System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 14 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 569 | 630 | 775 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +61 | +145 | -81 |
| Contract jobs citing SOC 2 | 18 | 76 | 56 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.042% | 0.13% | 0.064% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.30% | 0.99% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10 | 44 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £473 | £450 | £476 |
| 25th Percentile | £492 | £459 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £615 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.69% | +2.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £638 | £713 |
| 90th Percentile | £730 | £744 | £793 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £450 | £725 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -37.93% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
SOC 2 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6,099 | 7,708 | 11,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.29% | 13.37% | 13.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,878 | 5,287 | 7,989 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £281 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £401 | £413 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £513 | £525 | £514 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.38% | +2.24% | +8.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £738 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £484 | £479 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.94% | +6.44% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 380 | 235 | 315 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.29 | £12.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.50 | £17.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.06 | £35.00 | £32.37 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.84% | +8.12% | +54.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £62.00 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £77.50 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.27 | £34.19 | £22.55 |
| % change year-on-year | -46.57% | +51.66% | +7.36% |
SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC 2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC 2.
SOC 2
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +84 | 11 | £613 | -2.00% | 20 |
| England | +67 | 10 | £625 | +3.31% | 29 |
| London | +55 | 5 | £613 | -2.00% | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +46 | 1 | - | - | 9 |
| South West | +7 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: