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 requiring Security Operations skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 113 116
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +24
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 26 12 17
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.06% 0.60% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 0.64% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 8 16
10th Percentile £393 £453 £447
25th Percentile £434 £550 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -21.53% -1.92% +8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £706 £725
90th Percentile £655 £755 £781
London median daily rate £525 £575 £650
% change year-on-year -8.70% -11.54% +4.00%

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 requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,093 1,861 2,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.57% 92.96% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 1,204 1,561
10th Percentile £356 £356 £350
25th Percentile £450 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 24 24
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £20.01
25th Percentile £19.48 £22.75 £22.38
Median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £43.97 £29.11
90th Percentile £59.48 £50.75 £41.29
London median hourly rate £35.50 £34.25 £28.50
% change year-on-year +3.65% +20.18% -26.92%

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 job vacancy trend in Central London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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 4 May 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.

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 4 May 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
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 -1 24 £500 -21.53% 18
Lambeth - 1 £350 -
Security Operations
London

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

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) AWS
3 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.85%) Azure Machine Learning
4 1 (3.85%) GCP
4 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) Network Security
2 4 (15.38%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.85%) BGP
3 1 (3.85%) DNS
3 1 (3.85%) Firewall
3 1 (3.85%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.85%) IPsec
3 1 (3.85%) OSPF
3 1 (3.85%) SSL
3 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.85%) VPN
General
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
2 2 (7.69%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (3.85%) Local Government
3 1 (3.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Analyst
2 5 (19.23%) Security Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Network Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Network Security Analyst
3 4 (15.38%) Network Support
3 4 (15.38%) Network Support Analyst
4 3 (11.54%) Lead
5 2 (7.69%) Architect
5 2 (7.69%) Cybersecurity Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) Security Engineer
5 2 (7.69%) SOC Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) BSS Architect
6 1 (3.85%) BSS Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) OSS Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Security Administrator
6 1 (3.85%) SIEM Engineer
6 1 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.85%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Onboarding
2 6 (23.08%) Cyber Threat
3 4 (15.38%) Security Posture
3 4 (15.38%) Virtual Team
4 3 (11.54%) Security Operations Centre
5 2 (7.69%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.85%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (3.85%) BYOD
6 1 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.85%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) Incident Response
2 10 (38.46%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (23.08%) Cloud Security
3 6 (23.08%) SIEM
4 5 (19.23%) Change Management
5 4 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 4 (15.38%) IT Strategy
5 4 (15.38%) Network Architecture
5 4 (15.38%) Threat Detection
5 4 (15.38%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (11.54%) AI
6 3 (11.54%) Analytics
6 3 (11.54%) Digital Forensics
6 3 (11.54%) SOAR
6 3 (11.54%) Threat Intelligence
6 3 (11.54%) Zero Trust
7 2 (7.69%) Data Protection
7 2 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (7.69%) Use Case
7 2 (7.69%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) Kusto Query Language
1 3 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
1 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) CISSP
2 3 (11.54%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (11.54%) GIAC
3 2 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.69%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (3.85%) CCNP
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (3.85%) CISM
4 1 (3.85%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.85%) Degree
4 1 (3.85%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.85%) IISP
4 1 (3.85%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (15.38%) NIST
2 1 (3.85%) COBIT
2 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.85%) GRC
2 1 (3.85%) NIST 800
2 1 (3.85%) PCI DSS
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Ansible
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.85%) QRadar
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Splunk
3 1 (3.85%) Cribl.io
3 1 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (3.85%) Palo Alto
3 1 (3.85%) Qualys
3 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.85%) Zscaler