Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in East Kilbride

Security Operations Centre
South Lanarkshire > East Kilbride

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in East Kilbride. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in East Kilbride 27.27% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 50.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £614 - -
25th Percentile £621 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 - -
75th Percentile £642 - -
90th Percentile £649 - -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £632 - -

All Generic Skills
East Kilbride

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 East Kilbride.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6 5 73
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East Kilbride 54.55% 27.78% 50.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 60
10th Percentile £614 £416 £250
25th Percentile £621 £422 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 £438 £650
Median % change year-on-year +44.34% -32.69% +62.50%
75th Percentile £642 £447 £700
90th Percentile £649 £449 -
South Lanarkshire median daily rate £632 £438 £650
% change year-on-year +44.34% -32.69% +62.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £16.71
South Lanarkshire median hourly rate - - £16.71

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Kilbride 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cyberattack
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA CySA+
1 3 (100.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Splunk
Security Operations Centre jobs