SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South West > Wiltshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Wiltshire is £616, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 52 50
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 +19
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 9 1 35
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 1.12% 0.22% 3.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 0.25% 4.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 25
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £594 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £616 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £655 - £575
90th Percentile £697 - £650
South West median daily rate £613 - £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 727 397 822
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 89.01% 89.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 485 273 636
10th Percentile £375 £263 £315
25th Percentile £450 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £539
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.68% -2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £646
90th Percentile £725 £688 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 12 30
10th Percentile £12.03 - £12.79
25th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £13.16
Median hourly rate £36.36 £21.75 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.15% +40.32% -75.40%
75th Percentile £51.00 £25.15 £30.25
90th Percentile £85.25 - £74.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £33.67 £55.25
% change year-on-year +70.78% -39.06% -11.67%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SOC Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SOC Analyst job vacancies 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 29 June 2026. 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 +3 8 £616 - 3
SOC Analyst
South West

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 29 June 2026, SOC Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) SIEM
3 6 (66.67%) Use Case
4 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
5 4 (44.44%) Analytics
5 4 (44.44%) SANS
5 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
5 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
5 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (33.33%) ArcSight
6 3 (33.33%) Bash
6 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
6 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
6 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (33.33%) Linux
6 3 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
6 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (33.33%) Perl
6 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
6 3 (33.33%) Python
6 3 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (22.22%) Clearswift
7 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
7 2 (22.22%) Data Loss Prevention
7 2 (22.22%) Degree

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) AWS
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 2 (22.22%) Military
1 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (22.22%) CSOC
2 2 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Security Posture
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) SIEM
2 6 (66.67%) Use Case
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) Incident Response
4 4 (44.44%) Analytics
4 4 (44.44%) Security Operations
4 4 (44.44%) Threat Detection
4 4 (44.44%) Threat Intelligence
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
5 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
5 3 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
5 3 (33.33%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 3 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (22.22%) Cloud Security
6 2 (22.22%) Digital Forensics
6 2 (22.22%) Service Management
6 2 (22.22%) SOAR
6 2 (22.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Bash
1 3 (33.33%) Perl
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SANS
3 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) A+ Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CISSP
4 1 (11.11%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (11.11%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (11.11%) GCIA
4 1 (11.11%) GCIH
4 1 (11.11%) GIAC
4 1 (11.11%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) ArcSight
2 2 (22.22%) Clearswift
2 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
2 2 (22.22%) Tanium
2 2 (22.22%) Trend Micro
2 2 (22.22%) Tripwire
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft