System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOC 2 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 2 over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 587 | 635 | 796 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | +161 | -121 |
| Contract jobs citing SOC 2 | 11 | 77 | 57 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.025% | 0.13% | 0.064% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.18% | 0.97% | 0.48% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 46 | 49 |
| 10th Percentile | £449 | £438 | £460 |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | £450 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £581 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.68% | -3.13% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £644 | £638 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £820 | £688 | £790 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | £450 | £675 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -33.33% | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
SOC 2 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 | 6,225 | 7,957 | 11,770 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 14.31% | 13.37% | 13.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,939 | 5,462 | 8,058 |
| 10th Percentile | £297 | £275 | £290 |
| 25th Percentile | £405 | £409 | £403 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +2.44% | +7.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £619 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £738 | £706 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £475 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.63% | +5.56% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 384 | 224 | 301 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.95 | £13.29 | £11.75 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.65 | £16.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £20.80 | £36.25 | £28.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.61% | +29.46% | +33.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £45.00 | £62.00 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £67.38 | £77.50 | £67.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.00 | £35.00 | £21.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -48.57% | +66.27% | - |
SOC 2
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOC 2 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC 2
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC 2.
SOC 2
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC 2 over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.
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Top 5 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SOC 2 within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +89 | 8 | £525 | -16.00% | 23 |
| England | +80 | 7 | £550 | - | 46 |
| London | +70 | 4 | £575 | -8.00% | 31 |
| UK excluding London | +26 | 1 | - | - | 12 |
| South West | +14 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
SOC 2
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: