CSOC Contracts in Central London

Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC)
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term CSOC in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited CSOC over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 120 132 168
Rank change year-on-year +12 +36 -
Contract jobs citing CSOC 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.11% 0.042% 0.027%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.32% 0.13% 0.075%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £725 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £750 £713 £675
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +22.73%

All Generic Skills
Central London

CSOC 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 633 752 1,330
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 33.65% 31.42% 35.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 521 905
10th Percentile £357 £275 £325
25th Percentile £465 £428 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £625
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -9.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £745
90th Percentile £811 £838 £850
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 16
10th Percentile £19.80 £12.75 £18.42
25th Percentile £23.52 £15.19 £32.50
Median hourly rate £26.45 £23.40 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.03% -33.14% -24.73%
75th Percentile £30.04 £27.13 £84.89
90th Percentile £58.60 £34.33 £88.30
London median hourly rate £30.90 £27.00 £34.81
% change year-on-year +14.45% -22.44% -19.98%

CSOC
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing CSOC as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for CSOC in Central London

CSOC
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing CSOC in Central London.

Daily rate trend for CSOC in Central London

CSOC
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CSOC within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 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
City of London +6 2 £750 +3.45% 2
CSOC
London

CSOC
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 2 (100.00%) Amazon EC2
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon S3
1 2 (100.00%) Amazon SQS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) SIEM
1 2 (100.00%) Use Case
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) SOAR
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Splunk