Security Operations Contracts in the City of London

Security Operations (SecOps)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Security Operations skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 111 139
Rank change year-on-year +6 +28 +20
Contract jobs citing Security Operations 14 15 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.80% 0.68% 0.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.75% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 24
10th Percentile £473 £441 £494
25th Percentile £563 £575 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £613
Median % change year-on-year - +6.12% +0.20%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £730
90th Percentile £840 £763 £821
Central London median daily rate £650 £650 £613
% change year-on-year - +6.12% +0.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

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

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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 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations in the City of London

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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

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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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) SAP GRC
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (7.14%) Datadog
2 1 (7.14%) GitHub
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.14%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) Firewall
2 1 (7.14%) FTP
2 1 (7.14%) HTTP
2 1 (7.14%) SMTP
2 1 (7.14%) SSL
2 1 (7.14%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (21.43%) Banking
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.14%) Investment Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Law
3 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Security Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Information Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Information Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Operational Security Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Operations Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Security Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Security Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Senior
3 2 (14.29%) SOC Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) IT Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Information Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Junior Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Architect
4 1 (7.14%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) SOAP
1 2 (14.29%) Web Services
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.14%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) Ajax
2 1 (7.14%) CSS
2 1 (7.14%) JSON
2 1 (7.14%) REST
2 1 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (7.14%) CMDB
3 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Public Cloud
3 1 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 6 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (42.86%) SIEM
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Threat Detection
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 3 (21.43%) DevSecOps
4 3 (21.43%) Information Security
4 3 (21.43%) ITSM
4 3 (21.43%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (21.43%) Risk Management
4 3 (21.43%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (21.43%) Service Management
4 3 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (14.29%) Observability
5 2 (14.29%) Privileged Access Management
5 2 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) Java
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
2 3 (21.43%) CISM
2 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (7.14%) CCSP
4 1 (7.14%) CEH
4 1 (7.14%) CISA
4 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (14.29%) GRC
2 2 (14.29%) NIST
3 1 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (7.14%) NIST 800
3 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) QRadar
1 1 (7.14%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 4 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) Splunk
3 1 (7.14%) Ariba
3 1 (7.14%) Qualys
3 1 (7.14%) SAP