Security Operations Centre Contracts in the South West

Security Operations Centre
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 149 167
Rank change year-on-year +68 +18 -26
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 74 18 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.33% 0.50% 0.081%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 7.03% 1.77% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 18 3
10th Percentile £463 £413 £328
25th Percentile £486 £494 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £633 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.11% +1.20% +68.92%
75th Percentile £688 £723 £681
90th Percentile £700 £738 £708
England median daily rate £616 £613 £620
% change year-on-year +0.61% -1.21% +37.78%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,052 1,017 942
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 33.14% 28.05% 25.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 703 655
10th Percentile £300 £263 £205
25th Percentile £450 £425 £362
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £496
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% +10.89% +8.12%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £575
90th Percentile £693 £725 £664
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 138 58
10th Percentile £13.69 - £15.46
25th Percentile £15.39 - £25.73
Median hourly rate £45.00 £9.80 £49.75
Median % change year-on-year +359.18% -80.30% +0.57%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £72.50 £83.34 £75.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +2.08%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the South West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in the South West

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 28 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
Wiltshire +44 59 £600 -16.08% 1
Bristol +26 7 £525 -16.00% 4
Somerset +5 3 - -
Gloucestershire - 2 £640 -
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (6.76%) Azure
2 4 (5.41%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.22%) Network Security
2 5 (6.76%) Firewall
3 3 (4.05%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.35%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
General
1 11 (14.86%) Analytical Skills
1 11 (14.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (13.51%) Public Sector
3 8 (10.81%) Military
4 4 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.41%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.70%) Banking
5 2 (2.70%) Finance
5 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.35%) Electronics
6 1 (1.35%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 35 (47.30%) Analyst
2 32 (43.24%) SOC Analyst
3 15 (20.27%) SOC Engineer
4 13 (17.57%) SOC Manager
5 8 (10.81%) Project Manager
6 4 (5.41%) DV Cleared Project Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Lead
7 3 (4.05%) Security Analyst
7 3 (4.05%) Security Engineer
7 3 (4.05%) Security Specialist
7 3 (4.05%) SIEM Analyst
7 3 (4.05%) Support Specialist
8 2 (2.70%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) Network Engineer
9 1 (1.35%) Cybersecurity Specialist
9 1 (1.35%) Operational Security Manager
9 1 (1.35%) Security Operations Manager
9 1 (1.35%) SIEM Engineer
9 1 (1.35%) Splunk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 43 (58.11%) CSOC
2 17 (22.97%) Management Information System
3 13 (17.57%) Cyber Defence
4 8 (10.81%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (5.41%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (4.05%) Security Posture
7 2 (2.70%) Operational Technology
8 1 (1.35%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Linux
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
2 1 (1.35%) Mac OS X
2 1 (1.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.35%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 61 (82.43%) Cybersecurity
3 49 (66.22%) Incident Response
4 48 (64.86%) SIEM
5 38 (51.35%) Use Case
6 29 (39.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 29 (39.19%) Information Security
7 23 (31.08%) Analytics
7 23 (31.08%) Threat Intelligence
8 22 (29.73%) MITRE ATT&CK
9 21 (28.38%) Time Management
10 18 (24.32%) ITIL
11 12 (16.22%) SOAR
12 11 (14.86%) Security Architecture
13 9 (12.16%) Cyber Resilience
14 8 (10.81%) Agile
14 8 (10.81%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 8 (10.81%) Programme Management
15 7 (9.46%) Mentoring
15 7 (9.46%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) Kusto Query Language
1 2 (2.70%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 64 (86.49%) Security Cleared
2 58 (78.38%) DV Cleared
3 22 (29.73%) Degree
3 22 (29.73%) SANS
4 8 (10.81%) CISSP
4 8 (10.81%) SC Cleared
5 7 (9.46%) CISM
6 1 (1.35%) CEH
6 1 (1.35%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (22.97%) GDPR
2 15 (20.27%) NCSC
3 14 (18.92%) NIST
4 12 (16.22%) NIST 800
5 2 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.35%) Puppet
1 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.76%) Splunk
3 3 (4.05%) Cisco
4 1 (1.35%) ArcSight
4 1 (1.35%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.35%) SAP