Security Operations Centre Contracts with Work from Home Options

Security Operations Centre
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 319 414 551
Rank change year-on-year +95 +137 -97
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 22 54 64
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.15% 0.22% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 0.68% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 56
10th Percentile £438 £400 £425
25th Percentile £563 £525 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -3.85% +44.44%
75th Percentile £638 £775 £763
90th Percentile £723 £821 -
UK median daily rate £615 £613 £625
% change year-on-year +0.41% -2.00% +38.89%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,326 7,897 13,802
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 28.70% 31.48% 31.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,958 5,553 9,859
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £431 £455 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% +9.09%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £650
90th Percentile £800 £793 £750
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 154 221
10th Percentile £15.49 £19.00 £12.21
25th Percentile £25.50 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £51.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +23.60% +28.99%
75th Percentile £66.94 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £31.13 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +38.43% -18.24% +4.05%

Security Operations Centre
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Operations Centre trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre.

Security Operations Centre daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Security Operations Centre daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (13.64%) Azure
1 3 (13.64%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
3 2 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Banking
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Security Analyst
2 4 (18.18%) Security Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Security Specialist
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
3 3 (13.64%) SOC Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) SOC Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Support Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
4 2 (9.09%) IT Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) IT Security Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Security Manager
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Security Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) SOC Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Management Information System
2 3 (13.64%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) CSOC
3 2 (9.09%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.55%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.55%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
2 1 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (4.55%) Ubuntu
2 1 (4.55%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 16 (72.73%) SIEM
3 15 (68.18%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (36.36%) Incident Response
4 8 (36.36%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (31.82%) Information Security
6 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
6 6 (27.27%) Risk Management
7 5 (22.73%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (18.18%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (18.18%) Threat Detection
8 4 (18.18%) Threat Intelligence
9 3 (13.64%) Blue Team
9 3 (13.64%) Identity Access Management
9 3 (13.64%) Privileged Access Management
9 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (13.64%) Red Team
9 3 (13.64%) Security Monitoring
9 3 (13.64%) Threat Modelling
9 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) SC Cleared
1 9 (40.91%) Security Cleared
2 8 (36.36%) CISSP
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.55%) CCNA
6 1 (4.55%) CCSP
6 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (4.55%) CISM
6 1 (4.55%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 1 (4.55%) GCIH
6 1 (4.55%) GIAC
6 1 (4.55%) ISSEP
6 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.55%) OSCP
6 1 (4.55%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) NIST
2 2 (9.09%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Nessus
1 1 (4.55%) Puppet
1 1 (4.55%) QRadar
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
1 3 (13.64%) Splunk
2 2 (9.09%) Qualys
3 1 (4.55%) ArcSight
3 1 (4.55%) Cisco
3 1 (4.55%) ForeScout
3 1 (4.55%) Red Hat