Security Operations Centre Engineer
UK > Work from Home
The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 22 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 22 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 332 | 444 | 610 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +112 | +166 | -125 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer | 12 | 19 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option | 0.082% | 0.078% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.088% | 0.081% | 0.014% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 12 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £495 |
| 25th Percentile | £575 | £450 | £506 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £675 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +28.57% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £659 | £756 | £544 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £775 | £555 |
| UK median daily rate | £600 | £675 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +28.57% | +6.33% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title | 13,692 | 23,318 | 42,215 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 93.53% | 95.30% | 95.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,254 | 16,497 | 30,553 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £363 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £449 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +8.98% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.82% | +2.90% | +8.25% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 556 | 540 | 593 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.19 | £17.48 | £13.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.71 | £25.71 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £44.74 | £52.50 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -14.78% | +50.00% | +45.83% |
| 75th Percentile | £64.65 | £67.50 | £57.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.25 | £78.08 | £68.23 |
| UK median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
SOC Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured SOC Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SOC Engineer.
SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options
For the 6 months to 22 May 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.
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SOC Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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: