Security Operations Centre Contracts in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 84 125 163
Rank change year-on-year +41 +38 -43
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 25 15 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.30% 0.63% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.90% 1.95% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 8 12
10th Percentile £455 £360 £472
25th Percentile £608 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £618 £650 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +15.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £663 £763 £1,100
90th Percentile £850 £766 -
England median daily rate £616 £613 £620
% change year-on-year +0.61% -1.21% +37.78%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 641 768 1,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 33.30% 32.21% 28.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 525 721
10th Percentile £304 £263 £260
25th Percentile £363 £408 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +5.26% +13.10%
75th Percentile £632 £638 £585
90th Percentile £750 £700 £688
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 19 26
10th Percentile £10.42 £17.10 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.71 £17.99 £12.91
Median hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £15.86
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +51.32% -5.71%
75th Percentile £40.25 £52.50 £17.70
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.50 £19.38
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in the West Midlands

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands 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
Birmingham +13 11 £525 +2.44% 10
Herefordshire - 3 £800 -
Warwickshire -4 1 £625 -10.71%
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (16.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
1 6 (24.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (40.00%) Firewall
2 9 (36.00%) Network Security
3 3 (12.00%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Big Data
General
1 9 (36.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (16.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 11 (44.00%) Analyst
1 11 (44.00%) SOC Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) SOC Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Security Engineer
3 4 (16.00%) Splunk Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) Security Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Data Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) Lead
5 2 (8.00%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (8.00%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (4.00%) Senior
6 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (4.00%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 9 (36.00%) Security Posture
2 5 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
2 5 (20.00%) Management Information System
3 4 (16.00%) Cyberattack
4 3 (12.00%) Distributed Applications
5 2 (8.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (28.00%) Linux
1 7 (28.00%) Windows
2 3 (12.00%) Android
2 3 (12.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (12.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 18 (72.00%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (56.00%) SIEM
4 13 (52.00%) Incident Response
5 10 (40.00%) Computer Science
5 10 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (36.00%) Analytics
7 7 (28.00%) Actionable Insight
8 5 (20.00%) Cloud Security
8 5 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 5 (20.00%) Data Analytics
8 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (20.00%) Threat Detection
8 5 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
9 4 (16.00%) Event Correlation
9 4 (16.00%) Log Analytics
10 3 (12.00%) Data Engineering
10 3 (12.00%) Data Management
10 3 (12.00%) Kalman Filter
10 3 (12.00%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 24 (96.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (56.00%) SC Cleared
3 10 (40.00%) CISSP
3 10 (40.00%) CompTIA Security+
3 10 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (40.00%) Degree
4 6 (24.00%) Azure Certification
4 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (12.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (8.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 8 (32.00%) Splunk
2 6 (24.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (16.00%) Darktrace
3 4 (16.00%) FireEye
3 4 (16.00%) LogRhythm
4 2 (8.00%) Sage