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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 116 118
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +31
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 22 13 19
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.88% 0.68% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 0.73% 0.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 18
10th Percentile £412 £488 £423
25th Percentile £444 £500 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -18.96% -3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £547 £713 £725
90th Percentile £643 £775 £779
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 2,143 1,787 2,175
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 85.82% 93.46% 90.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,464 1,161 1,537
10th Percentile £355 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £799
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 24 22
10th Percentile £17.56 £19.04 £20.22
25th Percentile £18.75 £22.75 £23.03
Median hourly rate £26.11 £28.33 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% +1.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £49.78 £43.97 £32.09
90th Percentile £60.25 £50.75 £41.65
London median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
% change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.59%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -3 20 £513 -17.96% 26
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 (22.73%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Azure Sentinel
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Purview
3 3 (13.64%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (9.09%) AWS
4 2 (9.09%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (4.55%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
2 1 (4.55%) BGP
2 1 (4.55%) DNS
2 1 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (4.55%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (4.55%) IPsec
2 1 (4.55%) OSPF
2 1 (4.55%) SSL
2 1 (4.55%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
General
1 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
2 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Local Government
3 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Operations Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Lead
3 2 (9.09%) Security Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Security Operations Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) BSS Architect
4 1 (4.55%) BSS Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) OSS Architect
4 1 (4.55%) OSS Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Security Posture
2 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (9.09%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.55%) Anti-Spyware
3 1 (4.55%) BYOD
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Incident Response
2 11 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (27.27%) Analytics
3 6 (27.27%) Cloud Security
3 6 (27.27%) SIEM
3 6 (27.27%) Threat Detection
4 5 (22.73%) Runbook
4 5 (22.73%) SOAR
4 5 (22.73%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 3 (13.64%) AI
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Data Mapping
6 3 (13.64%) Data Privacy
6 3 (13.64%) Data Protection
6 3 (13.64%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 3 (13.64%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.64%) Zero Trust
7 2 (9.09%) Threat Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Kusto Query Language
2 4 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) CISSP
1 4 (18.18%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) GIAC
3 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.09%) CompTIA CySA+
4 1 (4.55%) CCNP
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.55%) CISM
4 1 (4.55%) IISP
4 1 (4.55%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) NIST
2 3 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.55%) COBIT
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (4.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.55%) GDPR
3 1 (4.55%) GRC
3 1 (4.55%) NIST 800
3 1 (4.55%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (4.55%) Ansible
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.55%) QRadar
1 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) OneTrust
3 2 (9.09%) Splunk
4 1 (4.55%) Cribl.io
4 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
4 1 (4.55%) Qualys
4 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.55%) Zscaler