%) Degree
5 18 (13.53%) SANS
6 6 (4.51%) CISSP
7 4 (3.01%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (2.26%) CISM
8 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.50%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (19.55%) GDPR
2 14 (10.53%) NCSC
3 13 (9.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (9.02%) NIST
5 10 (7.52%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 10 (7.52%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.50%) Kibana
1 2 (1.50%) logstash
1 2 (1.50%) QRadar
2 1 (0.75%) Nessus
2 1 (0.75%) Nmap
Vendors
1 26 (19.55%) Microsoft
1 26 (19.55%) Splunk
2 25 (18.80%) LogRhythm
3 17 (12.78%) Darktrace
3 17 (12.78%) FireEye
4 6 (4.51%) Forcepoint
4 6 (4.51%) Qualys
4 6 (4.51%) Varonis
5 4 (3.01%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.26%) IronPort
6 3 (2.26%) Sage
6 3 (2.26%) Symantec
7 2 (1.50%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.50%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.75%) Cisco
8 1 (0.75%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.75%) Remedy
8 1 (0.75%) SAP
8 1 (0.75%) Sun
8 1 (0.75%) Virgin Media