SOC Analyst Contracts in London

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > London

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in London is £508 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 375 452 572
Rank change year-on-year +77 +120 -109
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 20 42 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.16% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 34 17
10th Percentile £419 £419 £354
25th Percentile £425 £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -11.74% +27.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £604 £835 £550
90th Percentile £722 £875 £634
England median daily rate £525 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.84% +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,327 24,623 36,768
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 95.18% 95.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,806 17,900 26,936
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 280 437
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £22.88
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £80.23 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +6.38%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in London

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London +55 4 £581 - 2
West London +12 1 £550 -35.29%
SOC Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 London region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) SIEM
2 13 (65.00%) Security Operations
3 9 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (45.00%) Incident Response
4 8 (40.00%) Use Case
5 7 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (35.00%) Firewall
5 7 (35.00%) Windows
5 7 (35.00%) Information Security
6 6 (30.00%) Splunk
6 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
7 5 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (25.00%) Azure
7 5 (25.00%) Linux
7 5 (25.00%) Finance
8 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
8 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
8 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (20.00%) Network Security
8 4 (20.00%) CISSP
8 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
9 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security
9 3 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
9 3 (15.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (15.00%) Threat Detection
9 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (15.00%) Nessus

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) Firewall
2 4 (20.00%) Network Security
3 1 (5.00%) DNS
3 1 (5.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) WAN
3 1 (5.00%) Wireshark
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 4 (20.00%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (20.00%) Security Posture
3 3 (15.00%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 2 (10.00%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
4 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (5.00%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 7 (35.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) SIEM
2 13 (65.00%) Security Operations
3 9 (45.00%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (45.00%) Incident Response
4 8 (40.00%) Use Case
5 7 (35.00%) Information Security
6 5 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
7 4 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
8 3 (15.00%) Cloud Security
8 3 (15.00%) Critical Thinking
8 3 (15.00%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (15.00%) Threat Detection
9 2 (10.00%) Blue Team
9 2 (10.00%) Cyber Resilience
9 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Analysis
9 2 (10.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 2 (10.00%) RBAC
9 2 (10.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.00%) Search Processing Language
2 1 (5.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) CISSP
2 3 (15.00%) CISM
2 3 (15.00%) GIAC
3 2 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (10.00%) GCIA
3 2 (10.00%) GCIH
3 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CEH
4 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (10.00%) GDPR
2 2 (10.00%) NIST
2 2 (10.00%) SLA
3 1 (5.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) Nessus
2 2 (10.00%) CSIRT
2 2 (10.00%) QRadar
3 1 (5.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Splunk
2 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) AlienVault
3 2 (10.00%) ArcSight
3 2 (10.00%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (10.00%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (5.00%) Sun