Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Security Operations Centre
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.30% - 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.08% - 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - £620
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £640
75th Percentile £613 - £660
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £500 £494 £588
% change year-on-year +1.27% -15.96% -7.11%

All Generic Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 93 77 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 27.76% 27.02% 22.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 62 58
10th Percentile £156 £216 £292
25th Percentile £300 £414 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £546 £550
Median % change year-on-year -17.58% -0.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £643
90th Percentile £618 £698 £725
South West median daily rate £525 £538 £545
% change year-on-year -2.33% -1.38% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 9
10th Percentile £30.75 £28.27 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £15.89
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% +107.68% -79.63%
75th Percentile £61.47 £36.00 £21.00
90th Percentile £77.98 £59.40 £33.48
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £50.75 £40.00
% change year-on-year +23.15% +26.88% +308.16%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 22 April 2026. 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
Cheltenham - 1 £575 - 1
Security Operations Centre
South West

Security Operations Centre
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CSOC
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Def Stans
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Incident Response Team