Security Operations Centre Manager
UK
The median Security Operations Centre Manager daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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 19 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 558 | 677 | 811 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +119 | +134 | -104 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SOC Manager | 26 | 19 | 35 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.061% | 0.033% | 0.040% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.066% | 0.035% | 0.042% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 15 | 31 |
| 10th Percentile | £565 | - | £525 |
| 25th Percentile | £613 | £688 | £594 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £675 | £725 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.90% | +11.54% | +13.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £775 | £794 | £800 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £874 | £1,100 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £650 | £750 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.33% | +15.38% | - |
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 | 39,482 | 54,195 | 83,684 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,839 | 58,825 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,507 | 2,030 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.21 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
SOC Manager
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured SOC Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Manager.
SOC Manager
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Manager over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.
SOC Manager
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +60 | 21 | £650 | -13.33% | 1 |
| England | +108 | 20 | £688 | -5.17% | 5 |
| South West | - | 13 | £600 | - | |
| Work from Home | +110 | 7 | £713 | -1.72% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 3 | £675 | -6.90% | |
| Midlands | +19 | 3 | £675 | -6.90% | |
| Scotland | - | 3 | £625 | - | |
| London | +92 | 2 | £763 | +5.17% | 4 |
| North of England | +25 | 1 | £750 | -1.64% | |
| South East | +21 | 1 | £650 | -13.33% | 1 |
| North West | +12 | 1 | £750 | +3.45% |
SOC Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, SOC Manager 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 Manager in the job title.
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SOC Manager 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: