Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Cheltenham

Security Operations Centre
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Cheltenham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cheltenham 0.80% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £575 - £640

All Generic Skills
Cheltenham

Security Operations Centre falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Cheltenham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 42 22 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham 33.60% 31.88% 16.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 20 21
10th Percentile £156 £513 £363
25th Percentile £181 £540 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £548 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.18% -0.36% -
75th Percentile £606 £582 £668
90th Percentile £750 £676 £725
Gloucestershire median daily rate £450 £546 £550
% change year-on-year -17.58% -0.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £30.85 - -
25th Percentile £37.75 - -
Median hourly rate £51.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.75 - -
90th Percentile £71.95 - -
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £15.89
% change year-on-year -1.52% +107.68% -79.63%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Cheltenham

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheltenham citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team