SOC 1 Contract Job Trends

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SOC 1 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

SOC 1 falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

SOC 1
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SOC 1 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SOC 1
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SOC 1.

SOC 1
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 1 over the 6 months to 6 May 2026.

SOC 1
Top 3 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 1 within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

SOC 1
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2026, contractor job vacancies citing SOC 1 also mentioned 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 with a requirement for SOC 1.

SOC 1
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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: