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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 562 | 639 | 811 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +77 | +172 | -125 |
| Contract jobs citing SOC 2 | 16 | 77 | 56 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.037% | 0.13% | 0.063% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.26% | 0.97% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 46 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £465 | £450 | £478 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £453 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £575 | £615 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -6.50% | +2.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £638 | £706 |
| 90th Percentile | £760 | £740 | £791 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £450 | £700 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -35.71% | - |
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 | 6,207 | 7,903 | 11,785 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.30% | 13.38% | 13.28% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,942 | 5,432 | 8,083 |
| 10th Percentile | £297 | £280 | £295 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £404 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £623 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £738 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £487 | £479 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.62% | +6.44% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 383 | 237 | 299 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.29 | £12.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.50 | £16.38 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £28.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +25.00% | +33.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £60.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.50 | £77.50 | £66.20 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £32.50 | £21.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -44.62% | +54.39% | - |
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 6 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 6 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 | +97 | 10 | £550 | -12.00% | 23 |
| England | +58 | 9 | £575 | -4.96% | 39 |
| London | +82 | 5 | £575 | -8.00% | 26 |
| UK excluding London | +39 | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| South West | +20 | 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: