Security Operations Centre Contract Job Trends in London

Security Operations Centre
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Security Operations Centre in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Security Operations Centre over the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 395 321 351
Rank change year-on-year -74 +30 +82
Contract jobs citing Security Operations Centre 47 47 33
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.23% 0.35% 0.20%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.62% 0.92% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 36 25
10th Percentile £490 £319 £303
25th Percentile £516 £408 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -16.32%
75th Percentile £606 £775 £775
90th Percentile £725 £781 £788
England median daily rate £540 £575 £613
% change year-on-year -6.09% -6.12% -

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 7,565 5,116 5,460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.46% 37.72% 33.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,727 3,355 3,798
10th Percentile £356 £333 £325
25th Percentile £450 £438 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £719 £750
90th Percentile £788 £825 £863
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 123 81
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £32.63 £27.50 £30.09
Median % change year-on-year +18.64% -8.61% -14.03%
75th Percentile £56.25 £45.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.00 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.50 £31.18 £47.50
% change year-on-year +39.51% -34.36% +10.47%

Security Operations Centre
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Security Operations Centre job vacancy trend in London

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Security Operations Centre
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Security Operations Centre in London over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Security Operations Centre in London

Security Operations Centre
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Operations Centre.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Security Operations Centre

Security Operations Centre
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
West London - 1 £575 - 3
Security Operations Centre
England

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

Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (38.30%) Azure
2 13 (27.66%) AWS
3 7 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (10.64%) Entra ID
5 3 (6.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (6.38%) OCI
5 3 (6.38%) SaaS
6 1 (2.13%) GCP
6 1 (2.13%) IaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (2.13%) PaaS
6 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (21.28%) Network Security
2 8 (17.02%) Firewall
3 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
4 5 (10.64%) DNS
5 4 (8.51%) 4G
5 4 (8.51%) DHCP
5 4 (8.51%) LAN
5 4 (8.51%) VPN
5 4 (8.51%) WAN
5 4 (8.51%) Wireless
6 3 (6.38%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (2.13%) HTTP
7 1 (2.13%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.13%) Power BI
General
1 15 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Public Sector
3 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Finance
5 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.13%) Banking
6 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.13%) Legal
6 1 (2.13%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Analyst
2 15 (31.91%) Security Analyst
3 14 (29.79%) SOC Analyst
4 11 (23.40%) Operations Analyst
4 11 (23.40%) Security Operations Analyst
5 10 (21.28%) Security Manager
6 9 (19.15%) Senior
7 8 (17.02%) Information Manager
7 8 (17.02%) Information Security Manager
8 7 (14.89%) Cybersecurity Manager
9 5 (10.64%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 4 (8.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (8.51%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (8.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 3 (6.38%) Lead
11 3 (6.38%) Operations Manager
11 3 (6.38%) Security Officer
12 2 (4.26%) SOC Engineer
12 2 (4.26%) SOC Manager
12 2 (4.26%) Splunk Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Cyber Threat
1 6 (12.77%) Onboarding
2 4 (8.51%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.51%) Security Posture
3 2 (4.26%) CESG
3 2 (4.26%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (2.13%) CSOC
4 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.13%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (2.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (19.15%) Windows
2 5 (10.64%) Linux
3 2 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Security Operations
2 33 (70.21%) Cybersecurity
3 30 (63.83%) Incident Response
4 27 (57.45%) SIEM
5 17 (36.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (34.04%) Cloud Security
6 16 (34.04%) Vulnerability Management
7 13 (27.66%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (25.53%) Incident Management
9 11 (23.40%) Information Security
10 9 (19.15%) Threat Detection
11 8 (17.02%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 8 (17.02%) MITRE ATT&CK
11 8 (17.02%) Threat Intelligence
12 7 (14.89%) Data Modelling
12 7 (14.89%) Mentoring
12 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
12 7 (14.89%) Security Monitoring
12 7 (14.89%) SOAR
13 6 (12.77%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) Search Processing Language
2 4 (8.51%) Python
3 3 (6.38%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.13%) C
4 1 (2.13%) Groovy
4 1 (2.13%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (2.13%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 28 (59.57%) Security Cleared
2 24 (51.06%) SC Cleared
3 14 (29.79%) CISSP
4 13 (27.66%) DV Cleared
5 10 (21.28%) CISM
6 9 (19.15%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (12.77%) CompTIA CySA+
7 6 (12.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 6 (12.77%) GCIA
7 6 (12.77%) GCIH
8 5 (10.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (10.64%) GIAC
9 4 (8.51%) CCNA
9 4 (8.51%) CCNP
9 4 (8.51%) CCSP
10 3 (6.38%) GSEC
10 3 (6.38%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (4.26%) CEH
11 2 (4.26%) CESG Certified Professional
11 2 (4.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (34.04%) NCSC
2 4 (8.51%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 3 (6.38%) NIST
3 3 (6.38%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.13%) NIST 800
4 1 (2.13%) PMO
4 1 (2.13%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (14.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.51%) FortiGate
2 2 (4.26%) QRadar
3 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (36.17%) Splunk
2 13 (27.66%) Microsoft
3 9 (19.15%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (8.51%) Qualys
5 3 (6.38%) Oracle
6 2 (4.26%) Cribl.io
6 2 (4.26%) Tenable
7 1 (2.13%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.13%) Databricks
7 1 (2.13%) ServiceNow