Security Operations Contract Job Trends in Central London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London citing Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	130	105	108
Rank change year-on-year	-25	+3	+15
Contract jobs citing Security Operations	22	24	24
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	0.97%	1.27%	1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	1.03%	1.36%	1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	16	21	15
10^th Percentile	£381	£425	£425
25^th Percentile	£446	£488	£441
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£520	£610	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-14.75%	+10.91%	-9.28%
75^th Percentile	£586	£738	£611
90^th Percentile	£663	£813	£765
London median daily rate	£550	£563	£550
% change year-on-year	-2.31%	+2.36%	-16.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Security Operations falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing process or methodology skills in Central London.

	6 months to 10 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	2,135	1,764	2,136
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London	93.72%	93.68%	91.71%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,490	1,220	1,340
10^th Percentile	£363	£331	£375
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£464
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£550	£575
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.35%	-
75^th Percentile	£675	£675	£688
90^th Percentile	£775	£760	£780
London median daily rate	£550	£540	£550
% change year-on-year	+1.85%	-1.82%	-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	33	26	26
10^th Percentile	£15.00	£17.97	£19.50
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£21.07	£28.06
Median hourly rate	£24.00	£27.04	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-11.23%	-22.76%	+27.27%
75^th Percentile	£43.00	£35.88	£74.38
90^th Percentile	£64.15	£60.25	£124.75
London median hourly rate	£33.60	£29.50	£37.79
% change year-on-year	+13.90%	-21.93%	+1.65%

Security Operations Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Security Operations Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Operations.

Security Operations Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in Central London over the 6 months to 10 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Security Operations.

Security Operations 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 Security Operations within the Central London region over the 6 months to 10 November 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
City of London	-32	18	£458	-30.15%	42
Southwark	-	1	£700	-
Security Operations London

Security Operations Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 10 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Security Operations also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region citing Security Operations.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	63.6%	14
2	Incident Response	59.1%	13
3	Microsoft	50.0%	11
4	SIEM	40.9%	9
5	Vulnerability Management	36.4%	8
6	Azure	31.8%	7
6	SOAR	31.8%	7
8	Microsoft Purview	27.3%	6
8	MITRE ATT&CK	27.3%	6
8	Security Cleared	27.3%	6
8	Security Monitoring	27.3%	6
8	Threat Detection	27.3%	6
13	CI/CD	22.7%	5
13	Continuous Improvement	22.7%	5
13	Kusto Query Language	22.7%	5
13	NIST	22.7%	5
13	REST	22.7%	5
13	Roadmaps	22.7%	5
13	SC Cleared	22.7%	5
13	Vulnerability Remediation	22.7%	5
21	Analytics	18.2%	4
21	AWS	18.2%	4
21	Azure Logic Apps	18.2%	4
21	CAD	18.2%	4
21	CISSP	18.2%	4
21	Data Loss Prevention	18.2%	4
21	Data Modelling	18.2%	4
21	GRC	18.2%	4
21	Identity Access Management	18.2%	4
21	IT Asset Management	18.2%	4

Security Operations Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Cybersecurity	63.6%	14
2	Incident Response	59.1%	13
3	SIEM	40.9%	9
4	Vulnerability Management	36.4%	8
5	SOAR	31.8%	7
6	MITRE ATT&CK	27.3%	6
6	Security Monitoring	27.3%	6
6	Threat Detection	27.3%	6
9	CI/CD	22.7%	5
9	Continuous Improvement	22.7%	5
9	Roadmaps	22.7%	5
9	Vulnerability Remediation	22.7%	5
13	Analytics	18.2%	4
13	CAD	18.2%	4
13	Data Loss Prevention	18.2%	4
13	Data Modelling	18.2%	4
13	Identity Access Management	18.2%	4
13	IT Asset Management	18.2%	4
13	ITSM	18.2%	4
13	Risk Assessment	18.2%	4