Security Operations Centre Contracts in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 98 99
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 +44
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 17 14 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.81% 0.73% 1.16%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.09% 2.73% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +33.33%
75th Percentile £628 - £631
90th Percentile £634 £725 -
England median daily rate £544 £615 £613
% change year-on-year -11.59% +0.41% -1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile £30.66 - -
25th Percentile £54.82 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 £11.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +617.11% - -
75th Percentile £81.83 - -
90th Percentile £83.05 - -
England median hourly rate £80.68 £11.25 £32.69
% change year-on-year +617.11% -65.59% +45.13%

All Generic Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 416 512 682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 44.35% 26.82% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 253 450
10th Percentile £225 £178 £185
25th Percentile £398 £295 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £550 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 127 52
10th Percentile £16.95 £13.24 £20.54
25th Percentile £26.30 £17.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%
75th Percentile £83.25 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.50 £70.00 £79.38
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Security Operations Centre as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Centre in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Security Operations Centre in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in the East of England

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Security Operations Centre within the East of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +34 16 £600 -7.69% 33
Cambridgeshire +9 1 - - 8
Security Operations Centre
England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (23.53%) CMS
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) DNS
1 11 (64.71%) FTP
1 11 (64.71%) HTTP
1 11 (64.71%) SMTP
1 11 (64.71%) SSL
2 9 (52.94%) Network Security
General
1 10 (58.82%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (17.65%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (82.35%) Analyst
1 14 (82.35%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Junior
2 3 (17.65%) Junior Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) Security Analyst
3 1 (5.88%) Security Specialist
3 1 (5.88%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (64.71%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (70.59%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (58.82%) Cyberattack
3 8 (47.06%) CSOC
4 6 (35.29%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (35.29%) Management Information System
5 4 (23.53%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
6 1 (5.88%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Security Operations
2 15 (88.24%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (70.59%) Incident Response
4 10 (58.82%) Threat Detection
5 8 (47.06%) Information Management
5 8 (47.06%) Information Security
5 8 (47.06%) SIEM
6 7 (41.18%) Network Packet Capture
7 6 (35.29%) Analytics
7 6 (35.29%) Artificial Intelligence
7 6 (35.29%) Behavioural Analytics
7 6 (35.29%) Machine Learning
8 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (11.76%) Security Monitoring
8 2 (11.76%) Threat Analysis
9 1 (5.88%) Email Management
9 1 (5.88%) Logistics
9 1 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 13 (76.47%) Security Cleared
2 11 (64.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (35.29%) DV Cleared
4 2 (11.76%) CISSP
4 2 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (11.76%) GCIA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Darktrace
1 4 (23.53%) FireEye
1 4 (23.53%) LogRhythm
1 4 (23.53%) Splunk
2 2 (11.76%) IronPort
2 2 (11.76%) Symantec