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 advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 95 99 144
Rank change year-on-year +4 +45 -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 14 25 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.73% 1.20% 0.12%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.61% 3.65% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 25 2
10th Percentile - - £386
25th Percentile - £260 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +33.33% -
75th Percentile - £631 £516
90th Percentile £725 - £544
England median daily rate £615 £613 £620
% change year-on-year +0.41% -1.21% +37.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.25 - -
England median hourly rate £11.25 £32.69 £22.53
% change year-on-year -65.59% +45.13% -

All Generic Skills
East of England

Security Operations Centre is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 537 685 754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 28.04% 32.98% 29.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 453 458
10th Percentile £178 £187 £174
25th Percentile £305 £260 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.75%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 53 82
10th Percentile £13.24 £20.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £21.00 £14.38
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.00 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +133.51% -30.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £54.71
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £69.20
England median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +26.67% -15.09% +1.92%

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
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 24 April 2024. 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 -11 10 £650 +8.33% 2
Suffolk - 2 - -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £750 -
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 9 (64.29%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Intrusion Detection
Job Titles
1 14 (100.00%) Analyst
2 12 (85.71%) SOC Analyst
3 10 (71.43%) Senior
3 10 (71.43%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (28.57%) Security Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Security Operations Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Cyberattack
2 8 (57.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 2 (14.29%) CCTV
3 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
4 1 (7.14%) CSOC
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Linux
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 12 (85.71%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (78.57%) Incident Response
4 3 (21.43%) MITRE ATT&CK
5 2 (14.29%) Blue Team
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (14.29%) Data Loss Prevention
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
5 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 2 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
5 2 (14.29%) Red Team
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) SIEM
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (14.29%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 1 (7.14%) Computer Science
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) CISSP
3 1 (7.14%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
3 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 10 (71.43%) Darktrace
1 10 (71.43%) FireEye
1 10 (71.43%) Splunk
2 9 (64.29%) LogRhythm
3 1 (7.14%) Cisco
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) Sage