SOC 1 Contracts with Work from Home Options

System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for SOC 1 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 1 over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 458 615
Rank change year-on-year - +157 -
Contract jobs citing SOC 1 0 3 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option - 0.012% 0.016%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category - 0.10% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £484
25th Percentile - £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £550 £550
75th Percentile - £575 -
90th Percentile - - £640
UK median daily rate - £775 £550
% change year-on-year - +40.91% +57.14%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

SOC 1 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 WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,086 2,998 5,838
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.23% 12.29% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,447 2,182 4,157
10th Percentile £302 £334 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% +2.01% +7.37%
75th Percentile £619 £630 £605
90th Percentile £750 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -3.05% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 68 129
10th Percentile £12.75 £17.50 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.97 £20.00
Median hourly rate £23.75 £39.60 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.03% -11.01% +125.32%
75th Percentile £48.75 £59.46 £54.00
90th Percentile £66.25 £70.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.12 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -39.67% +16.67% +42.86%

SOC 1
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOC 1 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SOC 1 trend for jobs with a WFH option

SOC 1
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOC 1.

SOC 1 daily rate for jobs with a WFH option