Security Operations Centre Engineer
UK
The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in the UK is £618 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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 23 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 530 | 654 | 843 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +124 | +189 | -169 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer | 61 | 53 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.088% | 0.021% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.15% | 0.093% | 0.022% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 52 | 45 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £519 | £470 | £425 |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | £613 | £494 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £618 | £675 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.52% | +28.57% | +23.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £727 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £750 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £675 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +28.57% | +7.69% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 40,491 | 57,026 | 85,241 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.76% | 94.56% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,430 | 39,779 | 59,788 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,635 | 1,621 | 2,118 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.36 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.50 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.50 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.11% | +95.65% | +0.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.99 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured SOC Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer.
SOC Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Engineer over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.
SOC Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer.
SOC Engineer
Top 10 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 |
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| England | +115 | 52 | £600 | -11.11% | 7 |
| UK excluding London | +63 | 37 | £600 | -11.11% | 4 |
| South West | +31 | 22 | £600 | -17.24% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +124 | 17 | £615 | -12.14% | 2 |
| London | +100 | 15 | £650 | -5.45% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +42 | 9 | £615 | -10.55% | |
| Midlands | +40 | 9 | £615 | -10.55% | 1 |
| South East | +17 | 5 | £590 | +5.39% | |
| North of England | +23 | 1 | £600 | +33.33% | 1 |
| North West | +12 | 1 | £600 | +33.33% | 1 |
SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, SOC Engineer 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 featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.
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SOC Engineer Skill Set
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: