Security Operations Contracts in Central London

Security Operations (SecOps)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations 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 115 117 139
Rank change year-on-year +2 +22 +30
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 14 16 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.70% 0.65% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 0.72% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 24
10th Percentile £473 £441 £494
25th Percentile £563 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% +0.41%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £730
90th Percentile £840 £763 £821
London median daily rate £600 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%

All Process and 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 requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,856 2,215 3,533
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.94% 90.56% 91.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,573 2,397
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £456 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £774 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £590
% change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 25 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.43
25th Percentile £22.75 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%
75th Percentile £43.97 £33.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £50.75 £46.89 £88.30
London median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
% change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in Central London

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in Central London

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 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
City of London +7 14 £650 - 9
Security Operations
London

Security Operations
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP GRC
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Datadog
2 1 (7.14%) GitHub
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) FTP
2 1 (7.14%) HTTP
2 1 (7.14%) SMTP
2 1 (7.14%) SSL
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (21.43%) Banking
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Law
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Security Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Operations Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Information Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (7.14%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) SOAP
1 2 (14.29%) Web Services
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.14%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) Ajax
2 1 (7.14%) CSS
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) CMDB
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) SIEM
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 3 (21.43%) DevSecOps
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) ITSM
4 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Service Management
4 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Observability
5 2 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) CISM
2 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.14%) CCSP
4 1 (7.14%) CEH
4 1 (7.14%) CISA
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) GRC
2 2 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
3 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) QRadar
1 1 (7.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) Splunk
3 1 (7.14%) Ariba
3 1 (7.14%) Qualys
3 1 (7.14%) SAP