SOC Analyst Contracts in Wiltshire

Security Operations Centre Analyst
South West > Wiltshire

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in Wiltshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 62 77
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 +5
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 9 12 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.55% 1.46% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.54% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 10
10th Percentile - - £443
25th Percentile £550 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% -15.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £713 £506 £558
90th Percentile £750 £575 £589
South West median daily rate £600 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 494 780 962
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.32% 94.78% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 567 757
10th Percentile £356 £300 £319
25th Percentile £459 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +13.68%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £724 £700
South West median daily rate £513 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -4.65% +2.38% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 20
10th Percentile - £22.31 £21.70
25th Percentile - £45.75 £38.19
Median hourly rate £12.79 £50.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.42% -8.26% -11.38%
75th Percentile £15.58 £60.63 £70.37
90th Percentile £25.00 £69.50 £76.90
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £56.49 £61.50
% change year-on-year +15.06% -8.15% +29.47%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in Wiltshire.

Hourly rate trend for SOC Analyst in Wiltshire

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Corsham +8 9 £600 +41.18%
SOC Analyst
South West

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 Wiltshire region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 8 (88.89%) DV Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (55.56%) Malware Analysis
3 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat
3 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 5 (55.56%) CompTIA Security+
3 5 (55.56%) Compliance Audit
3 5 (55.56%) Threat Detection
3 5 (55.56%) Data Loss Prevention
3 5 (55.56%) WhatsUp Gold
3 5 (55.56%) McAfee ePO
3 5 (55.56%) Splunk
3 5 (55.56%) SIEM
3 5 (55.56%) Nessus
3 5 (55.56%) Tripwire
3 5 (55.56%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (55.56%) OPNET
3 5 (55.56%) A+ Certification
3 5 (55.56%) BMC
3 5 (55.56%) McAfee
3 5 (55.56%) Tanium
3 5 (55.56%) CompTIA CySA+
3 5 (55.56%) SOAR
3 5 (55.56%) Forensic Analysis
4 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
4 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
4 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (44.44%) Security Monitoring

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (11.11%) Military
1 1 (11.11%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (44.44%) Security Posture
3 1 (11.11%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (11.11%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Compliance Audit
2 5 (55.56%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 5 (55.56%) Data Loss Prevention
2 5 (55.56%) Forensic Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) Malware Analysis
2 5 (55.56%) SIEM
2 5 (55.56%) SOAR
2 5 (55.56%) Threat Detection
3 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
3 4 (44.44%) Security Monitoring
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) DV Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) A+ Certification
2 5 (55.56%) CompTIA CySA+
2 5 (55.56%) CompTIA Security+
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) McAfee ePO
1 5 (55.56%) Nessus
1 5 (55.56%) OPNET
1 5 (55.56%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) BMC
1 5 (55.56%) McAfee
1 5 (55.56%) Splunk
1 5 (55.56%) Tanium
1 5 (55.56%) Tripwire