SOC Engineer Contracts in Wiltshire

Security Operations Centre Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £675, 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 57 71 77
Rank change year-on-year +14 +6 +5
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer 4 3 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 0.69% 0.36% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.38% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 9
10th Percentile £633 - -
25th Percentile £644 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% -23.08% +27.83%
75th Percentile £694 £550 £694
90th Percentile £698 £580 £715
South West median daily rate £675 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +35.00% -23.08% +27.83%

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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Engineer in Wiltshire

SOC Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for SOC Engineer in Wiltshire

SOC Engineer
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 Engineer 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 +7 4 £675 +35.00%
SOC Engineer
South West

SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Use Case
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (25.00%) GDPR
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Military
4 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (25.00%) NCSC
4 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (25.00%) Police
4 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (25.00%) CSOC

SOC Engineer 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:

General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (25.00%) Military
1 1 (25.00%) Police
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (25.00%) CSOC
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 4 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 4 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (25.00%) Cyber Resilience
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) NCSC