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 3 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	136	105	105
Rank change year-on-year	-31	0	+18
Contract jobs citing Security Operations	21	22	24
As % of all contract jobs in Central London	0.92%	1.18%	1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.98%	1.26%	1.12%
Number of daily rates quoted	15	19	16
10^th Percentile	£431	£420	£425
25^th Percentile	£449	£488	£445
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£520	£610	£538
Median % change year-on-year	-14.75%	+13.49%	-11.34%
75^th Percentile	£591	£738	£599
90^th Percentile	£665	£818	£763
London median daily rate	£550	£550	£550
% change year-on-year	-	-	-15.38%

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 3 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	2,138	1,746	2,134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London	93.24%	93.92%	91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,496	1,204	1,336
10^th Percentile	£363	£331	£363
25^th Percentile	£450	£425	£466
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	£750	£775
London median daily rate	£550	£538	£550
% change year-on-year	+2.33%	-2.27%	-4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted	31	24	26
10^th Percentile	£15.00	£17.61	£19.50
25^th Percentile	£17.60	£22.86	£28.06
Median hourly rate	£25.00	£27.75	£35.00
Median % change year-on-year	-9.91%	-20.71%	+27.27%
75^th Percentile	£48.75	£38.88	£74.38
90^th Percentile	£64.25	£61.65	£124.75
London median hourly rate	£31.35	£30.25	£38.29
% change year-on-year	+3.62%	-20.99%	+2.09%

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 3 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 3 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	-25	17	£465	-29.01%	19
Southwark	-	1	£700	-
Security Operations London

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

For the 6 months to 3 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	61.9%	13
2	Incident Response	57.1%	12
3	Microsoft	52.4%	11
4	SIEM	38.1%	8
5	Azure	33.3%	7
5	SOAR	33.3%	7
5	Vulnerability Management	33.3%	7
8	Microsoft Purview	28.6%	6
8	Security Cleared	28.6%	6
8	Threat Detection	28.6%	6
11	CI/CD	23.8%	5
11	Continuous Improvement	23.8%	5
11	Kusto Query Language	23.8%	5
11	MITRE ATT&CK	23.8%	5
11	REST	23.8%	5
11	Roadmaps	23.8%	5
11	SC Cleared	23.8%	5
11	Security Monitoring	23.8%	5
11	Vulnerability Remediation	23.8%	5
20	Analytics	19.0%	4
20	AWS	19.0%	4
20	Azure Logic Apps	19.0%	4
20	CAD	19.0%	4
20	CISSP	19.0%	4
20	Data Modelling	19.0%	4
20	GRC	19.0%	4
20	IT Asset Management	19.0%	4
20	ITSM	19.0%	4
20	JavaScript	19.0%	4
20	NIST	19.0%	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	61.9%	13
2	Incident Response	57.1%	12
3	SIEM	38.1%	8
4	SOAR	33.3%	7
4	Vulnerability Management	33.3%	7
6	Threat Detection	28.6%	6
7	CI/CD	23.8%	5
7	Continuous Improvement	23.8%	5
7	MITRE ATT&CK	23.8%	5
7	Roadmaps	23.8%	5
7	Security Monitoring	23.8%	5
7	Vulnerability Remediation	23.8%	5
13	Analytics	19.0%	4
13	CAD	19.0%	4
13	Data Modelling	19.0%	4
13	IT Asset Management	19.0%	4
13	ITSM	19.0%	4
13	Risk Assessment	19.0%	4
13	Runbook	19.0%	4
13	Strategic Roadmap	19.0%	4