Security Operations Centre Contracts in England

Security Operations Centre
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in 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 411 392 510
Rank change year-on-year -19 +118 +170
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 74 150 143
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.40% 0.28%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.89% 1.31% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 97 117
10th Percentile £374 £463 £296
25th Percentile £481 £500 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £615 £613
Median % change year-on-year -11.59% +0.41% -1.21%
75th Percentile £600 £700 £725
90th Percentile £626 £780 £793
UK median daily rate £550 £618 £613
% change year-on-year -10.93% +0.82% -1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £30.66 - -
25th Percentile £54.82 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 £11.25 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +617.11% -65.59% +45.13%
75th Percentile £81.83 - -
90th Percentile £83.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £80.68 £11.25 £32.69
% change year-on-year +617.11% -65.59% +45.13%

All Generic Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 8,317 11,465 17,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.15% 30.83% 33.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,436 7,505 11,795
10th Percentile £300 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 827 591
10th Percentile £15.84 £12.25 £9.80
25th Percentile £21.01 £15.17 £10.63
Median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%
75th Percentile £64.63 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.40 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.00 £22.49
% change year-on-year +6.83% +33.42% -18.24%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in England

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in 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 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
London +38 25 £538 -15.69% 42
South East +62 19 £525 -7.08% 34
East of England +33 17 £600 -7.69% 28
Midlands -3 3 £525 -14.98% 5
West Midlands -9 3 £525 -14.98% 4
North of England +17 2 £525 -14.29% 18
North West +16 2 £525 -12.50% 13
South West -25 2 £494 -15.96% 4
Security Operations Centre
UK

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (5.41%) CMS
2 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.70%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.92%) Azure
2 5 (6.76%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (4.05%) GCP
4 2 (2.70%) AWS
5 1 (1.35%) Akamai
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (1.35%) Cloudflare
5 1 (1.35%) OCI
5 1 (1.35%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 18 (24.32%) Firewall
2 15 (20.27%) Network Security
3 14 (18.92%) DNS
4 13 (17.57%) HTTP
4 13 (17.57%) SMTP
5 11 (14.86%) FTP
5 11 (14.86%) SSL
6 6 (8.11%) TCP/IP
7 5 (6.76%) DHCP
8 4 (5.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (5.41%) VPN
9 3 (4.05%) 4G
9 3 (4.05%) Internet
9 3 (4.05%) LAN
9 3 (4.05%) WAN
9 3 (4.05%) Wireless
10 2 (2.70%) MPLS
10 2 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) SonarQube
General
1 27 (36.49%) Social Skills
2 17 (22.97%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (12.16%) Finance
4 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 5 (6.76%) Legal
6 3 (4.05%) Law
6 3 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.35%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.35%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (51.35%) Analyst
2 29 (39.19%) SOC Analyst
3 12 (16.22%) Security Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Operations Analyst
4 8 (10.81%) Security Operations Analyst
5 7 (9.46%) Senior
6 6 (8.11%) Incident Analyst
6 6 (8.11%) Incident Responder
6 6 (8.11%) Lead
6 6 (8.11%) Security Incident Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) SOC Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Junior
8 3 (4.05%) Junior Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (4.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Splunk Engineer
9 2 (2.70%) Architect
9 2 (2.70%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (14.86%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 22 (29.73%) Cyber Threat
2 12 (16.22%) Cyberattack
3 11 (14.86%) Security Posture
4 10 (13.51%) CSOC
5 8 (10.81%) Management Information System
6 6 (8.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (8.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (4.05%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 2 (2.70%) Client/Server
9 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
10 1 (1.35%) Cloud Native
10 1 (1.35%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (1.35%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (1.35%) Insider Threat
10 1 (1.35%) Reinsurance
10 1 (1.35%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.22%) Windows
2 9 (12.16%) Linux
3 2 (2.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (98.65%) Security Operations
2 46 (62.16%) SIEM
3 45 (60.81%) Incident Response
4 41 (55.41%) Cybersecurity
5 21 (28.38%) Threat Detection
6 19 (25.68%) Incident Management
6 19 (25.68%) Threat Intelligence
7 15 (20.27%) Security Monitoring
8 12 (16.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 12 (16.22%) Information Security
8 12 (16.22%) Vulnerability Management
9 10 (13.51%) MITRE ATT&CK
10 9 (12.16%) Analytics
11 8 (10.81%) Information Management
11 8 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (9.46%) Artificial Intelligence
12 7 (9.46%) Machine Learning
12 7 (9.46%) Network Packet Capture
12 7 (9.46%) Roadmaps
13 6 (8.11%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.16%) Python
2 8 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 6 (8.11%) Kusto Query Language
4 3 (4.05%) Bash
5 2 (2.70%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (1.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (47.30%) Security Cleared
2 29 (39.19%) SC Cleared
3 11 (14.86%) DV Cleared
4 10 (13.51%) CISSP
5 7 (9.46%) CompTIA Security+
5 7 (9.46%) GCIA
5 7 (9.46%) GCIH
5 7 (9.46%) GIAC
6 6 (8.11%) CISM
6 6 (8.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (5.41%) CCNA
7 4 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (4.05%) CCNP
8 3 (4.05%) CEH
8 3 (4.05%) GCFA
9 2 (2.70%) CISA
9 2 (2.70%) CompTIA CySA+
9 2 (2.70%) Degree
10 1 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 1 (1.35%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.16%) NIST
2 8 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.05%) GDPR
3 3 (4.05%) NIST 800
3 3 (4.05%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.70%) SLA
5 1 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.35%) GRC
5 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.35%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.35%) SOC 2
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) QRadar
2 3 (4.05%) FortiGate
3 1 (1.35%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (1.35%) CSIRT
3 1 (1.35%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.35%) OPNET
Vendors
1 19 (25.68%) Splunk
2 14 (18.92%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.76%) LogRhythm
4 4 (5.41%) Darktrace
4 4 (5.41%) FireEye
5 3 (4.05%) Cisco
5 3 (4.05%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.70%) Aruba
6 2 (2.70%) IBM
6 2 (2.70%) IronPort
6 2 (2.70%) Rapid7
6 2 (2.70%) Symantec
7 1 (1.35%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.35%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.35%) F5
7 1 (1.35%) Google
7 1 (1.35%) Imperva
7 1 (1.35%) Kenna
7 1 (1.35%) Veracode
7 1 (1.35%) VMware