Security Operations Contracts in the City of London

Security Operations (SecOps)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Security Operations skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 142 166
Rank change year-on-year +34 +24 -21
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 16 32 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.74% 0.88% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 0.96% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 20
10th Percentile £447 £492 £515
25th Percentile £575 £550 £560
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £616
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -2.64% +17.49%
75th Percentile £725 £730 £654
90th Percentile £781 £823 £805
Central London median daily rate £650 £600 £613
% change year-on-year +8.33% -2.04% +16.78%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Security Operations is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,967 3,321 3,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.60% 91.59% 91.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,395 2,237 2,950
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £676
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 41
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.35 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

Security Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Security Operations as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations in the City of London

Security Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations in the City of London

Security Operations
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the City of London

Security Operations
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations in the City of London

Security Operations
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) AWS
1 2 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (6.25%) GCP
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Network Security
2 2 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (6.25%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Analyst
2 4 (25.00%) SOC Architect
2 4 (25.00%) SOC Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Security Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Threat and Vulnerability Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Vulnerability Manager
5 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Incident Manager
5 1 (6.25%) IT Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) IT Security Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Operational Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Operations Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.25%) Security Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 2 (12.50%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (12.50%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (6.25%) CSOC
4 1 (6.25%) Cyberattack
4 1 (6.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Linux
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (37.50%) Incident Response
3 5 (31.25%) SIEM
4 4 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (25.00%) SOAR
4 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security
5 3 (18.75%) Information Security
5 3 (18.75%) Penetration Testing
5 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (18.75%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
6 2 (12.50%) Agile
6 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 2 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 2 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) DevOps
6 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
6 2 (12.50%) Information Assurance
6 2 (12.50%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
1 5 (31.25%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) CISSP
2 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) GCIA
2 2 (12.50%) GCIH
2 2 (12.50%) GIAC
3 1 (6.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (6.25%) CCSP
3 1 (6.25%) CEH
3 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.25%) CISM
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (6.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) CSIRT
2 2 (12.50%) Nessus
2 2 (12.50%) QRadar
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (6.25%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Palo Alto
2 3 (18.75%) CrowdStrike
3 2 (12.50%) BeyondTrust
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 2 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) Netskope
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler