Security Operations Contracts in Central London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 119 142 167
Rank change year-on-year +23 +25 -18
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 16 33 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.66% 0.86% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.94% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 24 19
10th Percentile £441 £494 £515
25th Percentile £575 £550 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £613 £610
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% +0.41% +16.30%
75th Percentile £725 £730 £630
90th Percentile £763 £821 £778
London median daily rate £650 £625 £600
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,211 3,521 4,156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.58% 91.53% 91.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,574 2,386 3,183
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 28 42
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.43 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £29.11 £58.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.43
London median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +10.77%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 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
City of London +28 15 £650 +6.12% 7
West End of London - 1 - -
Security Operations
London

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) GCP
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Network Security
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) SOC Architect
2 4 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Manager
5 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Information Officer
5 1 (6.25%) Information Security Officer
5 1 (6.25%) IT Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Security Officer
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (25.00%) Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (6.25%) CSOC
4 1 (6.25%) Cyberattack
4 1 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (43.75%) Incident Response
3 6 (37.50%) SIEM
4 5 (31.25%) Security Monitoring
4 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (25.00%) Information Security
5 4 (25.00%) SOAR
5 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
6 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
6 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
7 2 (12.50%) Agile
7 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
7 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Analysis
7 2 (12.50%) DevOps
7 2 (12.50%) Patch Management
7 2 (12.50%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (12.50%) SDLC
7 2 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) GIAC
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) GCIA
2 2 (12.50%) GCIH
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (6.25%) CCSP
3 1 (6.25%) CEH
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) CSIRT
2 2 (12.50%) Nessus
2 2 (12.50%) QRadar
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (12.50%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) Netskope
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler