SOC Analyst Contract Job Trends in Winchester

Security Operations Centre Analyst
Hampshire > Winchester

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Winchester is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Winchester 16.67% - 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.22% - 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £396
75th Percentile £288 - £396
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £275 £700 £448
% change year-on-year -60.71% +56.25% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Winchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Winchester. 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 Winchester with a recognized job title 18 15 48
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 75.00% 78.95% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 13 36
10th Percentile - £205 £350
25th Percentile £263 £275 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £485 £515
Median % change year-on-year +4.05% -5.73% +28.63%
75th Percentile £578 £550 £600
90th Percentile - £606 £655
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £536 £550
% change year-on-year +2.61% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate - - £47.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +90.00%
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £37.44 £57.35
% change year-on-year +26.86% -34.71% +6.70%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Winchester

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 Winchester.

SOC Analyst job vacancy trend in Winchester

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in Winchester

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

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

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Winchester

For the 6 months to 10 September 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 Winchester region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) LogRhythm
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) QRadar
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
1 3 (75.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Management
1 3 (75.00%) Trend Analysis

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Winchester 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Proactive Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Protective Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Security Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Security Monitoring
1 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (75.00%) SIEM
1 3 (75.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Detection
1 3 (75.00%) Threat Management
1 3 (75.00%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) LogRhythm
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft