Security Operations Contracts in London

Security Operations (SecOps)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in 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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 285 354
Rank change year-on-year +19 +69 +15
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 136 205 279
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.77% 0.81% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.89% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 160 193
10th Percentile £400 £440 £430
25th Percentile £463 £520 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% +2.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £725 £743 £706
90th Percentile £800 £875 £790
England median daily rate £600 £606 £600
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £22.76
25th Percentile - - £25.01
Median hourly rate - £32.69 £30.01
Median % change year-on-year - +8.92% -49.98%
75th Percentile - - £35.01
90th Percentile - - £37.25
England median hourly rate £11.25 £84.50 £30.01
% change year-on-year -86.69% +181.55% -16.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,493 22,950 35,915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.26% 90.92% 92.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,091 16,613 26,332
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 317 266 397
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +8.33% +5.29%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.75
90th Percentile £68.30 £82.38 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in London

Security Operations
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London +35 20 £650 +8.33% 7
West London +14 4 £611 -28.09% 2
South London +8 1 £475 -13.64%
Security Operations
England

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.47%) Confluence
1 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 24 (17.65%) Azure
2 13 (9.56%) AWS
3 11 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.41%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.68%) IaaS
5 5 (3.68%) Power Platform
5 5 (3.68%) SaaS
6 4 (2.94%) PaaS
7 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.47%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.47%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (1.47%) GCP
9 1 (0.74%) Akamai
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (0.74%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.29%) Firewall
2 9 (6.62%) Network Security
3 7 (5.15%) DNS
3 7 (5.15%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.68%) DHCP
4 5 (3.68%) Internet
5 4 (2.94%) HTTP
6 3 (2.21%) FTP
6 3 (2.21%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.47%) VPN
7 2 (1.47%) WAN
7 2 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.74%) BGP
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.74%) IPsec
8 1 (0.74%) OSPF
8 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.74%) SMTP
8 1 (0.74%) tcpdump
8 1 (0.74%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.68%) Power BI
2 2 (1.47%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.47%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (1.47%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.74%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (2.94%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.21%) Burp Suite
2 3 (2.21%) Git
2 3 (2.21%) Metasploit
3 2 (1.47%) JIRA
General
1 32 (23.53%) Finance
2 22 (16.18%) Social Skills
3 18 (13.24%) Banking
4 10 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.15%) Legal
6 6 (4.41%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.68%) Law
8 3 (2.21%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Advertising
10 1 (0.74%) Automotive
10 1 (0.74%) Back Office
10 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Marketing
10 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Retail
10 1 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (19.85%) Analyst
2 19 (13.97%) Security Engineer
3 18 (13.24%) Architect
4 14 (10.29%) Security Analyst
4 14 (10.29%) Security Manager
5 12 (8.82%) Consultant
6 11 (8.09%) SOC Analyst
7 10 (7.35%) Security Architect
8 7 (5.15%) Lead
8 7 (5.15%) Operational Security Manager
8 7 (5.15%) Security Operations Manager
8 7 (5.15%) Senior
9 6 (4.41%) SOC Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) Cybersecurity Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Information Manager
10 5 (3.68%) IT Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) IT Security Analyst
10 5 (3.68%) Operations Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) SOC Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.47%) AngularJS
1 2 (1.47%) CSS
1 2 (1.47%) PySpark
1 2 (1.47%) Web Services
1 2 (1.47%) YAML
2 1 (0.74%) Ajax
2 1 (0.74%) EDI
2 1 (0.74%) HTML
2 1 (0.74%) JDBC
2 1 (0.74%) JSON
2 1 (0.74%) LDAP
2 1 (0.74%) SOAP
2 1 (0.74%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (17.65%) Security Operations Centre
2 21 (15.44%) Cyber Threat
2 21 (15.44%) Security Posture
3 7 (5.15%) Cyberattack
3 7 (5.15%) Management Information System
4 5 (3.68%) Cloud Security Posture
4 5 (3.68%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.68%) Operational Technology
4 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.94%) CMDB
5 4 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.94%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (2.21%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.47%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.47%) CSOC
7 2 (1.47%) Cyber Defence
7 2 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.47%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.71%) Windows
2 12 (8.82%) Linux
3 3 (2.21%) Kali Linux
3 3 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.47%) Unix
5 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (48.53%) Cybersecurity
2 40 (29.41%) Incident Response
3 39 (28.68%) Information Security
4 33 (24.26%) SIEM
5 28 (20.59%) Vulnerability Management
6 19 (13.97%) Cloud Security
7 18 (13.24%) Penetration Testing
8 17 (12.50%) Threat Detection
9 16 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
10 15 (11.03%) Threat Intelligence
11 12 (8.82%) Agile
11 12 (8.82%) CI/CD
11 12 (8.82%) Incident Management
11 12 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
12 11 (8.09%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
12 11 (8.09%) Risk Management
13 10 (7.35%) Use Case
14 9 (6.62%) Computer Science
14 9 (6.62%) Security Architecture
14 9 (6.62%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.24%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.09%) Python
3 5 (3.68%) JavaScript
4 4 (2.94%) Bash
4 4 (2.94%) Perl
5 2 (1.47%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.47%) Search Processing Language
5 2 (1.47%) SQL
6 1 (0.74%) C
6 1 (0.74%) C++
6 1 (0.74%) Java
6 1 (0.74%) Ruby
6 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 26 (19.12%) CISSP
2 22 (16.18%) Security Cleared
3 17 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 14 (10.29%) Degree
5 13 (9.56%) GIAC
6 12 (8.82%) CISM
7 8 (5.88%) GCIA
7 8 (5.88%) GCIH
8 5 (3.68%) CEH
8 5 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (2.21%) CTC Cleared
10 3 (2.21%) OSCP
10 3 (2.21%) SANS
11 2 (1.47%) CCSP
11 2 (1.47%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (1.47%) DV Cleared
11 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.24%) NIST
2 16 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (9.56%) GDPR
4 5 (3.68%) GRC
5 4 (2.94%) PCI DSS
6 3 (2.21%) NCSC
7 2 (1.47%) COBIT
7 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
7 2 (1.47%) SLA
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
System Software
1 11 (8.09%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.62%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.35%) CSIRT
2 9 (6.62%) Terraform
3 7 (5.15%) Nessus
4 5 (3.68%) Kubernetes
4 5 (3.68%) QRadar
5 4 (2.94%) CASB
5 4 (2.94%) SCCM
6 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.21%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.47%) SCOrch
7 2 (1.47%) WSUS
8 1 (0.74%) Ansible
8 1 (0.74%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
8 1 (0.74%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.74%) Grafana
8 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.74%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 38 (27.94%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.35%) CrowdStrike
2 10 (7.35%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.41%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.68%) Oracle
5 4 (2.94%) BeyondTrust
5 4 (2.94%) Qualys
5 4 (2.94%) Rapid7
5 4 (2.94%) Splunk
6 3 (2.21%) Cisco
6 3 (2.21%) ForeScout
7 2 (1.47%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.47%) Databricks
7 2 (1.47%) Imperva
7 2 (1.47%) Netskope
7 2 (1.47%) Sophos
7 2 (1.47%) Varonis
7 2 (1.47%) Veracode
8 1 (0.74%) BT
8 1 (0.74%) Google