SOC Analyst Contracts in the South East

Security Operations Centre Analyst
England > South East

The median Security Operations Centre Analyst daily rate in the South East is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 200 248
Rank change year-on-year +9 +48 -27
Contract jobs requiring a SOC Analyst 13 19 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.34% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.36% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 13 9
10th Percentile - £473 £455
25th Percentile £425 £525 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £619 £650
Median % change year-on-year -27.30% -4.77% +36.84%
75th Percentile £544 £650 -
90th Percentile £600 - £703
England median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% +14.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £68.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £75.25 £62.50
% change year-on-year -85.05% +20.40% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,244 5,347 7,384
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 94.55% 95.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,083 3,701 5,046
10th Percentile £234 £213 £210
25th Percentile £400 £385 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £592
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 237 310
10th Percentile £12.88 £16.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £18.46 £22.50 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - +143.90% -15.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £45.84
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £61.58
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%

SOC Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SOC Analyst in the South East

SOC Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SOC Analyst in the South East

SOC Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SOC Analyst in the South East

SOC Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
West Sussex - 7 £450 -
Thames Valley -6 3 £538 -13.17% 2
Berkshire -2 2 £538 +21.13% 1
Hampshire - 2 £396 - 1
Buckinghamshire +16 1 - - 1
Surrey +13 1 £830 -
SOC Analyst
England

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 South East region featuring SOC Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) SIEM
2 8 (61.54%) Vulnerability Management
2 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
2 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
3 7 (53.85%) LogRhythm
3 7 (53.85%) Data Security
3 7 (53.85%) Management Information System
4 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 6 (46.15%) Forcepoint
4 6 (46.15%) Qualys
4 6 (46.15%) Varonis
4 6 (46.15%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
5 3 (23.08%) Splunk
5 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
6 2 (15.38%) AWS
6 2 (15.38%) QRadar
6 2 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (7.69%) Virgin Media
7 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (7.69%) Zscaler
7 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
7 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
7 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills

SOC Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) AWS
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.69%) IaaS
2 1 (7.69%) PaaS
2 1 (7.69%) SaaS
General
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) SIEM
2 8 (61.54%) Incident Response
2 8 (61.54%) Security Operations
2 8 (61.54%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (53.85%) Data Security
4 6 (46.15%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (15.38%) Information Security
6 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.69%) Analytics
7 1 (7.69%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (7.69%) Malware Analysis
7 1 (7.69%) Mentoring
7 1 (7.69%) People Management
7 1 (7.69%) Proactive Monitoring
7 1 (7.69%) Project Management
7 1 (7.69%) Protective Monitoring
7 1 (7.69%) SABSA
7 1 (7.69%) Security Architecture
7 1 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) CCNA
2 1 (7.69%) CCSP
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.69%) CISSP
2 1 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
2 1 (7.69%) ISSEP
2 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) LogRhythm
2 6 (46.15%) Forcepoint
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Qualys
2 6 (46.15%) Varonis
3 3 (23.08%) Splunk
4 2 (15.38%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco
5 1 (7.69%) Proofpoint
5 1 (7.69%) Virgin Media
5 1 (7.69%) Zscaler