Security Operations Centre
North West > Cheshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Cheshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 57 | 47 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -10 | - |
| Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | - | 0.39% | 2.29% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | 1.26% | 5.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £572 | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | £578 | £606 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £596 | £616 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -3.17% | - |
| 75th Percentile | - | £620 | £632 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £630 | £646 |
| North West median daily rate | £525 | £600 | £606 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.50% | -0.99% | -16.41% |
All Generic Skills
Cheshire
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 Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 163 | 159 | 234 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 34.10% | 30.81% | 44.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 124 | 101 | 131 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £297 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £425 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £452 | £495 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +9.89% | -0.44% |
| 75th Percentile | £543 | £567 | £565 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £620 |
| North West median daily rate | £452 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.42% | -1.40% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 17 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | £29.34 | £14.15 | £21.89 |
| 25th Percentile | £29.52 | £17.72 | £23.15 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.80 | £36.50 | £27.98 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.36% | +30.45% | +28.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £49.90 | £43.75 | £52.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £61.96 | - | £66.25 |
| North West median hourly rate | £29.90 | £25.25 | £31.49 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.42% | -19.82% | +57.45% |
Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in Cheshire.