Security Operations Centre Engineer
UK
The median Security Operations Centre Engineer daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 520 | 631 | 820 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +111 | +189 | -117 |
| Contract jobs requiring a SOC Engineer | 51 | 56 | 24 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.12% | 0.098% | 0.027% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.13% | 0.10% | 0.029% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 42 | 45 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £514 | £470 | £431 |
| 25th Percentile | £558 | £625 | £497 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £675 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.11% | +28.57% | +6.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £727 | £544 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £750 | £698 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £663 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.43% | +26.19% | -3.45% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title | 39,507 | 53,867 | 83,506 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.60% | 95.39% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,718 | 37,620 | 58,687 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £544 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.40% | +3.52% | +9.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,672 | 1,498 | 2,036 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.29 | £19.13 | £15.75 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
SOC Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured SOC Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer.
SOC Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SOC Engineer over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.
SOC Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SOC Engineer.
SOC Engineer
Top 10 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 18 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 |
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| England | +99 | 46 | £600 | -11.11% | 9 |
| UK excluding London | +55 | 32 | £600 | -9.43% | 7 |
| South West | +18 | 22 | £600 | -17.24% | 1 |
| London | +98 | 14 | £650 | -7.14% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +104 | 13 | £600 | -14.29% | 3 |
| South East | +29 | 5 | £590 | +5.39% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +23 | 4 | £600 | -12.73% | |
| Midlands | +22 | 4 | £600 | -12.73% | |
| North of England | +21 | 1 | £600 | +33.33% | 5 |
| North West | +12 | 1 | £600 | +33.33% | 1 |
SOC Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 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 job ads featuring SOC Engineer in the job title.
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SOC Engineer Skill Set
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: