System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with 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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 685 | 845 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +160 | -140 |
| Contract jobs citing SOC 1 | 0 | 9 | 18 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.016% | 0.020% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.12% | 0.15% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £385 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £475 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £775 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +40.91% | +57.14% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £1,000 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £688 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
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 requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 6,035 | 7,662 | 11,737 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.19% | 13.38% | 13.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,843 | 5,232 | 8,045 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £281 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £413 | £405 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £515 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +1.94% | +8.42% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £743 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £480 | £480 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.10% | +6.56% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 381 | 242 | 315 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.33 | £12.03 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.71 | £16.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +16.67% | +42.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £61.50 | £50.39 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.75 | £77.35 | £68.93 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.27 | £31.89 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.70% | +41.71% | +7.14% |
SOC 1
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOC 1 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC 1
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC 1.