System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SOC 1 skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SOC 1 over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 676 | 822 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +146 | -93 |
| Contract jobs citing SOC 1 | 0 | 8 | 19 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | - | 0.014% | 0.022% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | 0.10% | 0.16% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £385 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £475 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £775 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +40.91% | +57.14% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £1,000 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £688 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK
SOC 1 is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 5,993 | 7,628 | 11,599 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 13.91% | 13.53% | 13.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,782 | 5,189 | 7,981 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £290 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £406 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £520 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +0.96% | +9.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £645 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £486 | £455 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.26% | +6.81% | +7.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 407 | 244 | 311 |
| 10th Percentile | £10.98 | £13.29 | £12.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.18 | £18.65 | £16.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.34 | £37.50 | £27.73 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.43% | +35.23% | +32.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £46.88 | £63.23 | £49.63 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.33 | £77.50 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £18.97 | £36.25 | £22.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.67% | +64.77% | +4.76% |
SOC 1
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing SOC 1 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
SOC 1
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SOC 1.