SOC Analyst Contracts in Wiltshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South West > Wiltshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Wiltshire is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 40 69 75
Rank change year-on-year +29 +6 -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 54 21 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 5.73% 1.93% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 2.06% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 19 4
10th Percentile - £413 £559
25th Percentile £463 £419 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £675
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -29.63% -
75th Percentile £575 £500 £713
90th Percentile £700 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £70.25 -
South West median hourly rate - £75.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 854 1,021 843
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.56% 93.84% 95.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 850 611
10th Percentile £265 £350 £300
25th Percentile £460 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £625
90th Percentile £725 £723 £675
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 20
10th Percentile - £29.00 £14.61
25th Percentile £14.25 £60.00 £22.91
Median hourly rate £25.00 £65.50 £59.25
Median % change year-on-year -61.83% +10.55% +31.67%
75th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £69.05
90th Percentile - £85.50 £69.15
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.15 £47.00
% change year-on-year -14.26% +36.48% +10.59%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings that featured SOC Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in Wiltshire.

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC Analyst within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Corsham +15 39 £475 +11.76%
Swindon - 3 £500 -
SOC Analyst
South West

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, SOC Analyst 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 across the Wiltshire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 47 (87.04%) DV Cleared
1 47 (87.04%) Security Cleared
2 39 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (62.96%) Security Operations
4 32 (59.26%) Security Operations Centre
4 32 (59.26%) CSOC
4 32 (59.26%) Incident Response
5 31 (57.41%) SIEM
6 29 (53.70%) Use Case
7 23 (42.59%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (33.33%) Analytics
8 18 (33.33%) SANS
9 17 (31.48%) Threat Intelligence
10 16 (29.63%) GDPR
10 16 (29.63%) Degree
10 16 (29.63%) Time Management
11 15 (27.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
12 14 (25.93%) NCSC
12 14 (25.93%) Microsoft
12 14 (25.93%) ITIL
12 14 (25.93%) Management Information System
12 14 (25.93%) Information Security
13 13 (24.07%) Azure
14 12 (22.22%) Information Assurance
14 12 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
14 12 (22.22%) Service Delivery
14 12 (22.22%) SOAR
15 11 (20.37%) Private Cloud
16 8 (14.81%) Cyber Resilience
17 7 (12.96%) Public Sector

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 1 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (1.85%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.56%) Firewall
General
1 7 (12.96%) Public Sector
2 6 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.70%) Banking
4 2 (3.70%) Finance
4 2 (3.70%) Social Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (1.85%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 32 (59.26%) CSOC
1 32 (59.26%) Security Operations Centre
2 14 (25.93%) Management Information System
3 11 (20.37%) Private Cloud
4 2 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.70%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.70%) Linux
1 2 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (72.22%) Cybersecurity
2 34 (62.96%) Security Operations
3 32 (59.26%) Incident Response
4 31 (57.41%) SIEM
5 29 (53.70%) Use Case
6 23 (42.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (33.33%) Analytics
8 17 (31.48%) Threat Intelligence
9 16 (29.63%) Time Management
10 15 (27.78%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 14 (25.93%) Information Security
11 14 (25.93%) ITIL
12 12 (22.22%) Information Assurance
12 12 (22.22%) Service Delivery
12 12 (22.22%) SOAR
12 12 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
13 8 (14.81%) Cyber Resilience
14 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
15 4 (7.41%) Proactive Monitoring
16 3 (5.56%) Blue Team
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (3.70%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 47 (87.04%) DV Cleared
1 47 (87.04%) Security Cleared
2 18 (33.33%) SANS
3 16 (29.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (29.63%) GDPR
2 14 (25.93%) NCSC
3 2 (3.70%) NIST
3 2 (3.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) Splunk