Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Security Operations Centre
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Glasgow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 61 -
Rank change year-on-year -15 - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.83% 0.29% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.85% 0.99% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.42% - -
Scotland median daily rate £454 £525 £594
% change year-on-year -13.52% -11.58% +34.18%

All Generic Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 324 203 255
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 45.06% 29.81% 31.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 151 166
10th Percentile £263 £301 £334
25th Percentile £386 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £453 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% -13.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £613
90th Percentile £613 £675 £688
Scotland median daily rate £450 £460 £500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 5
10th Percentile £13.93 £18.94 £11.52
25th Percentile £16.33 £19.59 £13.16
Median hourly rate £19.97 £24.15 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% +66.55% -51.21%
75th Percentile £49.22 £24.18 £47.73
90th Percentile £58.00 £36.10 £54.34
Scotland median hourly rate £21.86 £18.38 £19.18
% change year-on-year +18.97% -4.20% -44.58%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Glasgow

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Elasticsearch
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Security Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Elasticsearch Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) REST
1 2 (33.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Linux Command Line
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
2 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Linux
1 4 (66.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 6 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 5 (83.33%) SIEM
3 4 (66.67%) Analytics
4 3 (50.00%) Content Development
4 3 (50.00%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 3 (50.00%) SOAR
4 3 (50.00%) Use Case
5 2 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Detection
6 1 (16.67%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) Python
1 4 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (33.33%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CEH
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) GIAC
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Splunk
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) ArcSight