Security Operations Centre
Scotland > Edinburgh
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 27 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 83 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +44 |
| Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh | - | - | 0.61% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 1.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £563 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £575 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Scotland median daily rate | £454 | £475 | £594 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.42% | -20.00% | +34.18% |
All Generic Skills
Edinburgh
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 Edinburgh.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 230 | 262 | 362 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh | 37.10% | 34.52% | 36.53% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 111 | 125 | 192 |
| 10th Percentile | £170 | £177 | £205 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £305 | £388 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £434 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.69% | -8.63% | -4.62% |
| 75th Percentile | £510 | £533 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £581 | £616 | £600 |
| Scotland median daily rate | £450 | £450 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -10.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 18 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.80 | £12.85 | £13.47 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.25 | £18.03 | £16.20 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.50 | £20.94 | £17.72 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.42% | +18.16% | -21.89% |
| 75th Percentile | £30.00 | £24.11 | £28.67 |
| 90th Percentile | £57.00 | £24.18 | £48.37 |
| Scotland median hourly rate | £24.45 | £21.59 | £18.45 |
| % change year-on-year | +13.25% | +17.02% | -32.57% |
Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.
Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Security Operations Centre.
