Security Operations Centre Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 52 77
Rank change year-on-year +19 +25 -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 2.12% 0.42% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 5.00% 1.42% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile - £534 -
25th Percentile £375 £537 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £558 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% -7.08% -
75th Percentile £550 £586 £688
90th Percentile £556 £593 £725
South East median daily rate £525 £565 £600
% change year-on-year -7.08% -5.83% +23.08%

All Generic Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 100 141 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 42.37% 29.62% 28.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 101 181
10th Percentile £312 £175 £252
25th Percentile £425 £350 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +3.54%
75th Percentile £627 £598 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 19 1
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.53 -
25th Percentile £23.50 £22.55 £41.25
Median hourly rate £38.25 £27.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.09% -35.29% +88.89%
75th Percentile £56.56 £29.38 £43.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £34.50 -
South East median hourly rate £47.81 £47.19 £51.25
% change year-on-year +1.31% -7.93% +138.37%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in Buckinghamshire

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Milton Keynes +13 2 £539 -3.36% 3
Marlow - 2 £400 - 2
Bletchley - 1 £550 -
Security Operations Centre
South East

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
1 2 (40.00%) MPLS
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Security Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CSOC
1 2 (40.00%) Cyber Threat
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
3 2 (40.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (40.00%) Migration
3 2 (40.00%) Protective Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (20.00%) Security Management
4 1 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Aruba
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) Palo Alto