Security Operations Centre Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £608 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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 3 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 330 | 455 | 614 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +125 | +159 | -143 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer | 16 | 16 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 0.11% | 0.063% | 0.013% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.066% | 0.014% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 16 | 10 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £495 |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | £450 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £608 | £700 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -13.21% | +33.33% | +15.07% |
| 75th Percentile | £659 | £769 | £544 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £776 | £555 |
| UK median daily rate | £615 | £688 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.55% | +30.95% | +15.07% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title | 14,245 | 24,407 | 42,723 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.51% | 95.35% | 95.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,541 | 17,249 | 30,859 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £357 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £443 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £713 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +10.53% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 575 | 558 | 605 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.33 | £18.50 | £13.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.29 | £25.95 | £18.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.00 | £55.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.82% | +57.14% | +41.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.75 | £68.75 | £55.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.25 | £80.25 | £66.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +91.49% | +4.44% |
SOC Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured SOC Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC Engineer
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 Engineer.
SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, SOC Engineer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.
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SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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: