Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Security Operations Centre
Devon > Exeter

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Exeter. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 1.40% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £783 - -
25th Percentile £794 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 - -
75th Percentile £844 - -
90th Percentile £848 - -
Devon median daily rate £825 - -

All Generic Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 66 11 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 30.84% 26.83% 31.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 5 39
10th Percentile £375 £311 £395
25th Percentile £388 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £458 £338 £425
Median % change year-on-year +35.56% -20.59% -22.73%
75th Percentile £560 £375 £438
90th Percentile £720 £450 £495
Devon median daily rate £450 £331 £425
% change year-on-year +35.85% -22.06% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £10.42
Median % change year-on-year - - -42.11%
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £29.00 £25.28
% change year-on-year -14.79% +14.74% +40.42%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Security Operations Centre relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Exeter

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Exeter citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Military
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Operations
1 1 (33.33%) Head of Security
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Operations Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SOC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) CSOC
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
1 3 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Detection
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) NCSC
Security Operations Centre jobs