Security Operations Centre Contracts in England

Security Operations Centre
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 401 525 678
Rank change year-on-year +124 +153 -128
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 142 133 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.38% 0.26% 0.14%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.24% 0.77% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 110 86
10th Percentile £463 £260 £444
25th Percentile £506 £461 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £613 £620
Median % change year-on-year +0.41% -1.21% +37.78%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £763
90th Percentile £775 £801 £794
UK median daily rate £618 £613 £620
% change year-on-year +0.82% -1.21% +37.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.26
Median hourly rate £11.25 £32.69 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -65.59% +45.13% -
75th Percentile - - £23.79
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £11.25 £32.69 £22.53
% change year-on-year -65.59% +45.13% -

All Generic Skills
England

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,496 17,234 24,297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.89% 33.64% 33.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,516 11,950 17,291
10th Percentile £263 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £698 £670
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 816 613 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £13.78
25th Percentile £15.13 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -15.15% +2.91%
75th Percentile £59.06 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £67.14
UK median hourly rate £28.25 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +25.64% -16.72% +5.88%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Centre within the England region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
South West +79 74 £588 -7.11% 10
Midlands +42 24 £618 -8.52% 7
London +83 23 £650 -6.28% 10
West Midlands +35 22 £618 -8.52% 5
East of England +6 14 £650 +49.43% 3
North of England +24 3 £600 +14.29% 11
South East +9 3 £565 -5.83% 7
North West +16 2 £584 +45.88% 4
East Midlands +14 2 £584 -18.48% 2
Yorkshire +11 1 £1,000 +90.48% 6
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (7.75%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.27%) Azure
2 8 (5.63%) Azure Sentinel
3 4 (2.82%) AWS
4 1 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 23 (16.20%) Network Security
2 20 (14.08%) Firewall
3 5 (3.52%) Intrusion Detection
4 3 (2.11%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.41%) Internet
5 2 (1.41%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.70%) DHCP
6 1 (0.70%) DNS
6 1 (0.70%) FTP
6 1 (0.70%) HTTP
6 1 (0.70%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.70%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.41%) Big Data
2 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
General
1 23 (16.20%) Analytical Skills
1 23 (16.20%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.86%) Finance
3 12 (8.45%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.63%) Military
5 5 (3.52%) Banking
6 4 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (2.82%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.41%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.70%) Back Office
8 1 (0.70%) Electronics
8 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 67 (47.18%) Analyst
2 60 (42.25%) SOC Analyst
3 25 (17.61%) SOC Engineer
4 14 (9.86%) Senior
5 13 (9.15%) SOC Manager
6 12 (8.45%) Security Analyst
7 11 (7.75%) Senior Analyst
8 9 (6.34%) Lead
8 9 (6.34%) Project Manager
9 8 (5.63%) Architect
9 8 (5.63%) Security Engineer
10 7 (4.93%) Security Architect
11 6 (4.23%) Operations Analyst
11 6 (4.23%) Security Operations Analyst
12 5 (3.52%) Cybersecurity Analyst
13 4 (2.82%) DV Cleared Project Manager
13 4 (2.82%) Security Manager
13 4 (2.82%) Splunk Engineer
14 3 (2.11%) Security Specialist
14 3 (2.11%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.41%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 47 (33.10%) CSOC
2 24 (16.90%) Management Information System
3 20 (14.08%) Cyber Defence
4 16 (11.27%) Cyber Threat
4 16 (11.27%) Security Posture
5 12 (8.45%) Cyberattack
6 9 (6.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 8 (5.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 4 (2.82%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.41%) CCTV
9 2 (1.41%) Distributed Applications
9 2 (1.41%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.70%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 24 (16.90%) Windows
2 21 (14.79%) Linux
3 2 (1.41%) Android
3 2 (1.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.41%) Unix
4 1 (0.70%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.70%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 108 (76.06%) Cybersecurity
3 84 (59.15%) Incident Response
4 80 (56.34%) SIEM
5 47 (33.10%) Use Case
6 44 (30.99%) Information Security
7 35 (24.65%) Threat Intelligence
8 31 (21.83%) Analytics
8 31 (21.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (20.42%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 21 (14.79%) Time Management
11 19 (13.38%) ITIL
11 19 (13.38%) Security Architecture
12 18 (12.68%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 17 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (10.56%) SOAR
15 13 (9.15%) Computer Science
15 13 (9.15%) Cyber Resilience
16 12 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
16 12 (8.45%) Threat Detection
Programming Languages
1 11 (7.75%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (2.82%) Search Processing Language
3 3 (2.11%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.70%) Perl
4 1 (0.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 99 (69.72%) Security Cleared
2 63 (44.37%) DV Cleared
3 34 (23.94%) Degree
4 28 (19.72%) SC Cleared
5 27 (19.01%) CISSP
6 23 (16.20%) SANS
7 12 (8.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (7.75%) CISM
9 10 (7.04%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (5.63%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (4.23%) Azure Certification
12 4 (2.82%) CEH
12 4 (2.82%) GIAC
13 2 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (1.41%) CCSP
13 2 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
13 2 (1.41%) OSCP
13 2 (1.41%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.70%) OSCE
14 1 (0.70%) OSWP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (16.20%) NIST
2 21 (14.79%) GDPR
3 15 (10.56%) NCSC
4 14 (9.86%) NIST 800
5 4 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.82%) SLA
6 2 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (0.70%) CSIRT
1 1 (0.70%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.70%) Puppet
1 1 (0.70%) QRadar
1 1 (0.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (21.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (17.61%) Splunk
3 12 (8.45%) Darktrace
3 12 (8.45%) FireEye
4 11 (7.75%) LogRhythm
5 6 (4.23%) Cisco
6 4 (2.82%) ArcSight
7 3 (2.11%) AlienVault
7 3 (2.11%) Qualys
7 3 (2.11%) Sage
8 2 (1.41%) Veracode
9 1 (0.70%) Carbon Black
9 1 (0.70%) McAfee
9 1 (0.70%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.70%) Rapid7
9 1 (0.70%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.70%) SAP
9 1 (0.70%) Varonis