Security Operations Centre Contracts in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 49 69 93
Rank change year-on-year +20 +24 -31
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 14 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.83% 0.79% 0.077%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.54% 2.30% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile - £400 -
25th Percentile £388 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +11.11% -23.40%
75th Percentile £700 £625 £475
90th Percentile - £700 -
West Midlands median daily rate £635 £638 £550
% change year-on-year -0.39% +15.91% -6.38%

All Generic Skills
Birmingham

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 214 305 394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.94% 34.31% 30.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 186 268
10th Percentile £263 £300 £271
25th Percentile £350 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.94% +1.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £575 £642 £601
90th Percentile £738 £700 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 13 6
10th Percentile £18.88 £15.65 £13.83
25th Percentile £22.33 £20.22 £15.38
Median hourly rate £26.00 £27.50 £17.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +58.50% +26.18%
75th Percentile £40.81 £30.00 £17.70
90th Percentile £54.80 £88.75 £18.60
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year -14.27% +61.76% +3.37%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in Birmingham

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 5 (35.71%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) Firewall
General
1 3 (21.43%) Games
2 1 (7.14%) Legal
2 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Analyst
1 14 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 4 (28.57%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Lead
3 2 (14.29%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Linux
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (35.71%) Incident Response
4 3 (21.43%) SIEM
5 1 (7.14%) Computer Forensics
5 1 (7.14%) Malware Reverse Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 1 (7.14%) Purple Team
5 1 (7.14%) Reverse Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (7.14%) Threat Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (42.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) HIPAA
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Darktrace
1 5 (35.71%) FireEye
1 5 (35.71%) LogRhythm
1 5 (35.71%) Splunk
2 2 (14.29%) Sage