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 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 107 132
Rank change year-on-year -1 +25 +42
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 22 21 28
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.18% 0.91% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 0.99% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 22
10th Percentile £420 £425 £401
25th Percentile £488 £441 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £525 £606
Median % change year-on-year +16.19% -13.40% -16.38%
75th Percentile £738 £588 £713
90th Percentile £818 £765 £833
London median daily rate £550 £550 £650
% change year-on-year - -15.38% +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 1,761 2,120 2,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 94.12% 91.93% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,214 1,329 1,897
10th Percentile £328 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £763 £775 £811
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 18
10th Percentile £17.43 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.96 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £28.00 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +30.84% -38.14%
75th Percentile £41.75 £74.38 £45.64
90th Percentile £62.35 £124.75 £57.73
London median hourly rate £31.49 £37.79 £39.63
% change year-on-year -16.66% -4.64% +3.27%

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 28 October 2025.

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 28 October 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 +3 21 £655 +24.76% 26
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £450 -
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 (22.73%) AWS
1 5 (22.73%) GCP
2 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (13.64%) Azure
3 3 (13.64%) Cloud Functions
4 2 (9.09%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (9.09%) Amazon GuardDuty
4 2 (9.09%) Amazon S3
4 2 (9.09%) Amazon SQS
4 2 (9.09%) AWS CloudTrail
4 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (9.09%) SaaS
4 2 (9.09%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) DNS
2 2 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (4.55%) Network Security
3 1 (4.55%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Burp Suite
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
1 1 (4.55%) Metasploit
General
1 11 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
1 7 (31.82%) Architect
2 6 (27.27%) Security Architect
2 6 (27.27%) Security Engineer
3 5 (22.73%) Security Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) GCP Engineer
4 3 (13.64%) Operations Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) AWS Architect
5 2 (9.09%) AWS Security Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security Architect
5 2 (9.09%) GCP Architect
5 2 (9.09%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Engineer
6 1 (4.55%) Operational Security Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Security Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Security Operations Manager
6 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Developer
6 1 (4.55%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) REST
2 1 (4.55%) OAuth
2 1 (4.55%) OpenID
2 1 (4.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (22.73%) Onboarding
3 4 (18.18%) Security Operations Centre
4 3 (13.64%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 2 (9.09%) Cloud Native
5 2 (9.09%) CSOC
6 1 (4.55%) BYOD
6 1 (4.55%) CMDB
6 1 (4.55%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
6 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
6 1 (4.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 3 (13.64%) Windows
3 1 (4.55%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Incident Response
2 12 (54.55%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (40.91%) SIEM
4 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
5 5 (22.73%) Actionable Insight
5 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (22.73%) Threat Detection
6 4 (18.18%) DevOps
6 4 (18.18%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (18.18%) SOAR
6 4 (18.18%) Threat Modelling
7 3 (13.64%) Change Management
7 3 (13.64%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Vulnerability Management
8 2 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
8 2 (9.09%) Network Segmentation
8 2 (9.09%) Regulatory Compliance
8 2 (9.09%) Security Architecture
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) PowerShell
2 3 (13.64%) Bash
2 3 (13.64%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) CISSP
2 3 (13.64%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (9.09%) CISMP
3 2 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
3 2 (9.09%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) CEH
4 1 (4.55%) CISM
4 1 (4.55%) ISSMP
4 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (22.73%) NIST
3 4 (18.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (18.18%) NCSC
4 3 (13.64%) PCI DSS
5 2 (9.09%) GDPR
6 1 (4.55%) GRC
6 1 (4.55%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Nessus
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Splunk
2 5 (22.73%) Google
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) CyberArk
3 3 (13.64%) Tenable
3 3 (13.64%) VMware
4 2 (9.09%) LogRhythm
4 2 (9.09%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
5 1 (4.55%) F5
5 1 (4.55%) Fortinet
5 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
5 1 (4.55%) Qualys