Security Operations Centre Contracts in Hertfordshire

Security Operations Centre
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 29 63 50
Rank change year-on-year +34 -13 +22
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 16 10 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 4.98% 1.20% 2.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 9.52% 4.78% 8.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 24
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +60.00%
75th Percentile £628 - £631
90th Percentile £634 - -
East of England median daily rate £600 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £59.92 - -
25th Percentile £80.34 - -
Median hourly rate £80.68 - -
75th Percentile £82.10 - -
90th Percentile £83.24 - -
East of England median hourly rate £80.68 £11.25 -
% change year-on-year +617.11% - -

All Generic Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 168 209 275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 52.34% 25.06% 33.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 80 174
10th Percentile £404 £262 £250
25th Percentile £478 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £464 £500
Median % change year-on-year +18.60% -7.25% -
75th Percentile £655 £622 £638
90th Percentile £681 £701 £722
East of England median daily rate £520 £465 £450
% change year-on-year +11.83% +3.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 60 33
10th Percentile £16.95 £29.60 £21.00
25th Percentile £51.00 £60.00 £52.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -0.76% +22.60%
75th Percentile £85.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.25 £85.00 £73.40
East of England median hourly rate £66.00 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year +20.00% -12.70% +121.75%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Security Operations Centre in Hertfordshire

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Security Operations Centre in Hertfordshire

Security Operations Centre
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Security Operations Centre in Hertfordshire

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in Hertfordshire

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire 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
Stevenage +35 15 £600 -7.69% 6
Watford - 1 - - 4
Security Operations Centre
East of England

Security Operations Centre
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (25.00%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (68.75%) DNS
1 11 (68.75%) FTP
1 11 (68.75%) HTTP
1 11 (68.75%) SMTP
1 11 (68.75%) SSL
2 9 (56.25%) Network Security
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Law
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Analyst
1 14 (87.50%) SOC Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Junior
2 3 (18.75%) Junior Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Senior
2 3 (18.75%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) Security Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Security Specialist
3 1 (6.25%) SOC Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (68.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Cyber Threat
2 10 (62.50%) Cyberattack
3 8 (50.00%) CSOC
4 6 (37.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (37.50%) Management Information System
5 4 (25.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (6.25%) YARA
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Cybersecurity
1 15 (93.75%) Security Operations
2 12 (75.00%) Incident Response
3 10 (62.50%) Threat Detection
4 8 (50.00%) Information Management
4 8 (50.00%) Information Security
4 8 (50.00%) SIEM
5 7 (43.75%) Network Packet Capture
6 6 (37.50%) Analytics
6 6 (37.50%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (37.50%) Behavioural Analytics
6 6 (37.50%) Machine Learning
7 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (12.50%) Security Monitoring
7 2 (12.50%) Threat Analysis
Qualifications
1 13 (81.25%) Security Cleared
2 11 (68.75%) SC Cleared
3 6 (37.50%) DV Cleared
4 2 (12.50%) CISSP
4 2 (12.50%) CompTIA Security+
4 2 (12.50%) GCIA
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Darktrace
1 4 (25.00%) FireEye
1 4 (25.00%) LogRhythm
1 4 (25.00%) Splunk
2 2 (12.50%) IronPort
2 2 (12.50%) Symantec