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 19 August 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
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
11,286
9,289
3,869
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
12.83%
12.41%
11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted
7,687
6,220
2,427
10th Percentile
£300
£270
£263
25th Percentile
£413
£375
£356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£525
£490
£470
Median % change year-on-year
+7.14%
+4.26%
+4.44%
75th Percentile
£638
£588
£575
90th Percentile
£738
£675
£650
UK excluding London median daily rate
£475
£425
£431
% change year-on-year
+11.76%
-1.28%
+1.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted
262
346
170
10th Percentile
£12.50
£11.31
£11.48
25th Percentile
£16.25
£13.53
£16.50
Median hourly rate
£23.75
£20.68
£22.91
Median % change year-on-year
+14.87%
-9.76%
+6.98%
75th Percentile
£53.75
£40.13
£45.00
90th Percentile
£72.25
£62.42
£53.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£21.00
£18.64
£22.50
% change year-on-year
+12.68%
-17.17%
-1.75%
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 19 August 2022.
SOC 2 Top 9 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 19 August 2022. 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
For the 6 months to 19 August 2022, IT contractor jobs citing SOC 2 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for SOC 2.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
