SOC Architect Contracts in the UK excluding London

Security Operations Centre Architect
UK > UK excluding London

As of 27 June 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Security Operations Centre Architect daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
27 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 400 436
Rank change year-on-year +46 +36 +72
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Architect 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.005% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.005% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £750 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% +18.18%
UK median daily rate £525 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -19.23% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 12,465 19,524 21,566
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.27% 92.40% 94.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,773 11,665 14,895
10th Percentile £220 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £363 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 980 2,450 1,123
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.63 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% - +100.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -29.33% -14.29% +71.57%

SOC Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Architect in the UK excluding London

SOC Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Architect in the UK excluding London

SOC Architect
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 Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 June 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
South West - 1 - - 6
SOC Architect
UK

SOC Architect Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 June 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 UK excluding London region featuring SOC Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response

SOC Architect 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared